Song: "Momentum" by Vienna Teng
Another thing to add to my evergrowing list of What I Want to Do When I Turn 18.
It's only a pipe dream really, but what else is imagination for?
I want to put aside some cash, and take a vacation. Go back to Ocracoke Island, NC, and just spend a week there, camping, all by myself. There are some campgrounds right on the beach down there, and they're all under $20 a night, so I'd be able to support myself pretty easily. I just want to take a vacation, away from everything, wake up to the sound of the gulls and crashing waves, and be lulled to sleep by the symphony of the cicadas. I want to have the Hatteras lighthouse as my nightlight. I could take a train down there, take my bike and a suitcase down there, and just be alone. With my thoughts, my emotions, and really just forget everything for a week. I wouldn't keep in touch, wouldn't call or write, just go, and disappear for awhile. I know it's not very responsible, but how about that for the last irresponsible thing I do in my childhod? If only it was the summer already.
Yesteday at work, a bunch of "security detail" suits were on board. The all had the look of the CIA, agent-type - dark suits, dark ties and shirts, and of course, the ever popular earpiece they kept adjusting. So of course, I remark to Michael.
Me: I want to be a CIA guy.
Michael: Well, first you'd have to get an operation....
Me: Huh? Oh..
*insert foot in mouth*
And JROTC kids have no idea where on earth an ensign would be located on a ship. 90 JROTCs march (and they marched) on board, salute the bow, then me, and I point (with added eye roll and "that way") to the ensign at the stern. Every single kid did this. And it's strange, I feel so much older then them all, even though some were a year older than I. I prefer the mob of Naval Academy people. They seem a tad bit more interesting.
Posted by everythinguarent at October 22, 2003 09:58 AM