Ah, to be lazy

When I was a junior in high school, I wasn’t excited at all that we were going on vacation to Galveston, Texas for spring break. It was one of those times when I just wanted to stay home. I had so much school work to worry about and work on that a vacation was the last thing on my mind. I didn’t know it then, but it made me realize just how much I like to travel.

I left all my school things at home because I knew I wasn’t going to get it done in Texas. It would have been extra baggage. I was really happy that I left all my homework at home. Galveston really did turn out to be a very relaxing break from the insane schedule that I made for myself at home.

Seeing Galveston for the first time…I didn’t expect to see what I saw. The houses were…on stilts? It reminded me of a Tim Burton movie. There were so many random bright colors. One house would be a burnt orange color and the next would be turquoise or purple. It didn’t fit my sense of house styles at all. I knew the houses were raised so they wouldn’t get washed away by the tide, but it was completely different to me. I took so many pictures of these houses, but I seem to have misplaced my camera…

When I wasn’t sightseeing, I was with my family doing nothing. It really felt good to relax and let time go by. At the hotel we were staying, there was a ping pong table and most of my time was spent there. I didn’t play by the rules. It was just fun to hit it back and forth to my family. There were a lot of laughs when the ball would go completely off course and hit off the ceiling or someone would miss it entirely. Not worrying about anything was a nice change and the weather made me even happier. On all the days I was there, the sun was so bright and the sky a brilliant blue. There would be an occasional cloud crossing paths with the sun. It was just nice to be lazy. Being in Galveston made it feel like I was in a whole new world and I would love to visit that world again sometime.