Wishcasting Wednesday: What Do You Wish to Try?

I badly need a vacation.  Somewhere. Anywhere.

I have not had one in a while and I've been craving the ocean and I would love to see my old friend again. Here's the thing about vacations though -- I have never taken one alone.

Vacation time with family is usually so stressful for me that I would find myself wanting a vacation from my vacation - if you were put in charge of handling all the arrangements you would understand I guess. And now here I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms caused by a vacationless year.  But this year I would like to do it differently. I'd like to go off on my own.

This sort of thing is never heard of in my family.  We go everywhere together -- except the bathroom -- and the thought of me wanting a few days away from them would probably be taken as a huge insult.  It's taboo. We don't do that. How can you go away on your own and leave us? (Cue in melodramatic music here)

But I think I need to. And I would like to try that. To have a few days on my own, maybe in some place I am not totally familiar with, would probably jolt my brain into hyperdrive and wake me up to what I am missing.  Becoming lost in unfamiliar streets would be an adventure.  Communicating in sign language because I can't speak what they speak would bring out the hidden thespian in me I'm sure.  Eating something unrecognizable would be totally allowed and there will be no one to warn me that I may not have packed enough Imodium or Pepto-Bismol.  Sleeping in out of the way places (without having to worry if they had cable TV or internet connection) and waking up when I want to would be heaven.  And sitting still, staring off to nowhere or doodling in my sketchbook would not be interrupted by trips to go see some of the sites, or shopping, or even the flash of an unexpected camera that always seems to catch me each time I open my mouth wide to yawn.

I wish to try going off alone to see the world the way I see it. I wish to see if by doing so, I can somehow tune out and tune in.  I would like to discover a new place on my own terms,  to listen, ears close to the ground, as a place tells me its story on its own, just the way it should be told.  I want to be able to walk up to people and  prove that the human race isn't doomed because there still those who are more than willing to help a silly lost woman find her way.

Now that would be an adventure worth retelling.