January 25, 2024

I got to go to @Brisby's house.

I needed to get away; I needed some time to do nothing. I know we all need that time. We all pray that someday life will slow down enough that we get an hour to sit and think, relax, and not have to be at someone's beck and call. You don't want to see 10,000 things that you have to do. It is a feeling we all can relate to in our diversified world.

Wouldn't it be nice to have just an hour to do nothing? If I had that hour, I would not be snappy at people and could see things slightly calmer.

Life only allows us to fall into calmness if we make the time. We don't think we deserve it. There is only sometimes a choice. The choice is to keep going, and things will work out.

Amid everything going on the last year, two years, five years, I knew I needed a break.

This wonderful friend kept telling me that I was always welcome to visit her if I needed a break.

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All packed and ready to go!

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Lucky for me, the stars aligned. I was cleaning out my emails. I saw an email from an airline that said there was a ticket sale, so I looked up my friend's house. Usually, that ticket was about $400 each way, which is a ridiculous amount of money! $800 for a round-trip flight in the United States just to another state is absurd, so that trip would never happen. That day, I looked it up, thinking, what are the odds? Well.

The odds were excellent. I got a round-trip ticket for under $200, quite a bit under $200. I called my friend, and we discovered at the time the Airline was offering cheap tickets would be a great time for her to have me visit.

I made the flight far enough out that I knew my mom should be through most of her essential Doctor visits and be on the way to mending. Mom could make it two weeks without me right by her side. Mom would still be able to call me and everything. I kept telling myself I deserved to get away and tried not to feel guilty.

I needed something to look forward to. I will admit I haven't been pleasant to be around. I've been crabby, stressed, and snappy; I will be the first to admit that I was on the edge of losing it because the pain in my body and the stress of taking care of somebody was just too much. I needed a break. I did.

The week before leaving, I cleaned my house as best I could. I pack my bags. I tried to avoid overpacking, but a few gifts were pretty heavy.

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My $20.00 breakfast.

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Of course, I didn't sleep because I had to be at the airport so early in the morning it wasn't worth it. I knew I just needed to get on the plane, and I kept thinking I would never make it on the plane. I'm never going to make it. Something is going to stop me. Something will come up, and I will miss the plane. I need to make it on the plane. You do not know how much I needed to get on the plane.

When I checked in twenty-four hours before my flight, I realized the aircraft was not full. They always talk about how the aircraft are not filled with people if a plane crashes. The statistics for that are very high, and most planes that crash are not full. I knew by the number I had gotten for my seat that neither aircraft was full. I'm like, if I'm going to die in a plane crash, I'm going somewhere fun. That was my attitude the whole time leading up to my trip.

I got on the plane and promptly fell asleep. I woke up as the aircraft was landing. Luckily, I had a wheelchair because the next plane I had to be on was on the opposite end of the enormous connecting airport. I got on the next plane, which was only an hour's flight, got off, got my luggage, and finally saw my smiling friend, who was half awake. It was the start of the best ten days of my life.

I have known Brisby the whole time I have been on the blockchain. During the five-plus years, we've talked and become lifelong friends. She is the most extraordinary person you'd ever want to meet.

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Very tired waiting for my next flight.

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Luckily, the airport was close to her house, and I ended up in the Twilight Zone.

I flew halfway across the country and ended up in a town that looked like where I came from. It was so funny. Whoever built Brisby's town knew the people who built mine. Both towns had the same atmosphere and everything. The houses looked like looking out of a window in my neighborhood, so that was the first funny part of my trip.

Brisby showed me to my room. I had a big room with a huge bed that was so comfortable and inviting. Everything was fantastic. I unpack my bag and put everything away. I didn't overpack. It was perfect.

Once settled, Brisby and I went to Walmart to pick up a few needed things. Once back at her place, we ended the night watching my first Anime movie. I may have fallen asleep through part of it. Brisby's youngest daughter may have timestamped when I started snoring.

I was relaxed for the first time in ages. It was the perfect first day of a vacation!

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