Vacations!

I have been thinking about this for a long time. Some times I wonder if every one else also has the same thought in their mind. Normally we like to go on vacations. Some people like to go more often and some just occasionally. I am a kind of person who likes to go on a vacation every once in while.But not anymore.Somehow I do not like to go on vacations as much as I used to like before.

It is not that I get exasperated and thus I need a vacation, I like vacation just for the change of mood; change from daily routine and above all to know about new places. I was in a habit of going for vacation more when I was a small kid, which means before my board exam. After the board exam, I felt as if suddenly I grew up and no more vacation for me now. As years passed by this thought, become stronger and at some point going for a vacation stopped completely. I am not sure, exactly when this happened. However, the real adventure of a vacation for me was when I used to go with my parents. Our vacation was never to those luxurious places, hill station, or some fancy place, but it was only to our village, where our grand parents lived, which was the get together of our cousins, uncle and aunts and other relatives. Our vacation comprised of going to village every time we would go out of home.

At that time there was nothing called mental pressure or tension about any thing. Life was very simple and full of excitement. The worst day of the year used to be the day when we had to depart form each other after the vacation ended in the village. Because of that, there was rule that every one would leave the village on the same day, so that no one will feel lonely in the same place, where just few days back we had so much fun. Since eventually, we had to leave as our summer vacation was over and time to go to school

Now when I think about vacation, I feel that I still like it. However, the pleasure has changed now. Earlier I used to go with parents, and they had to plan about every thing. They were the one’s who would take care of every thing from packing to all kinds of arrangements. There was no hotel booking and flight booking .We only had to sit in the bus or train and the next day we were at our destination. Perhaps, going for vacation is not the same now. Now I have to do all the planning, book hotels, do research about places of attraction, flight booking, places to eat, pack things. Now going for vacation has become very tedious. Apart from that, there is a constant fear of fight in which my friend “P” and I get into. At this date with every vacation, I have a memory of at least one major fight between us. Few months back we went to New York and there somehow I had hard time swiping my card at the subway which was the major issue of fight between us .Eventually I got so sacred of subways that as soon as we had to take subway I would start struggling with myself, to swipe the card properly. Therefore, that was not a good experience at all.

Apart from that, because of many reasons now I like to relax at home whenever I get free time. I love to clean my house, spend some time on my plants, cook some good food, write some blog,go to the library, talk to friends and family ,clean my closet, do some shopping, eat fancy food outside and watch movies. I like these things more than going out for a vacation now. Read a good novel sipping ice tea is my best time pass and favorite relaxing satire. I no more need to vacate my worries or tensions by going on vacations.