#really truly thought this vacation I just took would help a ton to refresh me

[vvitchering]

I’m at the point in my creative block where I can’t even imagine my fun little scenarios anymore. It’s like trying to start a car with no gas in it. It won’t turn on, won’t turn over, just zip. Nada. Nothing. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

[xpeachesncream]

off the grid | six

summary: it was as simple as swapping places with a stranger from across the world to get away from everything back home. that is - until you meet Jimin. things become more complicated as he unfolds a new chapter in your life that you were initially trying to avoid.

pairing: reader x pjm

genre: post-college au, christmas/holiday au | angst, fluff, smut (to come)

words: 3.7k

chapter warnings: smut chapter! unprotected sex, multiple orgasms, fingering, oral (f. receiving), slight dirty talk, cussing, possible inaccurate depiction of transportation, events and whereabouts in South Korea since i only did my research thru the internet, fluff

notes: will be wrapping this up in the next few chapters!

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Jimin was going to be busy for majority of the day with his parents, which left you feeling a little sad. But, you knew he had to do what he had to do and he had offered to come by and spend time with you tonight. As you were about to head out and explore on your own with the tips he had given you, a call from an unknown number popped up on your screen.

"Hello?"

"Y/N!" Jungkook's voice came through on the other line. "I hope you don't mind, I asked Jimin for your number not too long ago."

"No, you're good." You chuckled. "What's up?"

"Wanna hang out with me and Tae? We're gonna head to Common Ground."

"Sure!"

"Sick!" He exclaims. "I'll send you our address. Do you think you'll be okay heading over?"

"Yeah, I got it." You responded, remembering Jimin's directions to his place in the event you ever needed anything.

"Okay, just let me know if you get lost and I'll come find you." You chuckled before responding with a simple 'okay' to end the call. You were confident in your memory of the directions, which led you to their place in a matter of minutes. They didn't live too far from Yana, and you remember Jimin saying so since Yana doesn't drive and would simply take public transportation to and from places.

Upon your arrival at their apartment, Taehyung was cleaning up in the kitchen while Jungkook was throwing on a jacket. Jungkook gave you a little tour of their apartment, which was surprisingly clean and smelled of vanilla birchwood. Sooner or later, the three of you were off into town to visit Common Ground, which was considered Korea's first cultural space that was made out of shipping containers. The view and the entirety of it was pretty neat, and you kind of wished Jimin was here, but Jungkook and Taehyung were just as great of travel buddies. They talked a lot about their hometowns and what it was like moving to Seoul, plus how they truly value Korea and it's culture. You were coming to learn what a truly spectacular and beautiful place it was, and it was even more refreshing to hear from the boys themselves how much they loved being from Korea.

After navigating through the crowds and having spent more money on souvenirs and clothes, the three of you decided to eat up and grab some grub. For a minute, you lost Jungkook because he ran into some people he knew, leaving you and Taehyung to eat together.

"This place is neat isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's really cool. Thanks for taking me along." He nodded as his lips poked out while eating his food. You thought it was the most adorable thing.

"You know, Jimin's been really happy since you guys started spending a lot of time together."

"Oh yeah?" You giggled. Yes, Taehyung. Expose him.

"It's actually really nice to see." He chuckled. You knew him and Taehyung had known each other the longest out of their group, but he still held a very tight relationship with Jungkook, Hoseok and Jin. "He's always been the one to take care of people. I just wanna see him happy. He does a lot for the people he cares about."

"I know, he's really the sweetest person I've ever met. He's an angel."

"He was really destroyed over his ex." You continued to listen. "He loved her, a lot. He did everything for her and sacrificed a lot to keep her happy. But she couldn't reciprocate it 100% and that killed him time and time again."

"How long ago was that?"

"About a year ago? Even then, he tried not to have any bad blood with her after she had mistreated him. He has a good heart and mind. He deserves someone good who can take care of him." Your stomach fluttered with the countless butterflies, but most of the happiness you felt, also turned into anxiety. The days were counting down and you wouldn't be here for much longer. "He really, really likes you Y/N."

