Good Thing I Love 'Em...

Hats...so many hats...worn on a daily basis.
So many titles...to-do lists...things yet to accomplish, so many things and places I want to see...I come home from work and exchange one hat for another...only in my sleep and during *adult activity* to I have the opportunity these days to just be me. No role to play (well...)...just... let go. More of that please!

Where do we begin and the roles end? I'm not just talking characters here...life roles. Is it part of who we are or is that, too, a role we play... a hat we "wear"?

Mother/Teacher...

 

I promised myself a REAL vacation this year. THREE FULL DAYS (MINIMUM)  although more would be nice--no relatives, no children, no teaching, just for me...an adult vacation where I get to JUST BE ME, hatless, relaxed, inhibition-less ME.

Writer...

Just Evelyn.  I don't have to wear a hat...I get take them off.  Where the only responsibility I have is to myself. Now...how do I do that? How do I get the money together, the time off, and do I really want to be alone during that time? I don't get paid when I don't work--so is a vacation ever really a vacation when it comes with an automatic financial deficit?

Why is it easier to keep the promises we make to other people than it is to keep the ones we make to ourselves?

Actress...

Before December 31 of this year...I gotta find a way to make that happen---otherwise--I might just throw the hats to the wind...and go a little crazy.

The Escapist...

--Eve White

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[Justine]

"Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight..."

just a little snippet from one of my favorite songs, Billy Joel's "Vienna." :)

I do understand your frustration - and hope you get that vacation!! I was supposed to take a week's vac in North Carolina at the beach and it didn't work out. I'm bummed...but I've been making the best of it by taking some day trips to the beach, a day isn't as good as a week, but still can be beautiful and relaxing.