Up, up and away...

[willow_25]

Everyone seems to be traveling these days.  One friend just returned from 3 weeks gone, another is moving away today, another considering an extended vacation, and I'm leaving soon for a vacation of my own with a possible long weekend later in September.

It's nice to shake things up once in a while, and I'll be glad for the chance to see my fam and get some rest, but it still feels like too much change for poor little me.  I'm not a fan of the change...Or any change, really.  An excellent week is one where I go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, make the same bus or train every morning and afternoon, eat the same number of meal in roughly the same quantity every day...I'm sure you see where I'm going with this.  No matter how excited I am for a new thing to begin, it still means a change, which unnerves me.  It's something I try to work on a lot, without a great deal of success.

I did get a great souvenir/gift from mymagritteafter her long trip; one of those 'choose your own adventure' books that I used to like so much when I was a kid.  I read it last night on the Metro while I traveled home from the going away party for Naomi.  So silly, so PG, such fun.  None of the stories made a whole lot of sense, but so what.

I've finished one of my large pile of books, and begun a second.  Sadly, two of the 4 pairs of shoes had to go back.  I also ordered some clothes last week, which were supposed to be cruisewear for my trip, in wrinkle-resistant travel-friendly fabrics.  Not only did all 3 garments come out of their packages wrinkled, but none of them worked out, and all 3 went back.  No more internet purchases for the cruise; anything else I get will be in person, if I get anything else.

Tonight, I'm heading off to an 80's mania dance party with some friends, then I'll be spending the rest of the weekend laying low.  I have serious laundry to do, to make sure the rest of the potentially itch-contaminated fabrics are clean, and I have things to pack.  Hopefully I can get my ipod working again, and get over my writer's block as well.

Possibly, more later.

Comments

[sharoncs.livejournal.com]

80s mania dance party? That sounds like a ton of fun. I'd crash in on your parade, but I'm broke until next week, and might have to work late. Rock the casbah on my behalf.

[mymagritte.livejournal.com]

hey, what are you doing after work? I'm going jacket shopping, maybe macy's or filene's downtown - call me at work, as my cell phone is dying

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I don't do change too well, either -- not even good change. At least you can take some comfort in knowing you're not alone in that! But it *is* good to change things up, every now and then.