Posted by yesac on August 1, 2003, at 16:19:03
In reply to re: Here we go! » yesac, posted by lil' jimi on August 1, 2003, at 3:59:23
> ... but i think part of it is the stress generated by the others on vacation .. .... ... you definitely are better at it than i am ....
I am? Well, I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I think that definitely the others you are with can be stressful, just having to be with them 24/7, make decisions together like where you're going to go, what you're going to do, what time to get up... Also, though, I think that the other people who are on vacation as well, people you don't know, can add stress or for me depression. Because I look and it seems like they are having such a great time and I often don't feel like I am too.
> now i feel like my responsibilities make me want to straighten out the house, get that mortgage, choose that health insurance ... and take a BIG NAP ...
I think that that type of vacation can be better than a going-away vacation, because it is just more relaxed and you're getting things taken care of that maybe you haven't exactly had time for...
> well, you sound pretty good ... must be working .. . ... (?)
Hmmm... really not so sure about that. So hard to tell.
> the little guy is such a powerful antidepressant ... once he saw me sad ... told me i needed a band-aid ... he put one on me ... and i was all better ... and he likes his Rescue Heroes ... he plays their computer game, sometimes, beside me while i'm pB-ing on the other computer ... i have my dad's dell next to my imac... ...That's cool. I don't know what rescue heroes is. So, you can get some quality time in with him as well as quality time with PB at the same time! What's his name, if you don't mind me asking?
> i used to ride with companions and often alone, by motorcycle(s) out to california .. .. to camp out on Mt. Shasta ... .... for weeks, in tents ... climbed to the summit once ... it was 30 years ago now ... ... i hope you can have that kind of fun and adventure with your friend ...
That does sound like so much fun. I long to be carefree like that. I always think that things like that sound so fun, and it looks like people have such a good time, but when I find myself actually doing things that should be fun and adventurous, I usually am not having fun. I am usually depressed. But at least in doing them, I feel like I am not wasting my life away. Feel like I am trying to experience life.
By the way, your description reminds me of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - you know the one - a book that I must say I thought would be cool, but I had to stop reading it halfway through because I couldn't stand it!
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