"I-I do, too. But-" Taehyung looked over at you, concerned. "I'm not going to be here for much longer." You shrugged. "It really sucks."

"Why don't you stay for a little more?"

"Work. My life is back in LA." He nodded. As much as it hurt you to say that, it was true. You wished it was easy to pick up your things and move around the world, but part of you felt silly for even thinking that over a holiday-solo-vacation love story.

"It's gonna be hard, but I honestly don't think Jimin cares. I think he'd make this work with you."

"But is that fair to him? Our time difference and-and, who knows when I'll get to physically see him again? Hearing what he went through.. what if I can't give him what he deserves?"

"I know all of it sounds like a mess and like it would never work, but don't you think you two meant for a reason?" He wasn't trying to be Jimin's right-hand at the moment, he was doing this because he truly could see how the both of you genuinely felt for each other. He hadn't seen Jimin have this glow, this type of genuine happiness to him in a long, long time.

"I don't know, I guess I'm just scared, and I would never want to put Jimin through anything he doesn't deserve."

"I get you." He replies. "But I do hope you know how much he cares about you. Like, I'm really not doing this because he's my bestfriend and all." He laughed. "But because I want to see the both of you happy."

"Thank you." You smiled at him toothlessly, the thoughts now flooding your head. All you wanted to do at this point was run into Jimin's arms and never let go. It would be your new safe haven. All you wanted was Jimin.

The rest of the day with Taehyung and (finally, again) Jungkook was chill, as you grabbed some desserts and played around at a nearby park before heading home to rest. You felt a sudden wave of exhaustion hit you, so you took a quick shower, threw on an oversized tee and shorts before retreating to the bed for a nice, late afternoon nap. You quickly texted Jimin that you'd leave the door unlocked so he could just walk in case you were deadass knocked out and couldn't hear the knocks or phone ringing.

Jimin had been helping his parents do a ton of revamping at their café, while also holding down the fort and doing what he can to help during peak hours. He was exhausted, nonetheless, but was excited to see you. He jetted off to the loft with food from the café to for some dinner, all while chuckling at the text you sent, wondering what the hell Jungkook and Taehyung had put you through today to knock you the hell out.

"Y/N?" He calls out softly. No response. He gently shuts the door and chucks his shoes to the side befofe laying the food out on the kitchen counter. It's peacefully quiet, even as Jimin climbs up the steps to the bedroom area. He smiles to himself as he sees you deep into the duvet covers, sleeping deeply like a baby longing for their afternoon nap. He sits on the edge of the bed, his fingers brushing through your hair, thumb softly caressing your cheek. You slowly open your eyes and smile, immediately sitting up to throw your arms around him. He laughs into your hug, pulling you in closer and running his hands down your back.

"Miss me?"

"I did."

"Aw." He chuckled. "Come here." He cups your cheeks and places a kiss on your lips.

"What a nice way to wake up."

"Yeah? What did TaeTae and Kookie do to you today?"

"Nothing, we just walked around Common Ground." He nodded.

"That's it?"

"We may have played around at a nearby park before going home."

"There it is." He laughed. "Are you hungry?"

"Starving, actually." You stretched.

"I brought some food from the café. Mom said I better feed you well." You chuckled.

"She's the sweetest." He had quickly brought you over to the café the other day, his mom and dad being the sweetest, and most loving people you have ever come across. You could immediately tell where Yana and Jimin got their mannerisms from. His mom couldn't stop holding onto you and telling Jimin how pretty you were, almost like she was telepathically communicating with her son and telling him to stop fucking around and get with it. You couldn't help but giggle at the look on her face.

"Come on." He nodded for you to follow him downstairs. He had paninis laid out, freshly toasted, with chips and more dessert. You pushed the coffee table in the living room forward a bit so that you both could sit on the floor and enjoy a good movie while eating the food. He had asked you more about your day and if Taehyung or Jungkookie had talked shit about him while you guys were out. You couldn't help but chuckle, remembering the serious conversation you and Tae had.

