Staycation — A Legitimization

Most of why I’m not digging my toes into some foreign sand on my “Spring Break” and vacation from work, lies in the muddy banks of lack of money and planning-kah. I could’ve rushed to end up in a questionable all-inclusive just to floss on the proverbial social media, but truth be told, I don’t really care THAT MUCH what people think of me. It’s just a fact. So, what did I alternatively do? I started the week off with a bang and got my teeth pulled. I figured I’d do this early and spend a couple days “healing”. The dentist sent me off with a “you’ll be fine”, “take these Percs” kind of pat on the back. That night I hung with my droogz and had a rather eye/mind opening conversation with my boyfriend about sex. He didn’t “drop the bomb” on me, but we kind of had a very calm and open conversation about re-establishing what we wanted 6 years into the game. Which left me feeling quite satiated emotionally. Some things I wanted to hear and the things I thought I wouldn’t like hearing actually didn’t feel as bad as I thought they would, they merely gnawed on the edges of my insecurities, but our stark communication that evening quickly sent those feelings away.

The weekend, was languid. I caught up on reading, and Monday came, I saw an eye opening lecture from the revered and respected Tariq Nasheed. Tuesday — I slept the entire day and I mean waking up at 11 AM, going to get something in the bedroom, falling asleep till 2 PM, waking up to pee and going back to bed and falling asleep till 4 PM, I thought I was going to actually do something at this point but I rested my head for a moment and had to force myself to wake up at 7:30 PM, mow the lawn and then got to see Freddie Gibbs @ the Highline Ballroom. If i did ANYTHING that day, it was those two things and I was so very happy about it. Today, is Wednesday, I walked around the city with my sister and my mom and I was just heavenly. I bonded with my family and got to re-appreciate my city.

Corny as it sounds — it’s really what you make it, life. Painful and Hilarious as it can be.