There’s No Place Like Home
2010
As I’m sure you’re all aware by now, I’m on vacation. It’s a great thing in so many ways not the least of which is that it has allowed me to restore the sexy tan lines that were beginning to fade but in other ways being away from home is killing me dead. See all [...]
As I’m sure you’re all aware by now, I’m on vacation. It’s a great thing in so many ways not the least of which is that it has allowed me to restore the sexy tan lines that were beginning to fade but in other ways being away from home is killing me dead. See all the time I was planning this trip I was so busy looking forward to the things I would be doing, I never stopped to think of the things I wouldn’t be able to do.
Five days into my trip, I’m having a great time. I’ve lounged by the pool, frolicked in the ocean, and spent qualitiy time with the jets in enjoyed the hot tub. I finally got to meet most of my twitterwives in person and spend time with family I haven’t seen in a long time. I haven’t talked on the phone for more than 30 seconds in days and I’ve forgotten all about my job. I’m just about in hog heaven.
The trouble is though that I’m really homesick. Which is weird because if I was home I’d probably be complaining about work and wishing I was on vacation. But as great as a holiday is, there are some slightly random things I really miss about home. Such as….
1. Bathing accoutrements
I didn’t bring body wash with me on my trip because I knew that wherever I was it would be provided for me. And since I’ve never been all that particular about what body wash I use, I didn’t think it would be a big deal. But every shower I’ve taken this week (and there have been a lot of showers because it’s frigging boiling here) has been slightly less than satisfying because I miss the smell of my own body wash. I also miss my exfoliating gloves; which I always use in the shower. It’s an oddly bizarre feeling to bathe without them.
3. Painting my nails
I have so rarely been alone since I’ve been here that I haven’t had time to deal with my nails. Shit is starting to get really raggedy. And I know you all know what the eff I mean by that.
5. Real reading
Similar to the nail painting, I haven’t had enough alone time to read the way I’m used to reading. I’m grabbing snatches of books here and there but I haven’t had a good, long, hard read since last Tuesday. I have, however, watched more television this week than I’ve watched this year which is just wrong in so many ways. I can’t wait to go home and go apeshit on a book.
6. Having someone butter my bagels for me
My eating habits don’t change on vacation so I have eaten an obscene amount of bagels since I’ve been here. And with the exception of the greatest place on earth, no one here butters a bagel for you. What you get instead is a rapidly-cooling bagel tossed carelessly into a bag with a knife and some cold-ass butter (I’m not even going to get into how unholy it is to me to have the bagel, knife, and butter packets in the same bag). By the time I organize myself the bagel is cold and torn up as a result of my attempts to schmear rock-hard butter on it. It’s so uncivilized. Say what you will about Canadians, we don’t have to butter our own bagels if we’re ordering them from a restaurant. That’s the way it should be.
3. Doing with the fuck I want
You guys know me – I’m a lone wolf. At home I do what I want when want, run nothing by anyone, and who don’t like it could lump it. A vacation that involves friends and family means that at best, I have to tell someone before I just saunter off somewhere and at worst I have to wait around for someone to take me where I want to go. This is a kind of death to me.
5. My beloved iphone
Let me tell you something: roaming is a bitch. And I’ve learned the hard way that it will assrape you right out of your post-vacation bliss if you’re not careful so on this trip my phone is strictly in airplane mode. This means I can do nothing but play Tetris and search for wi-fi on it. Under normal circumstances I do everything from track my cycle to write my blog posts on my phone so this restricted access is hurting my soul.
All in all though my vacation has been great and I’m glad I grew the stones to get on the plane. But please believe that when I get home I will be a showering, data-using, reading, bagel-eating, masturbating fool.
What about you guys? Do you tend to get homesick when you travel or are you just glad to be away? Share with me in the comments.
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LMAOOOOO!!
i’ll meet you at pearson with KY, a buttered bagel from place of your choice and a GC to Indigo (or BMV books).
oh and ps: i usually miss my bed. and milk. american milk tastes funny to me.
The butter is weird here too. What are they feeding their cows??
