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averygoodun42I need to write up my day's to-do list, but first, I'm going to stall a bit longer.
Over on FB, the "how many of whatnot" app has been going around my friend list, and I was absolutely appalled at the results from the "100 places to visit before you die" one. I've only been to 18 of them. 18!
Granted, there are quite a few on that list I have absolutely no interest in seeing, like the Atlantic City boardwalk (sleazy much?), or the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza (Tropical jungle = mosquitoes the size of bears = UNHAPPY ME (though I do want to go see Anghor Wat, even though it is also in the middle of a tropical jungle, which would actually need to be hiked through instead of driven right up to... But, well, it's Anghor Wat! It would actually be worth the risk of typhoid!)), etc.
However, the ones I am really appalled at not seeing are those in this country. Like The Smithsonian. The White House. The Washington Monument. I mean, I've been to DC and didn't see these things! One of the points on the list, however, doesn't require much time or money to see, as it's a day-trip away. So, sometime soon, I will go over to see the Portland Head Light in Maine. *nods*
And meanwhile, I will need to start saving for road trips to explore the southwest and California. Page will need to be shown the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Moab, Taos, Bandelier, Painted Desert, Yosemite, Redwood National Forest and so many other places that Geoff and I remember from our own childhood road trips. Though hopefully we'll be able to do several trips to see everything at a more leisurely pace. Otherwise, that's a whole lotta hiking and driving! (The western states are pretty darn big!)
And then there are the places I want to go, but never have been. Devil's Tower (might as well add Yellowstone to the "Page must see" list while in Wyoming), Glacier National Park, Crater Lake, Glacier Bay (so it's a little out of the way...), Monterey and the Pacific Coast Highway... So so much to see.
And that's just in this country! Hell, that's just in one (or two) corner(s) of this country! I'd also like to see the Keys, and the Bayou and the Ozarks and all of Europe (again) and... well, you get the picture. I want to travel far and wide. However, trips to visit the family are the priority for now.
But now I need to turn my mind back to life here and now. After all, if I don't get to work, I won't be able to afford to do any traveling whatsoever!
Detox bath
trim nails
make stew
homework: acct exercises, start writing paper; busn read ch's, take notes (make flash cards?)
Now... what order to do them in?
Over on FB, the "how many of whatnot" app has been going around my friend list, and I was absolutely appalled at the results from the "100 places to visit before you die" one. I've only been to 18 of them. 18!
Granted, there are quite a few on that list I have absolutely no interest in seeing, like the Atlantic City boardwalk (sleazy much?), or the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza (Tropical jungle = mosquitoes the size of bears = UNHAPPY ME (though I do want to go see Anghor Wat, even though it is also in the middle of a tropical jungle, which would actually need to be hiked through instead of driven right up to... But, well, it's Anghor Wat! It would actually be worth the risk of typhoid!)), etc.
However, the ones I am really appalled at not seeing are those in this country. Like The Smithsonian. The White House. The Washington Monument. I mean, I've been to DC and didn't see these things! One of the points on the list, however, doesn't require much time or money to see, as it's a day-trip away. So, sometime soon, I will go over to see the Portland Head Light in Maine. *nods*
And meanwhile, I will need to start saving for road trips to explore the southwest and California. Page will need to be shown the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Moab, Taos, Bandelier, Painted Desert, Yosemite, Redwood National Forest and so many other places that Geoff and I remember from our own childhood road trips. Though hopefully we'll be able to do several trips to see everything at a more leisurely pace. Otherwise, that's a whole lotta hiking and driving! (The western states are pretty darn big!)
And then there are the places I want to go, but never have been. Devil's Tower (might as well add Yellowstone to the "Page must see" list while in Wyoming), Glacier National Park, Crater Lake, Glacier Bay (so it's a little out of the way...), Monterey and the Pacific Coast Highway... So so much to see.
And that's just in this country! Hell, that's just in one (or two) corner(s) of this country! I'd also like to see the Keys, and the Bayou and the Ozarks and all of Europe (again) and... well, you get the picture. I want to travel far and wide. However, trips to visit the family are the priority for now.
But now I need to turn my mind back to life here and now. After all, if I don't get to work, I won't be able to afford to do any traveling whatsoever!
Detox bath
trim nails
make stew
homework: acct exercises, start writing paper; busn read ch's, take notes (make flash cards?)
Now... what order to do them in?