"Mm, actually," You finished up your sandwich and quickly washed your hands before heading back to the living room area. "Me and Taehyung had a pretty serious talk."

"About?"

"You, what else?"

"God, what did he say?"

"Nothing." You laughed, seeing his facial expression change.

"You can't say that you had a serious talk then not talk about it."

"Aw, is someone upset?" He pouted.

"Yeah, cause I'd like to know and I thought you cared about me." He dramatically responded. "I see that you don't, since you'd rather keep me hanging on a string like this."

"You're so dramatic, Park." You pinched his side, making him laugh. His laugh was certainly becoming a weakness for you. "He just told me that you've been really happy since we've been spending time together." He nodded.

"I mean, he isn't wrong."

"He also said that you really cared about me." You looked at him blankly, trying to read his expression and body language. He smiled at you, his cheeks getting hot and rosy.

"He also isn't wrong there."

"Taehyung really knows you, then."

"Since high school." He shrugs.

"That's about it, though." You spared him the rest of the details being that you really didn't wanna spoil the evening with such sad and negative thoughts about how your time was coming to an end here. Frankly though, you knew you had to deal with it sooner or later. That talk was coming either way.

"Hm." He says, pushing the coffee table up more towards the tv and throwing a blanket over both of your legs. He silently swung his arm over your shoulder and kept watching the movie on the tv. It was awhile before he broke the silence again with a sigh, his eyes still glued ahead of him. "I really like you, Y/N. I like you a lot. It's a little scary, but you don't know how much you drive me crazy with everything you do."

You held onto his hand that was hanging loosely from your shoulder and looked over at him. "I really like you too." At this point, you feel his eyes on you. They linger from your eyes, down to your lips and back up to your eyes.

"Then will you let me take care of you?" All self-control had gone out the window after seeing the look in his eyes. It was full of passion and lust, but nothing dark. He just wanted to be close to you and make you happy. He cared, and he wanted you to see that.

"Yes." You say breathily as his face edged closer to yours. He cupped your face with his free hand, instantly pressing a kiss onto your lips. The kiss began to deepen quickly, with Jimin tracing your bottom lip with his tongue, asking for entrance. You gladly let him proceed as your hand rests against his jawline. You took the initiative to pull yourself onto his lap and straddle him, your breathing slightly hitching when you feel his hardened member through his grey sweats. Your tongues are beautifully dancing around as he holds you tightly while you grind your hips against his.

"Hey, wait. Are you sure about this?" He pulls away, knowing the moment is intensifying by the minute. "You know I wanna do right by you, Y/N. I don't wanna do anything you aren't comfortable with."

"I'm sure. I want this. I want you." You respond almost at a whisper, your lips slightly grazing his. He simply nods and brings you back with a kiss. You gently palm his member, making him hiss and groan slightly at your touch. You continue to grind your hips onto him, slowly humping him into insanity.

"Fuck Y/N, honestly, you're going to make me cum if you keep moving like that." You chuckled.

"Don't." You plant kisses along his jaw line, watching as he shuts his eyes and tilts his head back. "I'd want you to do it inside me." You whisper in his ear.

"Y-You can't say things like that." He moaned.

"Or what?"

"You're an instigator, you know that? A really cute one." He says as he chuckles and gently lays you back down onto the ground. He whips your shirt and shorts off, quickly unhooking your bra and tossing it aside. His eyes widen at the sight of your exposed breasts. "So fucking pretty." He curses under his breath as he lightly sucks on your neck and around your breasts, before grabbing a nipple in his mouth and toying around with it with his tongue. You grip onto his hair as you slightly arch your back in pleasure. He bites onto his bottom lip before placing a trail of kisses down your stomach and down to your inner thighs before rubbing your covered clit through your soaked panties. He gently presses his lips onto your covered clit, making you yearn for more. "You're so wet."

