the great outdoors

It's unbelievable how refreshing the outside can be! I always forget how much I love and miss the outdoors until I finally escape into it again. I don't know what it is about technology, the TV, and walls that make me feel so confined, but boy is it liberating to be free of it all for a while.

Please understand, I don't know how in the world I'd live without electricity, air conditioning and running water... but, it's nice to do without them too every now and then. =)

The boy and I were having this conversation the other day and I was telling him about how I felt so trapped by school, and time, and suburbia in general. I was actually being really whiny and discontent. So... in an attempt to recover I: Ditched the air conditioning on the way to school and rolled down the windows... Traded the elliptical for a run around my neighborhood... Then bought a new pool float and spent the whole morning laying under the sun (with plenty of SPF of course!). It was without doubt one of the most refreshing, rejuvenating days I've had in a long time and almost makes me consider giving up electricity... almost.