Vacation
I have never gone on a vacation. Not a REAL vacation. Let me explain:
I have gone on trips with the family. I have gone on trips to see the family. I have taken days off of work because I was about to run out of vacation days. But I have never just gone on a trip for the express purpose of doing something fun for me.
Until this weekend.
This past weekend was the first (and last) weekend that my {gulp} boyfriend and I happened to have off at the same time. No business trips. No rehearsals. No performances. No {gulp} kids.
Normally, we would spend a weekend like that hanging out around his house, probably catching up on Chuck and Heroes. (Have you started watching Chuck, by the way? Because it’s GREAT!) But I made the decision the week before that we needed to get away. Even if it was just for one night. We just needed to do something nice for ourselves.
So we booked a little B&B in Hendersonville, NC and drove up on Saturday. We walked around, we ate, we watched the Clemson game, we ate, we drove into Asheville, we drove back, we ate, we saw a movie… it was a very nice day. Then Sunday we woke up, enjoying our daylight savings hour, and had a great breakfast with the rest of the B&B. Then we checked out and drove out to the Biltmore Estate… which is frickin’ ridiculous. We did the audio tour, we ate, we walked the gardens, we ate, we went to the winery, we ate…
It was just plain awesome.
We had two days where we had no responsibilities, no requirements, no appointments. We just got to do fun things and enjoy each other’s company. It really was incredibly refreshing. Now I see what all those crazy people have been talking about all this time!
Then we drove back to town and had our first rehearsal for the show we’re in now. And my next trip will be Denver for Christmas.
