Blog World - Day Fourteen...Road Trip!

It's been a while since I've posted a blog.....but I have a good reason....Ugh....well - first I was preparing for my trip..... and then I was packing for my trip.....and then I took the trip...am taking the trip...because I am in the middle of it right now.....Richard and I decided to go on a get-away fall leaves tour to the North Carolina Mountains. My cousin has a great little cottage on a long winding road in the middle of nowhere.....and Richard and I drove up from Florida to this sweet little town to get some well deserved R and R....away from technology and phones and TV and the like and I managed to pack enough wine and alcohol to get us both through without relying on any of the electronics!

I could write a book about the trials and tribulations of dealing with mountain living - but for now I will cut it short - due to the fact that I am still on this wonderful vacation and have an urgent need to communicate with the people I have taken time to visit. But suffice it to say we deteriorated into taking numerous photos of anything available- while it was foggy and pouring with rain and we were both happily sipping away on the Cabernet! - Like this one Richard took of our pet friend and fuzzy caterpillar. And so if anyone out there ever finds this blog and actually reads it, I hope they'll realize that I'm just a person...trying to live in the 21st Century - and sometimes trying to escape it.

Blog World - Day Thirteen....Mountains in Autum

It's been a while since I've written...and realistically speaking, I will be further remiss for the next two weeks, because.............I'm goin' on - "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N.....(gonna have a ball".....as the song goes). And don't I deserve it? After all, it's my birthday and a somewhat monumental one. Oh... not for the usual reasons... but monumental, because I will have outlived my father and will almost have outlived my mother. Both my parents died "young" and it was sudden and unexpected with both of them....and for us.... their children...who were left behind....parent-less......

Having such a tragedy like that happen, well.....it gave me a new perspective.....permission to enjoy my life and try harder to live it well.....Time is such a fleeting thing..slipping, slipping away so easily. We must make the most of what time we do have in this life......so we're splurging to a trip, Richard and I - albeit - a road trip - to the mountains of North Carolina to a little cottage that my cousin owns. There, Richard and I will relax and just enjoy our time........and nature...... and each other. I'm really looking forward to it, because I love the fall colour and the cool fresh mountain air...as well as the air of adventure.....of not having a specific plan....of "winging it" and being open to experiences.

So If anyone out there ever finds this blog and actually reads it, I hope they'll understand that I'm living my life the best I know how.....and that I'm just a person....trying to live in the 21st Century.