Wednesday, May 2, 2012

addicted?

Back in my freshman year of college, my roommate Hallie and I would have some awesome conversations during the wee hours of the morning, as we lay in our lofts, not really trying to fall asleep. Actually, these were some of my favorite conversations ever-- as evidenced by the fact that I still remember them (11 years later!!) and still laugh out loud thinking about them. Apparently as the hours got later, we got sillier...and our conversations sounded like something you might overhear drunken philosophy professors discussing. To put it kindly.


Anyway...and I promise I have a point that I'll get to eventually, just hang in there...one of our favorite concepts to ponder was regarding whether all people have some internal propensity to "be" something, but fail to ever be or do it because they never started down that track. OK that makes no sense. Probably because we never tried to make it make sense in words like this, we spoke mostly in examples. Like this: What if I'm a crackhead...but I've never tried crack, so I don't know it yet. What if I'm a world-champion lacrosse player?...but I've never played lacrosse, so I don't know it. So really it's more like what if I had the potential to be/do _________...but because I never took the first step towards that, I'll never know. Does this make sense? (If not, think about it again at 3 in the morning. You might have an aha! moment then. I always did.) I believe we came up with this concept based on the idea that some people are genetically (or whatever) inclined towards alcoholism...but if they never drink, then they never fulfill that potential. But it's still there, right? So for some reason, this line of thinking was hilarious to us. We would come up with lots of scenarios, imagining all of the things we might could be, even though we were nowhere near that. What if I'm a world-class igloo designer?...but I've never lived near the snow, so I will never know. What if I could write the best Italian sonnets in the world?...but I never learned to speak Italian.


Anyway. Forget that. Ever since those days, this concept has haunted me. And this week it's back with a vengeance. In a slightly more realistic sense.


Yall. I CANNOT stop looking at pictures and reviews of our resort in Cancun. CAN'T STOP. 


(All images are from Expedia.com)
GR Caribe By Solaris Deluxe All Inclusive Resort, Cancun, MEX

GR Caribe By Solaris Deluxe All Inclusive Resort, Cancun, MEX

GR Caribe By Solaris Deluxe All Inclusive Resort, Cancun, MEX

GR Caribe By Solaris Deluxe All Inclusive Resort, Cancun, MEX

What if I'm addicted to expensive all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean?


YALL. I can't AFFORD to have that kind of addiction!!! But what if I do??! What if this is my gateway experience into a lifetime of craving luxurious vacations??! What am I going to DO?!!!


I am already finding myself entirely dissatisfied with my current life, as compared to my future life on vacation. Where's the pillow menu in my house? Where's the 24-hour room service? Why is no one following me around the yard, refreshing my drink? Seriously. I can't live like this! I need to be on vacation NOW! And FOREVER! Which is why I have a very real fear that I'll become addicted to Cancun and I'll be scraping together my pennies for the rest of my life, trying to go back. Ugh. 


Anyway. I needed to get that off my chest. If you made it through those first few paragraphs of 18-year-old-girl nonsense, you deserve a prize. So here you go:


GR Caribe By Solaris Deluxe All Inclusive Resort, Cancun, MEX

Yep. Just pretend that's me and Matt. ADDICTED.

8 comments:

  1. Just remember that God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. So if you are supposed to be addicted to expensive all-inclusive resorts, He will provide a way.

    (I hope people reading this comment don't think I'm serious.)

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  2. Amanda- your comment made me giggle! And Erika - your "what if" conversations made me giggle, too - partially because those ideas are all funny but also because I did the same sort of thing with my bff!

    I'd be really looking forward to that vacation, as well - it looks awesome! Please make sure you and Matt get a picture reenacting that piggy-back-on-the-beach-with-big-smiles photo!

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  3. You are nuts, just for the record :)

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  4. hi! new follower from allison's blog. i had to comment because as i was reading i was expecting something deep about a new career or new hobby. then i laughed out loud! too funny! and thanks for putting that thought into my head. i wonder what i could've (or can) be? :)

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  5. You guys look so happy in that picture. I'm thinking you could always raise money to go on 'mission trips' to cancun every year.

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  6. Oh my GOSH! I have had the SAME conversation with Brandon that you had with Hallie!

    And by the way, I NEVER should have sat first class with my airline points.. for free. Now I can't imagine sitting in coach. LOL!

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  7. Ha...Cathy, James' sister is addicted. She goes to the same one every year. And I'm pretty much convinced I need to go to one as soon as possible. I mean.. We are going to NYC cause we already have to go to a wedding in Philadelphia but lets be honest, I would much rather blow that off and go this route. Sigh...family obligations.

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  8. This is just how I feel about Disney World. Addicted and the only thing I think of when I think about a time "when I have money" or worse, how I could just get money to go. Maybe I should relocate and work there. MAYBE YOU SHOULD and I will com visit. Because I've relocated before.

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