A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Posted by beth on August 3, 2010

In just six hours, friends, I will be on VACATION!! Sort of. And by the way, for your entertainment, I accidentally just typed “just sex hours,” but then I fixed it. Still tired. So in SIX hours, I’ll be on a little mini-vacation because I don’t have to work again until NEXT Monday night, so I’m going to the beach!! Now. Let me explain to you how the beach with my family works.

You wake up whenever you wake up, and you pour yourself a bowl of cereal. Then you decide if you want to put on your bathing suit and go to the beach, or if you want to just hang out around the house, or maybe if you want to go for a walk or a bike ride. You do that whenever you feel like it.

Then, when you get hungry again, you fix yourself a sandwich and decide what you want to do for the afternoon. You might read a book or take a nap or do any of the morning options (possibly again if you liked it enough the first time).

Then you can take a shower or not, and at some point, someone makes dinner. Usually it’s my mom, but only because I’m not allowed to cook because I’ll make something meatless, and that frightens people. I’m not complaining, though. My mom is a very good cook, and she’s extremely accommodating to my quasi-veganity.

The evening then goes in one of the following ways:

1. We go out for ice cream.
2. We stay in for ice cream.

And also in one of the following ways (in addition to the compulsory ice cream):

1. We play a game (usually Phase 10 or Mexican Train, but we’ve also been known to play board games).
2. We sit around and read.
3. We watch something on TV (I hereby officially vote for So You Think You Can Dance both Wednesday and Thursday nights).
4. We put together a puzzle. I am very bad at this and don’t really have the patience for it. I know that’s weird coming from an ESL teacher. I have a great deal of patience, but not for my own spatial ineptitude.

And then you go to bed. If you’re one of those people who’s bad at relaxing, you might not enjoy it, but I’m telling you, the beach with my family is GREAT. And I’m very much looking forward to being there tomorrow.