Vacation

Well, after an unexpected vacation plan came up, I have returned. Though there isn’t all that much to say, really. But seeing as how I don’t want this blog to be all depressing topics, I’ll tell you about it.

My family and I had gone on a surprise trip out of state to visit other family. I hadn’t known until the last minute, really. It was mainly to help my uncle watch his two cute sons while he was at work. You see, he doesn’t get to see them often, due to the divorce. But in the summer, he gets them for a couple weeks. The thing is, he normally has to work. That’s where we came in.

The first night, we’d stayed at the hotel where he worked, and the experience was not very pleasant. The room was small and the air conditioner hadn’t worked very well. It was extremely hot, so hot I could barely stand it. But, of course, I dealt with it. After all, it was better than being cooped up at home with nothing to do. Sleep that night wasn’t the best either. My youngest sibling refused to sleep no matter what we tried. She was too hopped up on sugar. Not to mention, my dog is sort of sick. She’d been coughing and hacking all night. It was well after one o’clock before I finally got to sleep.

The next morning, my uncle had already left for his first job at the airport, leaving us to pack up and check out, along with watching his kids. It was a bit chaotic, really. But once we’d finally left, we moved on, going to my uncle’s apartment, where we left my poor, sick dog with instructions to bring her along later that evening to my aunt’s place. We’d gone to the Movie Tavern then, an expensive place that was too much, if you ask me. The food wasn’t that great, overcooked, really. But we’d gone to see the new Toy Story 3 and the movie itself wasn’t bad. From there, we finally went to my aunt’s place. Seeing as how none of us were really hungry, we lounged around, snacking and watching television. Finally, we moved on to the next hotel.

The rest of the trip wasn’t as interesting. We picked up the boys from their mother’s house the next morning then went swimming in the hotel pool for the rest of the day. Uneventful. But it was hot outside, so it was nice for a change. Afterwards, we went out for dinner at a Mexican place. Plaza Azteca. The food wasn’t that bad, really. As we returned to the hotel, the boys (my uncle and his sons) had a blast tossing cattails at each other.

When the next day finally came, none of us had any idea what to do. So finally, we just got into the car and drove. We ended up at a place known locally as Lion’s Bridge Park. We hiked up the trail a little ways before turning back and going to a museum nearby, the Mariner’s Museum. We spent the afternoon there and lost track of time. When we finally left it was well after the time we should have left to go back to my aunt’s house. We ate there, had a cook out sort of. Of course, I’m a picky eater and wasn’t a big fan of the food prepared. But I kept my masque in place and ate it, no complaints.

We stayed one last night in Virginia. Back at my uncle’s hotel, back where we started. In one of the same rooms from before even! (I forgot to mention we’d had two rooms before; my apologies.) And then the next morning had been the day we’d returned home. It was a long, tiresome drive, even for me who’d taken over once we’d gotten past Washington DC. And here I am, back home after a long trip. Back to the normal days of wasting time on the internet, back to the days of constant arguments with my siblings, back to my boring life. I guess the trip had been a nice change, despite how unenthusiastic I’d been going into it.

I’ll end here for today. This post is already long enough, longer than my other posts by far. But I’d let my masque drop for a while and that made things easier, if only for a brief period of time.