Vacations!

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Vacations!

by iteach

Oh, my heart just melts every time I think of the word "vacation". My shoulders start to sag and I get this dreamy look in my eyes. Then I start to think about the hotel and I have a smile from ear to ear. I love how the maid folds the toilet paper into a triangle and the little salt & pepper shakers that come with my room service tray. Oh, I so want to share my favorite vacation with you and I would also like to hear about yours.

I have been blessed with so many memories of some great vacations that I don't know where to start.

Should I talk about my childhood trips with my family?

Or maybe the vacation to Europe with the French Club in high school ?

Maybe all my adventures when I was "single girl"?

How about my trips with my husband or children?

Too hard to decide, but I decided on my "single girl" adventures. At the age of 25 I was involved with the most amazing handsome man. We talked about marriage and children nonstop. However it ended tragically and heartbreaking. It was a violent death that maybe I will share on another blog entry. Then a year after his death are school district went on strike for 22 school days! That was the last straw. My teaching job was the only thing that kept me moving every day. Even after the strike ended my spirits were broke. After a couple months of more sadness, I started to get angry. I thought enough is enough. I am not going to sit here and wait for Prince Charming to come knocking at my door. I am also not going to have my job of teaching be my only passion in life. So out of the blue I decided to take a vacation on my own and that idea made my heart beat an extra beat.

I went to our local travel agent after school one day for help. I explained to her that I wanted to go somewhere on my own. I wanted to go to a place where I have never been before, so I rattled off to her the few places I have been with my family. Then I told her that I was a teacher with a small budget. So she thought about it for a few moments and said "Atlanta, Georgia". She said Delta has a hub there and it would only be $139 round trip. I had no idea what a "hub" was, but $139 sounded great to me. I had never been to Georgia and boy was I excited.

At that time I didn't have a computer, so I went to our little local library to do research. I went on the computer their and found Atlanta's tourist web page. I was so excited to find out that there was so much to do in Atlanta. I immediately started to write down a few places I would like to visit. Now I won't bore you with all the places I visited in Atlanta, because that is not what made this trip special. This trip was special, because on how it made me feel.

Boy, did I feel like Mary Tyler Moore. I was dying to throw my hat off in the middle of the street. I felt like I could do anything and that I could make my own happiness. It was the most amazing feeling in the world. That trip was a turning point in my life. I fell in love with myself and I learned that I can stand on my own two feet.