Despite being on vacation, there are a few things I miss about being home. Let’s take a look at what I miss and don’t miss. That way, we can determine if a prefer vacation or the daily grind.
What I Miss
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Easy access to a computer: I mean, it’s right here in the spare bedroom and they have high speed Internet access. But they don’t leave it on all the time, so I have to wait like 5 minutes for it to boot up. Plus I feel guilty about hiding away.
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Our best friends: We hang out with our best friends just about every weekend, and so we probably won’t see them for a couple weeks now.
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Traffic: It may sound strange, but it’s true. We live in the country, so there is no traffic compared to Portland. A traffic jam in the country is getting caught behind some slow-moving farm equipment.
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The Older Daughter: She went to Disneyland with her best friend and her family. I’m jealous, but miss her just the same.
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TiVo: I’ve come to a point where I don’t watch anything live. I record it with TiVo and watch it later so that I can skip past the commercials. Plus it’s nice to be able to skip back a few seconds to catch the dialogue I missed when all the dogs bark their heads off.
What I Don’t Miss
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Work
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The alarm clock
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Worry about looking for a new job
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The daily routine
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Having absolutely no free time
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Getting up early: I’m a night owl and love to stay up ridiculously late and sleep in
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Brown: I do love the green of western Oregon over the brown of southwestern Idaho.
So there we have it: I have 7 things I don’t miss and 5 that I do. So I think that I should just stay on vacation forever. What do you think?
