I wish it were easier.
I've been having a fairly decent summer, actually. It's been a sunny and hot one and I find myself in the fortunate position of having a swimming pool. Mind you, it's not any kind of fancy ass swimming pool, but merely an 18 foot round above ground tub of water that has very much saved my bacon this summer. When I say it's been a hot and sunny summer, it really has been. And although I swore I would not bitch about heat this summer after the winter we endured to get here, well, it's been some kind of Africa HOT out there. So yeah, I've spent a staycation and most every weekend floating around my 18 foot tub in an aqua hammock, slowly but surely becoming the darkest brown I've ever been. Honestly, people stop me and ask me...hold on..."Where did you get that fabulous tan?"...Um...Nordstroms. Really? How about under the big ball of fire otherwise known as the sun...it's not rocket surgery. You put white skin underneath it and it browns up...lickety split!
Ok...so staycation vs. vacation goes something like this.
I could spend $1100 on a weekly rental, and about $50 in gas to get to that rental, then a daily beach fee of $20 per day, to say nothing of groceries and drinks and maybe a dinner out during the week, OR I could put my brown tushie in my aqua hammock and stay at my own home (mortgage paid on time this month), not drive, and eat out regularly for considerably less. Do I miss the sand? Why, yes...of course I do! The sound of the surf? More than you can imagine. But hey, there's enough summer left that perhaps I can invest in a sound machine!!!! Plug it in poolside and I'm golden for my second staycation of the summer!
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