step 35: the last week
The last week of anything is always hectic. It doesn’t matter if it’s the last week of school, the last week of work, or the last week of a vacation or trip. During my remaining days in Taipei, I’m frantically making lists I’ll never finish checking off. I feel like I’ve been chasing my own tail, desperately running after time knowing I’ll never catch up..
There are always more things to do, more people to see, more places to go, and more things to eat. I’m starting to wonder if maybe we got it right in Boston after all.
A couple of months ago, I spent a few hundred dollars for a flight to see one of my best high school friends. I’d have loved to have more than a couple of days in Boston, but I figured half a week should be enough to hit all the major spots. People take weekend trips all the time.
Who knew that though it was a quarter into the new year, it would be freezing in Boston? Well, it was. Literally. It flurried. It snowed. It rained. I don’t remember if it rained and snowed at the same time so that it hailed.
But it was also vacation. So many days we found our selves finishing lunch at 3 or 4pm, or staying warm in the apartment. Many museum plans failed, and a number of parts on the sightseeing and shopping itinerary. We knew we should be maximizing the visit, but we more often than not couldn’t get ourselves to disentangle from the blankets or pull on the various layers and shoes.
We might’ve been lazy, and we might’ve wasted the days away. But when we weren’t full on laughter, we were stuffed with entrees and dessert. We always had good company and good food — which, in the end, are the most important things. Aren’t they?
all you need is good food and company
the company is harder to find
Then you had better really get that lake house, so we will always have each other
Not that we need a lake house for that to happen.
aww, good times. Its OK if your memory of Boston consists of three people picking you up at the airport (I think its pretty funny how ALL of us went now… lol), 3 hour because-mary-fell-asleep-so-did-not-use-big-pot right away, and many many pillow talks… afterall, what’s the fun if you don’t have right people next to you to share it with? Besides, we made up the lack of activities in St. Louis, where it wasn’t all that much warmer at all… tear*. The New York trip in June though, we clearly did not have enough sitting around time… but it was good though, the kind of good that left me kind of on the tip of my toes because we ran out of time. Seriously though, I think we finally did get it right – we all aren’t really that far apart from each other (just “merely” a flight away)… : D
Until you have to move to London or somewhere! HMPH :’( Just kidding. Then I’ll finally have an excuse to go to Europe.
You’re right, about how we really are “just” a flight away. Even if it gets harder, we’ll always have more trips. And like you said, sometimes we do absolutely nothing, and other times we do absolutely too much.
In the end, it balances out — another reason not to stress out in the last days. Today, for example, I’m taking it easy and staying in. I had dinner at home and will be attempting to get some work done…later