(1:09PM) Why are travel days so weird? It’s like I’ve been working in my website non-stop for the past couple of weeks and then it all has to stop so that I have everything ready went it’s time to catch my flight tonight. Laundry got done on Wednesday, errands done on Tuesday. All I needed to do was pack for a weekend trip, but it completely sucked up any capacity I had to concentrate on anything. I just needed to pack clothes and toiletries for Friday, Saturday and returning on Sunday, but I felt more pressure than when I flew to Hawaii for a 19-day Christmas adventure. Weird.
It might be because this was supposed to be the beginning of a longer trip but got cut done from a possible 30-day adventure to a weekend sprint. Today also happens to be the one-year anniversary for my last day as an (employed) educator. I’m still getting used to the idea that I can do what I want to do as long as I carefully manage expenses. Well, that and take care of my health.
My health… how would I do a 30-day adventure and stay on top of the myriad assortment of prescriptions (given that none of them seem to need to be renewed on the same rotation…). That’s something that I didn’t think about in 2017 when I spent 41-days driving across the US. That’s hardly the greatest concern (although I did run out of my A1c medication on my Hawaii trip that may have affected my numbers when I got back… not that the accelerated consumption of alcohol had a role…).
So, the last two days I’ve been up before 8, which would be commendable except for not getting to sleep before 3… And then today, I spent over an hour just watching random video shorts before getting the day going. It was to the point where I didn’t eat breakfast until after 11 and by that time I was famished. That’s not smart. Also it probably contributed to making the day drag a bit. All of which felt like a real contrast to what I felt like I had been accomplishing the prior two weeks. “F” it, I’m just trying to pace myself. Got to enjoy the journey, or what’s the point? Right?
Well, I’m glad that I was able to figure all of that out (and rant). Now that I’ve enjoyed a large adult beverage (Blue Moon!), I need to plant myself next to Gate 9 and wait for my red-eye flight to board in the next hour. ????????????✈️ (Harry Reid Airport 11:17PM)
Tags: 2024 road trip, ready to go, retired life, take care of your health, travels
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