I've always loved traveling--it's exciting and new. You get to go all these places you've never gone before, and feel new things, and see different beautiful things that are shocking and great, and that you may never see again. Exciting and new things are kinda great.
So, last week my family and I went on vacation to the "Outer Banks," in North Carolina. It was basically like being on a huge island all week (except that it's technically a really long peninsula). It was really beautiful--kinda like something you'd imagine. We spent every day doing fun stuff and just chilling as a family (which like...never happens). We were two blocks away from the Ocean, so my sisters and I walked there and hung out a lot. And my parents are into..."exploring," so we did a LOT of driving around and checking out different things like old light houses and sand dunes (which are way cooler than they sound) and fishing ports and boardwalks and going "crabbing" (scary stuff ;P) and....yeah, we were really busy the whole time, actually. And it was fun.
But I sorta learned something new about myself (I'd already kinda figured this out though, I guess it was just especially obvious to me this week)....
I love being home.
I'm kind of ridiculously attached to my friends. All I could think about the whole week was how much I missed home and people. It was basically the longest week of my life. And that makes it sound like I'm complaining, but I'm not! It was really fun, and I definitely enjoyed myself. I guess what I'm trying to say is that as much as I loved being in a new, exciting place, doing cool things....I love being home a lot more. I kinda feel like one of those kids you take to a fancy restaurant and they order Macaroni & Cheese, ya know? I was in this gorgeous, humidity free place, chilling in the Atlantic Ocean (!!!) and doing nothing but having fun for a week, but all I really wanted was to be in Hartsville, seeing my friends and being hugged by them and the humid air.
Yeah.....so as cool and awe-inspiring as the world and its beauty are (cause really?? :O :O!!)....I'm not much of a world traveler, I guess. And it has nothing to do with location or scenery, just people. If I could take the people that I love with me, I'm pretty sure I could make a journey around the world without a second thought. =)
"Is this the place we used to love? Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?"
Keane--Somewhere Only We Know