"J-Jimin." You weakly call out. "Please."

"I got you, baby." He slips down your panties and inserts a digit into your throbbing pussy. You let out a small moan as he pumps his digit in and out of you, before inserting another two, with his thumb circling your clit.

"Ohhhh, fuck!" You squeal as you continue to feel his fingers stretching you out. You feel your wetness dripping out with every pump and covering areas of your inner thighs before Jimin releases his fingers and has you lick them clean. He lets out a small grunt watching your tongue circle and suck onto his fingers. He then latches onto your clit with his mouth. You feel his tongue swipe down your folds, teasing you with an in and out motion. You jut your hips upward but Jimin does a hell of a job preventing you from moving up any higher. You squirm in his grip, feeling your high coming close. "Jimin, fuck! You're gonna make me cum." You see his eyes look up at you, this time, full of lust. He simply nods as he continues to let his tongue suck you dry and explore the insides of you - the sight being enough to tip you over and make you climax. "Jimin!" You yell his name as your body twitches from underneath his grip. He gives your pussy one last lick, causing you to tremble at the sensitivity.

"You're so fucking pretty when you call my name." He says almost at a whisper. "How else can I make you feel good, baby?" He places soft kisses along your neck and jaw. You tug on his pants, causing him to chuckle and toss his shirt and pants off to the side.

"Please."

"Please, what? Use your words, beautiful."

"I want you deep inside of me. I wanna feel you." He bites onto his bottom lip and smirks. You run your hands down his chiseled abs and his V-line, completely in awe of how beautiful this man truly was. He was driving you crazy, everything about him. His eyes, his soft hair, his scent, his body. Good god.

He removes his boxers, making his hardened cock spring out. It was the most beautiful thing you've ever seen - perfectly long and thick, with veins running upward in various places. You pump him a few times, causing him to let out small moans, before placing your thumb on his reddened head to spread the pre-cum around his tip. He lowers his body back down onto you, his member teasing your entrance and gently grazing your folds. He kisses you passionately before you watch him grab his cock and place the head at your entrance. He inches in, lowering his body back down and bringing the blanket over your bodies while watching your eyes roll to the back of your head.

"You okay?"

"Mhm." You let out, your nails already digging onto his back. He kept a steady pace and slowly eased you into it. Your moans became breathy as he picked up the pace, his hands now keeping your legs opened wider for him. "Mmmmff, Jimin." You pleaded. "Just like that."

"Fuck, babygirl. The way you call my name." He quickly tilts his head back before ramming his body into yours as he became a little rough with it. Your thighs were folded up near your stomach as he held it there and continued to thrust in and out of you. With him picking up the pace, you felt yourself about to reach your climax and cum again.

"God, I'm gonna cum." You continued to moan loudly, until you were gripping onto the blankets and your eyes were rolling back once again. He greatly slowed down his pace, letting you ride out your high once more while placing kisses along your breasts and your lips. He wraps his arms around you and brings the blanket over while he sits back against the couch and lets you straddle him once more. The blanket comfortably sits below your waist, your eyes locked with his. He simply smiles at you, tucking a strand behind your ear and caresses your cheek. You gently and slowly ride him as you lean into his hand and place a kiss on his palm. His hands drop down to your waist, gripping onto them as you kept a steady pace while resting your hands on the couch behind him. You pick up your pace as you watch him squirm underneath you. He begins to call out your name, his hisses and groans accompanying the sound of your wet pussy riding him into the sunset.

"Y/N, fuck. Y-You're gonna make me cum." He tilted his head back, his hands losing grip around your hips as you rode his cock faster. "L-like that." He stutters. "Ugh, god." He hisses. You can tell he's about to let go with the way he's holding back his moans.

"J-Jimin, hmmmmph." You tilt your head back as you feel yourself about to cum for the third time tonight. "Please cum with me." You plead as your moans get louder.

