Someday...

 It occurs to me as I look at a calendar that it is already the middle of July. I'm not quite sure when that happened. Last I knew it was the 4th and now it is almost the 14th. Where is this summer going? People I know are going on vacation left and right. People I work with are all taking vacations. Some are simply going over one state while others are leaving the country. A family member just took a mini road trip and a close friend is traveling to Europe soon. I don't think I know how to vacation. Technically speaking I took a week vacation in April. I went to a tourist town where there are lots of beaches.

 I drank wine, ate good food, and even rode on a jet ski. Yet to me, it wasn't really a vacation. I stayed with family. Don't get me wrong, I had a great time and it was absolutely awesome to see that part of my family. But it just didn't feel like a vacation to me. So I am completely jealous as I read about people heading to Europe, or the Bahamas, or Jamaica. Truthfully, I'm even a bit jealous of the people that headed to the Jersey shore. I always yearn for home when I am away, and I really don't like sleeping anywhere but my own bed. Yet at the same time, I think it would be nice to get away somewhere. To go on a trip to a place where the water is clear, the sand is soft, and the stress melts away. A place where I don't have to think about money, work, laundry, and errands. I think I may even be able to not stress about life and my future if I were on a tropical beach with a cold drink in my hand. Don't get me wrong, I love my city and my life is not horrible by any means. Some days I just wish I had my own house, a nice blue pool, and a little less stress in my life. A tropical paradise is a good goal but a house with a pool would be a more satisfying acquisition. 

Some day, I hope, I will own a house. It will have a big kitchen, be loaded with books, and it will have a swimming pool in the yard; probably near the garden. Maybe I will be able to afford a trip to the tropics but to be honest, that house would be my own personal paradise. So on a hot evening like tonight, I find myself wishing for that house and hoping with all my heart that it is one dream that does come true...