Actually my trip was relaxing--once I got there, which was stressful to say the least!

Our flight was cancelled thanks to JetBlue's inability to deal with rain. Initially they said we couldn't get on a flight till sat night (we were meant to be leaving thurs night), however after much annoyance and a flurry of phone calls, we were able to get on a flight friday morning, via long beach, which was not our original plan (we had a direct flight). And both our flights were delayed. Of course. I managed to mostly flow with the punches however, and didn't get too worked up. I still resent the shortening of our vacation, but ultimately there was nothing to do.

The trip itself was near perfect, we had a great time with good friends, met a knew friend and started a gang (the lost souls)! Saying goodbye to Quark's was horribly sad, and going back to vegas will always be bittersweet, but I'm very glad we went.

I meant this blog to be less event-driven, and more about how I feel, but this follows closely upon my previous post, and the events are so much in my mind that I don't know how i can omit them here...

The final nail in the coffin of my vacation was a lovely migraine en route home, and a case of the chicken pox. So lovely to be home again. Real life is much messier than the lovely fantasy of Vegas.

Labels: Quark's, vacation, vegas

I'm going on vacation.

Now its true that I was in Italy just recently in May, for 3 weeks. But while that was fun, it wasn't a true vacation. I was doing work for my other life.

And I'm traveling a bit in the fall--to new orleans and San Francisco--but neither of those are vacations either, though I thoroughly expect them to be a blast.

This trip however, to Vegas, is purely for fun. No performing, no work.
I'm going to spend time with the love of my life and 2 of my best friends, one of whom I haven't seen in nearly two years.
I am really too busy to take this vacation, but when we heard Star Trek the Experience was closing, it became imperative to go (we're nerds)!

In some ways the timing is good though. Just this week I had a discussion about needing to learn to relax, to let go of stress. A vacation when I shouldn't be taking one is the perfect test of this. My only aims are to hit 2 stores that I love and drink at Quark's Bar as much as possible (perhaps I mean as frequently as possible, but either works). All I need to do is breathe and enjoy it. And I mean to.

Learning to relax and enjoy life, with all of its incredible twists and turns, is my biggest aim right now, and I'm going to start it off with a bang! Wish me luck.

Labels: relaxing, stress, vacation