Hormones and antibiotics, mmmm.
It was fabulous to meet you, Max! And I can’t wait to do this all again with ya’ll in the future!
The thing I miss most when I’m away is definitely my own bed. I mean, if it’s comfy enough, I can adjust to a foreign bed, but there is NOTHING like the comfort of your own bed. Mmmm…
I miss my bed and my bathroom.
I don’t like having to carry all my ish in the bathroom. It gets annoying after a while.
Ah yes. I hate lugging stuff back and forth and I miss having choices for makeup…I brought only the staples and so I’ve been forced to do it the same way every day…which of course I do at home anyway but for some reason not having options is fretting me.
Like LaLa and Cheekie I missed my bed immensely, most European hotels do not have pillow top I was told.
I also missed talking to my loved ones on a consistent basis. I have an international plan on my crackberry but it still cost me a whole heck of a lot per minute. I was actually a bit homesick by day 4 of my vacay… glad to know I am not a weirdo for feeling that way.
The only thing I miss is my cats. I absolutely love to travel and wish I lived abroad.
For as much as i travel, after a few days i do miss home. Whether i hear about parties going on or regular shit, i just say “aww wish I was there”. Its always good to getaway though!
I’m I’m staying at a hotel I usually don’t realize how much I miss home until we’re about to land. I LOVE hotels…sometimes I stay at them here in the dot…in the interest of sharing i’m staying at one tonight;-)
But if I’m staying with family usually by day 3 or 4 I want to go home because I just don’t want to talk anymore. I complain about living alone and sometimes not using my voice for an entire day but then when I’m forced to verbally communicate with family for a whole vacation I get tirrrrred lol
That’s why I hate holidays but that’s another story.
Maxie we have a mutual friend who always books looong vacations and by day 4 is calling me asking to find him a flight home. He never learns
“in the interest of sharing i’m staying at one tonight;-)”
O I didn’t know you were expecting me tonight. I will do my best to be there.
BE ON TIME
*cock blocks*
Cheekz you got women here cock blocking our mission???
you better live up to your hype
DEAD at LaLa’s “cock blocking” and emti’s response.
I’m with everyone on the bed and would like to add – your own pillow. A pillow can make or break your night’s rest. Also shower products, makeup, lotions, body sprays, jewelry – I like options. I hate having to tote things to the bathroom and even then what I toted was just the basics. Errrr. No bueno.
And Max, I’m disappointed in you…painting your nails when you know you may get caught or you have to be quiet, that just adds to the fun!
and there’s always the showerSilence. I only miss it when I can’t have it…but I do miss it sometimes.
i really miss maxie
I miss sleeping in my own bed. and the options of all my smell goods–lotions, scrubs and oils. perfumes too. I hate being limited by 3oz requirements for carry ons. but the bed I miss the most since I prefer a firm bed and firm pillows–and most people and/or hotels have their stuff soft and I end up with a crook in my neck and/or my back hurting no matter what…
I just miss my own ish, all of it. my bed, my fridge, my tub, my couch… I hate to travel but love to get away (does that make sense). I am a terrible traveler, I get cranky. How long is the trip? I find 4-7 days is all I can handle any longer and I become a mean bish.
I love to travel and I don’t really miss anything. Maybe because I was a scout, I am used to adapt to the environment; besides, knowing that I have a flight back home or enough money to fly back whenever I need to, makes me feel secure. I always travel with my skin care products, perfume, microfiber hair towels etc… my cousins always laugh about it because I don’t have pjs but I travel around with too many clothes, shoes AND books (i should buy a kindle), I like having choices.
Traveling helps realize what’s important to you and see the good things in everyday life
. Enjoy the rest of your trip !
I haven’t traveled in a while.. Not “proper” traveling anyway..
After a while, I just miss my routine.. I find that I don’t pray, I don’t workout.. I don’t even drink water because my whole routine is thrown off.. It’s annoying..
yeah the lack of routine throws me too. I eat horribly unless I try really hard. but I do try to drink water and take my vitamins.