It's amazing where your mind can wander while your staring at a term paper. You know its not gonna write and revise itself but your mind is everywhere but. It always happens when I sit down to write something that isn't coming from my heart but just getting put out for some one or something else.
Today, at least for a little bit my mind jumped to all the places in this world I want to see. I could probably list a hundred places I want to go and I'm sure there are thousands more that are unbelievable that I just simply don't know about (yet!) There are just so many sights in the world that it would take more than one lifetime to see everything. Especially if your living paycheck to paycheck. I was lucky enough earlier this year to drive down to the South for a friends wedding and see some of the sights between here and there. But I want so much more than that.
And it isn't just the sights I want to travel for. A huge part of seeing the world for me is the food. When I was in culinary school we dabbled a little in foods from all over the world and just.... My god... The flavors and the smells. It makes my mouth water and its quarter to 2 in the morning! But you really haven't lived until you have gotten to taste the specialties of some of these places. And if you can do that while actually there and talk to the people who get to have this stuff on a daily basis and think its nothing special because of that then it just makes it that much more of an experience. Yes I can run out and get a burrito made with some sauce out of a can or some chicken parm with sauce from a jar or any of a million other things but when the guy behind it is doing it because that's what he loves and what he grew up on and its coming from his families secret recipe that's been passed down for umpteen generations... that's when you're in for something special.
Maybe I'm just a weird person but the idea of living in one place and never going anywhere is crazy to me. It makes me stir crazy just thinking about it. I know I can be a bit of a restless person. If I am home to many nights in a row or if just have a long day of doing things around the house I will just straight up get in my car and go out on the road for a while. Anything to avoid staring at the same walls all the time. If I have something sitting heavy on my brain I do the same thing. Just get out and drive. Pick some roads I've never been down and get lost and just kinda go with it. My brain gets to work on the problem and I'm not sitting around moping or depressed or stressed. Being out on the road gives me a sense of freedom. In the back of my mind I know I have to go back home so I can sleep and get ready for work the next day but when I'm out there and I have a full tank of gas you better believe I dream of just driving off into the sunset and leaving it all behind.
This turned out a little longer than I thought. Guess I needed a good rant lol. Feels good to get the thoughts out of my head. At least until the next time I pass by and see or smell or taste something downright amazing. But I guess I should actually shut it down now. Tomorrow, well today now, I have work and a million more things to do and a paper to keep working on. No rest for the weary.