The adventure I'm missing.
Apr. 5th, 2008 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
navygreenPhilip and the boys left a little bit ago for Coco Key. We all went back on Jan. 13th, with tickets to the boys as Christmas gifts from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
squeak_a_chu's family, and it was so much fun. Philip got free tickets from the squadron earlier this week, and we'd been planning to go, but we didn't tell the boys until yesterday at dinner. They were so jazzed, of course!
...
Except that I just couldn't do it this time. I just couldn't get excited. I tried all day to get revved about it, but I still wasn't once it was finally time to go. I even put my contacts in for the first time this year (I wore my glasses the last time, and naturally, the water spots on the lenses made it a bit hard to see well at times) to prepare for going. But then I just stood there and stood there in the bathroom, and I couldn't make myself put on my swimsuit and get ready - even when I knew that all three of them were already suited up, ready to go, and waiting in the living room.
I'm happy that they're going to have a good time, and I know that they will. I don't think I would have, as I've got no interest today in riding waterslides or rafting down rivers. I didn't even feel like taking the camera and just taking pictures. I just wasn't excited about it. I'm disappointed in myself for that, but I'm rational enough to know that, sometimes, I just need to go with what I'm feeling and feel it.
I'm really at peace with the decision. I haven't shed a tear over being here alone, and I've been getting some things done that I've wanted to. There's something to be said about being alone on a nice day, with the windows and doors open, the tunes that *I* want to hear cranked all the way up, just enjoying the time to hear myself think and sort through things that I've wanted to. I'm tackling a pile of pictures and memorabilia on my bench, sorting it into different years for scrapbooking later on, and it feels nice to make such good progress.
But I don't want anyone to think Coco Key isn't fun, and I've been meaning to post these pictures forEVER, so I'm finally doing it now. :-)
A.J., Jack and me - floating away on our rafts.
Coco Key Water Park
There was this giant bucket that filled with water from two streams, and when it would finally reach a spilling point, it would sound sirens and tip over, crashing a waterfall onto those beneath it:
A.J. relaxes in a dangerous spot (under Jack's feet!)
Jack and Philip on a dual raft.
Jack crosses the lily pads.
Some b-ball in the pool.
Me and A.J. - waiting (with Bunny Ears) to raft down the waterslide together.
Me, getting hit with the cold water at the end of a waterfall!
If you're interested, you can see a slideshow of all the pictures HERE. :-)
squeak_a_chu's family, and it was so much fun. Philip got free tickets from the squadron earlier this week, and we'd been planning to go, but we didn't tell the boys until yesterday at dinner. They were so jazzed, of course!...
Except that I just couldn't do it this time. I just couldn't get excited. I tried all day to get revved about it, but I still wasn't once it was finally time to go. I even put my contacts in for the first time this year (I wore my glasses the last time, and naturally, the water spots on the lenses made it a bit hard to see well at times) to prepare for going. But then I just stood there and stood there in the bathroom, and I couldn't make myself put on my swimsuit and get ready - even when I knew that all three of them were already suited up, ready to go, and waiting in the living room.
I'm happy that they're going to have a good time, and I know that they will. I don't think I would have, as I've got no interest today in riding waterslides or rafting down rivers. I didn't even feel like taking the camera and just taking pictures. I just wasn't excited about it. I'm disappointed in myself for that, but I'm rational enough to know that, sometimes, I just need to go with what I'm feeling and feel it.
I'm really at peace with the decision. I haven't shed a tear over being here alone, and I've been getting some things done that I've wanted to. There's something to be said about being alone on a nice day, with the windows and doors open, the tunes that *I* want to hear cranked all the way up, just enjoying the time to hear myself think and sort through things that I've wanted to. I'm tackling a pile of pictures and memorabilia on my bench, sorting it into different years for scrapbooking later on, and it feels nice to make such good progress.
But I don't want anyone to think Coco Key isn't fun, and I've been meaning to post these pictures forEVER, so I'm finally doing it now. :-)
A.J., Jack and me - floating away on our rafts.
Coco Key Water Park
There was this giant bucket that filled with water from two streams, and when it would finally reach a spilling point, it would sound sirens and tip over, crashing a waterfall onto those beneath it:
A.J. relaxes in a dangerous spot (under Jack's feet!)
Jack and Philip on a dual raft.
Jack crosses the lily pads.
Some b-ball in the pool.
Me and A.J. - waiting (with Bunny Ears) to raft down the waterslide together.
Me, getting hit with the cold water at the end of a waterfall!
If you're interested, you can see a slideshow of all the pictures HERE. :-)
