Unexpected Holiday - A Curse in Disguise?
So - it turns out that, due to various work based-rubbish, I've suddenly found myself with two weeks of holiday time to be used up within the month. I realise that this doesn't seem to be something to complain about (along the lines of "my diamond shoes are too tight"), but it does leave me at something of a loose end. My second week off should be okay, coming as it does in at the arse-end of September, but in order to not lose my allocated holidays altogether, I've suddenly found that I'm going to have to take next week off. Which would be all well and good, were it not for the fact that I've had no time to prepare for it, and will have no actual money to spare for actually doing anything.
Usually when I take a holiday, I visit my parents. They live out in the country, and it's always a joy to take a week or so out from city life and relax in their country idyll. But - with the rusty bite of irony - they're actually on vacation themselves for three weeks (in Canada, no less), so that's not an option that's open to me. There's a couple of friends that I could visit, but, given that we've had no time to synchronize holidays as James Bond would have synchronized watches, that's going to amount to little more than a couple of day trips.
So - any suggestions as to what I can do with a week's worth of free time? Bearing in mind that I'll have no money. And that everyone else I know will still be working. And that I really don't want to spend a week fingerpainting or playing with Play-dough.
Of course, it'll be a good excuse to do more running: but what I really need is a some kind of project with which to while away the hours. This is a "use-it-or-lose-it" kind of holiday; and with no money and no time to plan anything, if I'm not careful I'll just end up rattling about in my empty flat for the bulk of it. Which would not be good.
So if I can help anyone out with anything, gimme a shout. I can do the web-site design thing: not terribly well, admittedly, but better than a poke in the eye. Just. If you can keep me occupied during my otherwise pretty-bleak looking vacation, get in touch. All offers considered. Probably not entirely seriously, though.
posted by lostdog @ 12:22 am
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5 Comments:
Where do you live? It's hard to give you suggestions without this piece of info.
Camping/hiking is always an option. Great time to relect on anything and gain new ideas/perspectives. Usually there's some kind of wilderness within a 4 hour dirve of any where in CONUS, assuming you are in the states. The only money to pony up is gas and camping fees, unless of course you need the camping gear as well, then this whole idea is a no-go. Hope it helps!
For a start, you are now "it" in my game of blogtag.
Lostdog, may I recommend a drive to an exotic location and then a hellbent return the same day? Talk to everyone you see and try to cause trouble. Then lordy, lordy please write the hell out of it. Or maybe take the chunnel to Paris and find a hostel to stay in, visit the louvre, try to hold forth with a Japanese tourist on why the Mona Lisa is not that interesting after all. Go to Scotland and make fun of their old castles. Say hi to Calum. Come to think of it, find a halfbaker to visit. There's tons of friends around you methinks. (Now I'm jealous)
If you can't afford that, dag's plan sounds good. Even if just for a day.
If nothing else, get a book you've been meaning to read or write a couple more works of art. Can't kill ya and I'll be grateful! (I love your other webpage, btw)
Or sign up for a community one day class in something... anything.
In the meanwhile, the rest of us will be here to offer more brilliant advice at a moment's notice. : )
Hope it turns out to be a lovely time.
Oh hell, you're already in Scotland! (sheeply grimace) Go give merry old England what for then!
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