Responsibilities

If you've come to my blog to see which exciting journey I took this week, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Sunday evening came very quickly, and I was standing next to my nightstand, debating whether or not to set my alarm for 4 a.m. That's the time I would have to get up in order to catch that first flight to Seattle. A pile of unfolded (and wrinkling) laundry was piled on my floor. My bathroom was growing a new, funky species of bacteria. The list goes on. So I made the responsible adult decision to stay home. I worked all day at warp speed, and got so much done that my head is spinning. Finally, with the exception of my oversized wreath hanging in my front window (I have to borrow my neighbor's ladder to be able to get it down), I've gotten all the Christmas decorations put away. The carpets are vacuumed. I'd keep going with all the chores I accomplished, but it would bore you to tears. At the very least, typing it all out would make me suidicidally bored. I even squeezed in a bit of sun-soaked time (it's a gorgeous, sunny day in Cali!) reading The Shadow of the Wind - wow, am I sucked into this book. All in all, I know I made the right, grown-up decision to take care of necesities, but the adventurer in me is wondering what I missed out on. Wishing I had just chucked it all, packed a day bag, and hit the airport. Oh well. Next week will be an overnighter to Seattle. I'm still dying to find the funky little coffee shop with the out-of-this-world muffins that I discovered by accident a few years ago. If anyone has other suggestions for this next quick trip, I'd love some ideas! And yes, there will be a trip to Forks and La Push. I'll even do some geocaching while I'm there.