Day 23 - Offline Vacation
I returned home two days ago from my first offline vacation and shockingly, I don't have much of a revelation. I noticed that I had little to do while idly waiting in the airport other than read, talk to my vacationing-mates, or look out at planes taking off. I also noticed that I wasn't taking photos in regard to posting them but rather seeing something in the moment that I genuinely took interest in solely for myself or just snapping photos for family to see what I was up to.
I think that I've been offline for so long that I didn't notice much of a difference because it's not embedded in my mind anymore to live life in regard to going online. I no longer want to capture moments just to gain peer review and attention. I was living very in the moment, not so much worried about how I looked for a photo, but instead what I was doing to enjoy the moment I was in.
J and I went sailing (most likely the highlight of our trip). J has always been immensely interested in sailing and becoming a sailor, but the art of sailing seems to be quite out of touch for us at the moment simply due to cost so having this opportunity was wonderful! We sailed on the open seas and even learned a bit by getting to steer and being the only ones on board besides our guide, Ed.
Since being home, I've been incredibly tired and am a bit pretentious to leave on yet another trip in about three weeks, as well as celebrate Easter within this timeframe. But we are living!
We were considering burning our Christmas tree this upcoming weekend in light of Spring Equinox, because it just so happens it's supposed to rain Thursday so we wouldn't need to worry about being a fire hazard.
I also started reading "This Other Eden" by Paul Harding and am enjoying it so far but the first 50 pages were a bit tiresome. Harding is just so incredibly descriptive with his immense use of adjectives in every sentence that trying to follow his description of the setting and each and every character was a bit challenging to follow. Now that it's gotten going a bit, I'm appreciating the symbolism and trueness of the story.