Who wants to run away?

[Haole Girl]

Ever fantasize about running away?
Just taking off... cleaning out what's left of the checking and savings accounts
and driving and driving and driving... without a map
or destination?

And I hate driving, too!!


Okay. I guess that was a stupid idea.

Time to get ready for work.

*sigh*

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aBKcKQHZXks

:cry:

[Droopy]

1. I've done it before on a temporary basis

The last time I did it I ended up on Marathon Key down in Florida sitting on a lagoon beach and feeding beer to a goat.

[zanne]

2. Then the trip was worth it! nt

[Droopy]

3. It certainly was

I'm going to have to try that again some time when I get my paid time off at work. I've been all over the country but have had very little time to hang out and get to know the place.

[Haole Girl]

23. Sounds nice.

:hi:

[femmocrat]

4. I always wanted to run away for the Christmas holiday.

I would love to be somewhere where people catered to me, for a change. Like on a cruise ship, or in a fine hotel in a beautiful city. I would probably miss being home for the holiday, though.... It's just a day-dream I guess.

[Haole Girl]

6. While being catered to would be nice...

I think the appeal to me is just a change of scenery. That sounds pretty shallow, doesn't it? It's a quiet day at work, so I'm over it... for the moment. I think! lol

Plus, I constantly remind myself about the expression about not being able to run away from oneself. I think, sometimes, that's the only reason I don't do it.

[femmocrat]

24. Not shallow at all...

A change of scenery can be very good for the soul. Then when you do come home, you will feel refreshed and can appreciate the good things. I highly recommend it!

Good luck, KC2. :hug:

[Haole Girl]

27. Thanks...

Some day

I'm sure

I'll figure it all

out...

probably on my death bed..

but I'm sure I will!! :hug:

[FloridaJudy]

5. Some days I just want to throw everything in the car

And drive to Nova Scotia - it has the only Buddhist Monastery on this continent that accepts women. But then I remember I have a cat and a dog, and a clunker that probably wouldn't make the journey. Besides, they'd probably confiscate my mystery and science fiction novels.

So yeah, I know exactly how you feel.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xEWHCC0EEok

[Haole Girl]

7. Nova Scotia is on my "to see list"

It seems like a beautiful, and probably peaceful, place. :-)

[qwertyMike]

37. It is

It's paradise - especially Cape Breton where they speak 4 languages in a 50 mile radius:
English
Scots Gaelic
Acadian French (Cajun)
And
Mik-Maq' - First nations "Indian" (ugh!)

I know - I have lived here for 30 years

[Ptah]

8. You can sleep while I drive

Come on baby lets get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down
Theres a chill in my bones
I dont want to be left alone
So baby you can sleep while I drive
Ill pack my bag and load up my guitar
In my pocket Ill carry my harp
I got some money I saved
Enough to get underway
And baby you can sleep while I drive

Well go thorough tucson up to santa fe
And barbara in nashville says were welcome to stay
Ill buy you glasses in texas a hat from new orleans
And in the morning you can tell me your dreams


http://youtube.com/watch?v=QYxlMrp91yA

[Haole Girl]

14. Sounds like a plan!

:hi:

[mwdem]

9. That has crossed my mind now and then.

When I lived in Kansas, I'd get in the car and drive out to the Flint Hills, alone, to get away and just be by myself and think. I know the feeling.

[Haole Girl]

15. When I first moved to Texas...

...I used to get in my little Mazda 323 and just start driving West. I'd usually turn around by the time I got to Weatherford! lol I don't do it anymore, now that I'm older. Perhaps I should... I don't know. :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

10. Yes.

All the time.

If not for my kids, I would.

[billyskank]

16. I don't have the guts.

I've got no kids. I could. :cry:

[Haole Girl]

17. Yeah...

As silly as it may sound, I feel the same way about my cats! lol :hug:

[zingaro]

31. I second this loudly.

[idgiehkt]

11. you'd fly away! :)

I am bored out of my mind today, I wish I had somewhere to run to. I'm tired of running and ready to settle down. I just can't think of anywhere I want to settle down. I wish I could settle down in a bunch of places. I've been in this town 4 years and still don't have a bank account here, I still have my bank and insurance in my old town which is 3 hours away. I'm afraid if I move it here I'll be stuck here forever. Hope you have a good day at work. :loveya:

[Haole Girl]

18. Thanks!

It's still pretty quiet, here, at work. Hope you're having a good day! :loveya:

[Maestro]

12. I don't empty the account but I do try to get away

and least visit one of our beautiful state parks or the coast. The driving stinks though especially with the price of gas. I wish I had an electric car.

[Haole Girl]

20. Thanks!

You always give me good advice. Appreciate it! :hi:

[hippywife]

13. I do more and more these days.

Luckily, my home is a wonderful sanctuary in a rural area outside of the city with a wonderful husband to share it with so everyday after work, I do run...straight back here. I rarely leave on the weekends.

[Haole Girl]

21. You are very fortunate!

:hi:

[billyskank]

19. Yes.

There's nothing holding me back. I could try to sell my flat, hopefully get enough from the proceeds to pay off my car, and I would be debt free. The only reason I don't is because I don't have the nerve, I guess.

[Haole Girl]

22. You know....

...I truly wonder sometimes if it's lack of nerve

or just good sense. I wonder...

:hug:

[Darth Lenore]

25. Every time I read an issue of 'Cometbus'...

...I have a nearly overwhelming urge to sell everything I own, throw my cat in the car, and just drive and see where I end up.

[Haole Girl]

26. Yeah... but...

How far can one go with a cat?! lol j/k

Welcome to DU, btw. :hi:

[Darth Lenore]

28. With my cat?

About a block and a half, before my eardrums are bleeding!


And thanks for the welcome!

[astral]

29. Been there, done that . . .

but I was a bit younger then. I am ready to do it again if I had the extra cash stashed away to feel safe about it. But, having a cat makes me boring-ly and disgusting-ly responsible . . . . without the cat? I'd probably get to the point where I didn't care what happened next, more of the same is what's unbearable.

That is the place I have been before. This time? Gonna wait things out; think things through, and hopefully --- still do it!!!

[Haole Girl]

33. Your post made me cry

I really think you've hit the nail on the head... it's more of the same is what's unbearable.

:cry:

[astral]

36. wow. Yeah, I am feeling that way NOW too~~~

It's hard to get 'unstuck' here. But that is how I have to look at it right now -- how to get unstuck right where I'm at if I choose not to try to leave yet.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. I love driving.

Run away with me. :toast:

[Haole Girl]

34. You'll never know how tempting that sounds..

.. this very morning!

:hi:

[liberaltrucker]

32. Me, me!!!

Hey, I drive for a living!

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

35. Hey, you do!!

How big is your cab? So far, I think we have at least 1/2 a dozen!! :D :hi:

[qwertyMike]

38. You can't run away

Where ever you go, there you are.

[Whoa_Nelly]

39. Am planning my escape even as I write this

shhhhhh!

[TK421]

40. Sure, but I haven't figured out where I would go

:( but I also don't want to move