Enjoying the Little Things

I am currently on a work get away.

What does that mean?

It means that even though the training I am going to is an hour away from my home I talked my boss into letting me get a hotel for 2 nights so I would not have to get up early and drive to the training I am attending. I had to leave The BF behind.

I am staying in a Historic hotel that is reportedly haunted!!!! I don't believe in ghosts or alien life forms. Despite loving the movies that involve ghosts and aliens.

When I checked in they told me that they will not have power from 10:00PM until 3:00AM tonight. They will provide us with flashlights.

What does that mean to me....I need to be back in my room by 10PM or I will have to walk up 6 flights of stairs. I am grateful I am not on the 10th floor.

I find this very odd that they would still take reservations even though they will not have power...they informed me that they will provide guests with FLASH LIGHTS!!!!!!

I am going out with a friend tonight I will probably get a little intoxicated...walking around drunk in a haunted hotel with a flashlight should be a hoot. At least for me. The staff may not enjoy it at all.

Last night I stayed in got take out a bottle of wine and chilled in front of the TV in my room. Then I soaked in the jetted tub. It was SWEET!!!

One is the Loneliest Number, Thank Goodness

Now that I am all moved in to with The BF and everything is going good, really it is. There is one little thing. And really it’s just minor barely worth a mention except its oh so important to me.

I don’t have any alone time!!!

Believe it or not I have always had time I can spend by myself. My mom likes to tell a story of when I was a toddler leaving me on a blanket with some toys and I would stay there and play all by myself. Then as I got older and had siblings I would just escape to my room and ignore my family.

And not matter how many roommates I had or if I had a live in boyfriend I always had a place I could escape to and read, listen to music or just ponder the questions of the Universe. Even when I lived with my sister and had my 2 nieces running to tell me every little detail of their very cute little lives, I still had my alone time.

But now I am never alone. There is always someone around. I don’t have time to think except when I am driving back and forth to work and I really need to be paying attention to what I am doing at this time not day dreaming.

I know that this is the reality of family life but it an issue I had not considered before I moved in and I am really struggling with wanting everyone to leave me alone.