tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post6505192717720135636..comments2024-01-04T09:04:59.477-08:00Comments on Pictures, Poetry & Prose: VacationLaura Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277887372939757081noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-25802582744412600432009-04-22T18:33:00.000-07:002009-04-22T18:33:00.000-07:00Vacation
A small get away from the daily life and ...Vacation<br />A small get away from the daily life and tribulations<br /><br />Vacation <br />A GoGo's song<br /><br />Vacation<br />A wish that has gone on for too long<br /><br />I went on vacation this year and had to:<br />1. Find a responsible person to watch my 17 yo <br />2. Board 3 dogs<br /><br />I flew a day to get to my destination<br />Celebrated my birthday with friends - it was a blast<br />Ate good food, ate some more and ate even more<br /><br />Spent time with family <br />Headed back to grind<br /><br />Vacation <br />Oh, is still on my mind!!!a girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896186866172384502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-36822596613721153612009-04-22T11:27:00.000-07:002009-04-22T11:27:00.000-07:00The ship docked
One night of debauchery, she thoug...The ship docked<br />One night of debauchery, she thought<br /><br />Dressed in black<br />She descended<br />The red peep toe heels <br />Leading the way<br /><br />She walked <br />Toward the sounds<br /><br />His twinkly eyes<br />Oh forget it!<br />His gorgeous bod<br />I need it, she said out loud<br /><br />He noticed her toes<br />With a devilish grin<br /><br />‘Twas morning<br />He still lay there<br />They ate eggs and sausage<br />Drank coffee and orange juice<br /><br />The morning after<br />They lay in the sun<br />Time was limited<br />Time was all they had<br /><br />And then, he chose a memory<br />And went ‘Click!’SSQuohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10576564544754748034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-17586752499845485042009-04-20T14:57:00.000-07:002009-04-20T14:57:00.000-07:00We always have these expectations about vacations,...We always have these expectations about vacations, like they're going to be everything we want and nothing we don't want. But life is interesting because of the crazy unexpected things that happen. Vacations wouldn't be fun if it weren't for the shady gas stations you stop at when you get lost, or the tour guide who has a lisp that rivals Jim Carrey's in The Cable Guy.<br /><br />My extended family rented a cabin in the Adirondack mountains one summer and about 15 of us went to stay at the cabin for a few weeks. One afternoon, I volunteered to stay back at the cabin and babysit while everyone went for a hike. The babies were napping upstairs in the playpen and I was curled up on the deck with my copy of The Catcher in the Rye.<br /><br />After a while, I heard distant crying that signaled to me that someone had woken up. I put down my book and went upstairs to pick up the crying toddler. I opened the door to the bedroom and there was Jillian, standing in the playpen, diaper off, and holding her poop in her hands. When I came in, she started to laugh, and said, "Poop." I burst out laughing and said, "Yes! Poop!" I picked her up under her arms and held her at arms length as I carefully carried her to the bathtub. I sprayed her with the shower head until she returned to her clean state. Later I found out that she had been in a phase lately in which she hated the feeling of diapers on her skin, so she tended to take them off. It is still one of my fondest vacation memories to date!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941363324709642490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-80680130695850170742009-04-20T11:55:00.000-07:002009-04-20T11:55:00.000-07:00Have fun on your trip, and enjoy the sunny beaches...Have fun on your trip, and enjoy the sunny beaches!Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428032093126507685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-61998559375413665772009-04-20T10:23:00.000-07:002009-04-20T10:23:00.000-07:00My husband and I were going on our first real big ...My husband and I were going on our first real big vacation together. Our baby was only almost five months old and we were flying to Florida. I remembered how much he scolded me for giving into the telemarketer offering a "free" vacation almost a year ago. How he had told me it was all a scam and that we would end up spending too much money. For newly-weds with a brand new baby, the cost was high for a vacation like that. But I wanted to take the offer. I wanted to risk it and go to Florida- just to go. Just to see it. To feel the sand on the beach. To feel the humidity on my skin. So I accepted it and we were tied down into this vacation by obligation because in order to receive the "free" vacation, I had paid $200. So now we sat on the plane, baby on my lap, eyes peering out the little rectangular window. Little did we know that we would be having the most wonderful and most terrible vacation of our lives thus far! What awaited us would be a hotel room flooded with an inch of water (nonexchangeable), a long day of traveling with no way of renting a car without spending too much, brownish-yellow bathwater, hours of salesmen trying to convince us to buy timeshares we couldn't afford, warm humid wind blowing against our faces, a baby that rolls over and finds his toes, the warm salty waters of the Atlantic, the smiles of Sea World life, time to hold hands and share moments of "just us". No regrets.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725881252851352861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-36149744400951652002009-04-20T06:56:00.000-07:002009-04-20T06:56:00.000-07:00Cape Cod (a visit)
Grey sea
Tinged with blue
Weath...Cape Cod (a visit)<br />Grey sea<br />Tinged with blue<br />Weather beaten trees<br />Rolling sand dunes<br />Tiny towns on the edge of land<br />Even in summer,<br />Behind the noise of too many people,<br />I can hear the silence,<br />Dread the storms.morgannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295309367485408358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556512955091936745.post-48311765142861981852009-04-20T06:18:00.000-07:002009-04-20T06:18:00.000-07:00I will be back but first of all...Laura Jayne...ha...I will be back but first of all...Laura Jayne...have a great and safe vacation. See you on the upside!<br /><br />DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.com