Day 161
I’d never make it as someone who had to travel a lot. I don’t think I’d be much good for anyone in that capacity … my brain gets too messed up with even the simplest of location changes.
I’m going into day 4 of my trip … and I keep finding myself wondering WHERE I am? And I suppose it has a great deal to do with my living here for 33 years and being in Chicago for 9 weeks … but I’m keep getting the two places mixed up and I’m just so confused!
Which I find humorous and disconcerting at the same time.
Tonight we went mini golfing at the best mini golf place on the planet (Hyland Hills Adventure Golf) … it has a volcano, a fiery tomb and singing skulls! It’s fantastic! While trying to put my purple ball into the elusive hole before my 6th stroke (on any given hole – except the one where I made a hole in one!) I found myself thinking that we should do this again … SOON! And then I realized that that would not be possible because I would be on my way back to Chicago again in a day and by the time I got back here, the place would be closed for the season. Sigh.
I didn’t get the chance to see a few friends while out here … but in that nanosecond of “location confusion” I thought, “Well, I’ll just run by and see them next week.” Um, that is not going to happen when I’m 1000 miles away. Hmmm.
And neither is going to TJMaxx … at least not the store I used to go to as I’ll be in a different state! Guess my shopping day has just been cancelled!
WHERE IS MY BRAIN?!
I forgot to make reservations for dinner at the French restaurant that I wanted to take Sam to … and again, not really thinking, I thought to myself that I’d just check her schedule and maybe we could do it next weekend. Hello, confused traveler! I will not be here next weekend … or the one after that … or the one after THAT!
A friend emailed me and said we needed to go play next week. And, again, I thought, “How is that possible when she is there and I am here?” I was not thinking that I would be returning to “there” soon.
I guess I was so used to being “here” that being “there” hasn’t really registered yet!
I don’t know how people who travel all the time do it … I’d just never know where I was … or what time it was … or what DAY it was, for that matter!
In any case, even though I’ve had a hard time remembering where I am, it’s been good to be back … even for a short while … and even in a confused state.
Before moving I always said I was “looking for utopia while living in the state of confusion”. Guess not much has changed!