Vacation

Dear Shell,

J and I are getting ready to go on vacation soon. We are meeting up with about 15 of our friends in Tennessee for a 3 night, 4 day vacation. We rented a 7 bedroom cabin that is halfway up a mountain, without any other cabins nearby from the looks of it. Looking at the pictures, the view is amazing. It looks out over a large valley over to another mountain. You can also look out a side window to see the forest, or another side window to see an old logging road winding its way up the mountain.

The cabin has 7 bedrooms as I mentioned, plus a game room with a pool table and air hockey table. It has several living room type areas, a large kitchen and dining area, and a 2 story deck. The upper deck has a charcoal grill plus picnic tables so we can sit out at night and grill hot dogs and hamburgers. The lower deck has chairs and a swing, for just relaxing. I'm going to take my notebooks with me and take some time to sit on the lower deck, relax, and see what comes to mind.

Most of the people who are coming are people we've known at least 5 years, although J has known some of them almost 10 years now. We met them through an online game called Everquest. About 2 years ago, we all decided to try a new game and moved over to World of Warcraft. Last year, we decided, "Hey, we've known each other through the game for this long, we talk daily through internet voice chat, we know each other's lives... lets meet!" So last October, we all met down in Florida in Orlando for a week. One of our friends has a Time Share down there and they were able to get 2 extra condo units for the week. We all had a blast meeting each other, and it's really strengthened our in-game friendships as well.

So here it is, almost time for another 'meet'. In a little over a week, we will all be together again having fun. We have bedrooms assigned, meals are mostly planned, and some touristy ideas are on the table but we don't know who plans on actually going out and being a tourist and who plans on just chilling at the cabin.

I most likely will not 'send' any letters while we are on vacation, although we are taking the laptop with us. I plan on just relaxing and having fun.

But do expect a letter or two afterwards, describing the cabin and the view, and talking about the fun we all had.

Well it's time to go do the dreaded chore called grocery shopping. /sigh.


Shell