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Vacation notes:
We’ve done nothing for days. Well, actually we’ve read for pleasure not for research or a quote I have to give, or for editing, or for any reason other than sheer pleasure. We’ve slept in late, had breakfast in our room every day and taken leisurely strolls. Picked a different restaurant for dinner reservations every night and had lunch at whatever place we happen to be passing when we get hungry. A lot of the people around us seem to be rushing. Rushing to the pool, rushing to a show, or the spa, or to eat, or just rushing. They seem to feel that if they don’t use every minute of their vacation that they’re loosing out. They all looked exhausted and harassed and not like they’re having much fun at all. It’s supposed to be a vacation not an endurance run.
Admittedly, if Trinity were with us instead of on her own vacation with Grandma and Grandpa, we wouldn’t be able to do nothing. Children think nothing is boring. She’s gone where there are rides to ride, games to play, crafts to make, dinner theatre, and the pool is right outside their door. When we talked to her tonight she was so excited.
For Jon and me, this is our three year delayed honeymoon. We got married and were out on a month long book tour days later. There wasn’t time for a honeymoon. We had taken a three day weekend to Vegas earlier in the year, but Vegas really isn’t our cup of tea. We don’t gamble, don’t drink to speak of, don’t do well in the heat. Of course, all that we really wanted for that trip was a king-size bed, black out curtains, and twenty-four hour room service. This trip we actually wanted to be some place that if we did want to leave our room there were places we wanted to be. It’s possible to have sex and never leave your room for three days, with travel on both ends, but five? If you try to have steady sex for five days you’ll hurt yourself, even on a honeymoon.