vaCay

its almost amusing to look back and see how your perspective on certain things change as time goes on. i guess it depends on where you are in life and what not, but here is a classic example of this. i am leaving today to go to West Virginia to spend the weekend with my stepmom's family. there is barely anything planned, except for this big family gathering on saturday which festivities include cooking out, swimming, and perhaps some croquet. other then that there is nothing on the agenda. and i could not be more excited. add to this the fact that i just finished the revision of a paper which upon its conclusion, concluded my first set of classes for this semester. i've got nothing doing school wise till monday. last night i worked my last shift at moretti's until next tuesday. my responsiblities have vanished for a couple of days and i feel, well, i think blissful would be an appropriate word. there couldn't be a better way to spend a responsiblity-less weekend then doing absolutely nothing in the midst of some beautiful countryside. im siked. the amusment comes from the fact that a few years ago, a weekend of nothing would have been the furthest thing in my mind from a vacation. vacation once meant stuff to do, things to go see, places to go... right now in my life, that just seems stressful! and so times have changed, as have i, although im sure they will again...