Hotel
Due to owing taxes to the state, of a considerable amount, for reasons I will not go into here, the vacation at home is necessary. I don't object to paying the taxes, only that we didn't know to reserve it earlier, and now have to cough it all up by April.
We are actually enjoying it more, because we've never stayed at a hotel as nice as this place.
I don't have to drive, we are not dealing with airports, nor dependent on restaurants.
And we get to spend it with our dear and furry friend. He is not at all ok with traveling. But he seems to be enjoying having us around so much.
And we are cleaning, which isn't terribly fun, satisfying though. Drifting along. Sleeping in.
Cold, bad, murky air, making it feel like I've been smoking. I did smoke, one year, around the divorce, in no small part as a way to annoy the ex, and a self destructive urge. Perhaps a couple of packs total, stopped completely as of 1 Jan 1991, and never missed it. The painful breathing is the same as inhaling this gunk. I get into a rather dire mood.
Although we got a lot of dust and fur cleared, it wasn't THAT much considering we haven't properly cleaned in well over a month, more like three for some areas, even a year since the initial scrub to the corners. Compared to that last, dusty and cramped apartment, this place is a breeze to maintain.
Thinking about the garden. Lettuce, tomatoes, peas, with whatever herbs and smelly flowers I can find for insect management. Tall grass for the front yard, sunflowers and cosmos. Very simple. Cheap as I can do, since it all may well fail again.
"Failure is always an option."
-Adam Savage.
We are actually enjoying it more, because we've never stayed at a hotel as nice as this place.
I don't have to drive, we are not dealing with airports, nor dependent on restaurants.
And we get to spend it with our dear and furry friend. He is not at all ok with traveling. But he seems to be enjoying having us around so much.
And we are cleaning, which isn't terribly fun, satisfying though. Drifting along. Sleeping in.
Cold, bad, murky air, making it feel like I've been smoking. I did smoke, one year, around the divorce, in no small part as a way to annoy the ex, and a self destructive urge. Perhaps a couple of packs total, stopped completely as of 1 Jan 1991, and never missed it. The painful breathing is the same as inhaling this gunk. I get into a rather dire mood.
Although we got a lot of dust and fur cleared, it wasn't THAT much considering we haven't properly cleaned in well over a month, more like three for some areas, even a year since the initial scrub to the corners. Compared to that last, dusty and cramped apartment, this place is a breeze to maintain.
Thinking about the garden. Lettuce, tomatoes, peas, with whatever herbs and smelly flowers I can find for insect management. Tall grass for the front yard, sunflowers and cosmos. Very simple. Cheap as I can do, since it all may well fail again.
"Failure is always an option."
-Adam Savage.
Posted by Zhoen on Tuesday, February 05, 2013
6 comments:
Holiday at home is a good experience. Nothing is ever as comfortable as your own bed.
marigolds next to the tomatoes keeps the bugs away - my grandmother's wisdom.
and, if it's temperate enough where you are, i'd really urge you to plant some matthiolas. they're not much to look at, little greyish purple things close to the ground, but come evening, the scent is heavenly!
RR,
And my own pillow.
PC,
I will look that up, see if it'll grow here.
Home. Yours looks and sounds wonderful. My passport expired years ago, and I haven't renewed it yet. Fur ruffles for Moby!
Failure as an option - sounds a lot like the way my job has been of late.
Too bad about the unplanned tax situation; hopefully going forward it will not be as unplanned.
Our air has been pretty good lately, it has been exceedingly windy which tends to clear things up.
I'm on forced vacation next week, to recover from being 'burnt out'. I wasn't burnt out as much as I was overworked and misprioritizing my tasks.
I too will be cleaning and spending the time at home.
Rou,
We were in the process of getting ours, a few years ago, ran into some snags, put it off. Guess we won't be needing them for a while yet. Moby got a good face scritching when I got up this morning.
Phil,
Ah, well, do enjoy it and rest thoroughly. The Failure quote is from Adam Savage of Mythbusters. I will annotate above.
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