Vacation...

I spent the last four weeks on vacation. It has been a very busy month but fun and educational. When my week of learning and becoming a paramotor pilot ended, much to my dismay cause even though it was hard I really wanted to get another chance to get back in the air again. Unfortunately, other plans and the wind just kept it from being possible. However, I was looking forward to my visit to FL to see my nieces and my first granddaughter.
I spent a wonderful three days with my middle sister and her two girls. I got to meet my youngest niece for the first time. We took a trip to Epcot which was fun, even though it was really hot. We took in a couple country movies to escape the heat. Enjoyed a meal in Japan and escaped the rain while we ate. We also went to a dinner where a met a very interesting young woman, enjoyed some very delicious food, and witnessed a celebration of the close of Ramadan. The dinner we joined was created to share the differences and the similarities in religions. I am not sure if there is anything like it anywhere outside of Orlando but it was a very unique experience and I am glad I got to experience it.
I spent the following week with my other sister and her two girls. I got to relax a bit while I was with her. I even got to finish a chapter in my new mystery thriller. I got some new clothes which I really needed for summer. We had discussed and planned to visit our father but that plan didn't work out. I had gotten news my big puppy was not doing well, was on call for possibly having to return home to take care of him but was told he was doing better but not soon enough to still make the trip to our dads before my husband was on his way to pick me up to head back to the first sister's house to visit her a little more and meet and attend my first granddaughter's first birthday.
There was a lot of driving involved in the last part of our trip. It felt as though we were on the road more than we were at any one location but I enjoyed the time we did have at each place. I was so excited to get a chance to be a part of my granddaughter's first birthday.
So all in all, despite the amount of time in the car, the vacation was a great one. I did so many things I had never done or experienced before. The best part about it is I actually lived my life on these four weeks instead of letting it just pass me by. So, I am telling you now, the only way to experience life is to live it in real time and not on the sidelines. Don't just make your bucket list, live it now, don't wait for it to be done at a later date. Time is the one thing we always say not to waste.