"Oh shit, I'm gonna cum." He spits out as his fingers deep into your hips. You feel him fill you up completely as you ride out the rest of your high, Jimin's head now resting against your chest as you hold him close. You both stay in the position for awhile to catch your breath. After a moment, he looks up to meet your eyes and smiles, kissing you on the lips before helping you off his lap. He helps clean you up a bit before cleaning himself up and throwing his shirt and sweats back on. You fix the blanket onto the floor and drag some pillows down from the couch so you could lay on your stomach somewhat comfortably on the floor.

"You don't wanna get up to the bed?" Jimin laughed as he kneeled and rubbed your back.

"No, I'm too comfortable now."

"That good, huh?"

"Shut up, Jimin. Leave me alone." He laughed louder.

"I'll go grab another blanket." He says, going into the storage closet to grab another thick blanket to drape over your bodies. He lays next to you, his back resting against the couch as he propped his elbow up and rested his head on his hand. He continued to rub your back as you both looked over at the TV, the movie now nearing the end.

"I have to rewind the movie." You pouted, making Jimin chuckle.

"Go ahead." He watched as you flipped the remote up and brought the movie back to the last place you remembered seeing. You sunk your body into Jimin's, his lips lightly pressing on your head. Not even 5 minutes back into the movie, you felt your eyes getting heavy.

"Ah, I'm getting so sleepy though."

"You took a nap earlier. What do you mean?"

"I worked out a lot today." He laughed and lightly tickled you, making you hit his hand away.

"I see that. Go to sleep."

"Are you going to stay?" You mumbled.

"Only if you want me to."

"Of course I do." He smiled. "But what are you going to do?"

"Watch anime or whatever is on Netflix. Don't worry about me."

"Mmkay."

"Goodnight, baby." He whispers in your ear before kissing your cheek. The word baby made the butterflies come back (and the pussy throb, yet again, but you shoved that in the back of your mind because you definitely didn't have energy to go another round, as much as you wanted to).

Jimin watches as you quickly fall asleep, smiling to himself while he continues to play with your hair. He was happy. So happy. More than he's ever felt before and he wasn't sure how you were doing it. He was caught in your spell and he didn't even see it coming. You had him so undone. All he wanted to do was make this work with you and he was willing to, more than you knew. He didn't care about the time difference, he didn't care about your life being back in LA, he just didn't care about anything you've worried about because he believed you were worth it and he was going to put in this effort. You could figure everything else out later, but he just wanted this to be.

Alexa, play: Vibez x Zayn

[mubal4]

Holiday Break Thoughts

 Haven’t put anything out over the last week.  Planned on taking time away from most things and for the most part, I’ve been successful.  I struggle with completely shutting down and there are always a few days when I “shut down” that I don’t really shut down.  However, this time around, I’ve been pretty good about it.  The only commitments I’ve stayed consistent with is meditating, praying, and moving each day.  I’ve picked up my Kindle a few days, checked email a bit, made a phone call or two, but stayed away from everything else.  Even running, only ran a couple of days the last week.  That has been tough for me and although there have been a few days I’ve really wanted to go; I took the dog for a walk or Robin and I went out for a hike. I wanted to purposely stay away from it, so I am truly refreshed and ready to go come next week when things begin to get serious (story for another day 😊).  There have been a couple other things I have NOT stayed away from this holiday break however, my family – which has been a gift and a ton of fun (more details on that), as well as likely the most positive, although they may disagree 😊; the other two are food and beer.  It’s been quite the week but, in our defense, we were on vacation for 6 days so, and it was an all-inclusive resort therefor I felt compelled to get our money’s worth – and boy did we.

 As mentioned above when we go on vacation it is difficult for me to completely unplug.  I think that may be for a lot of you out there too; an email you just want to get back to, a call you won’t to make, or a post/podcast or another commitment you want to stay true to, even though the break is deserved and warranted.  This time I wanted to test myself.  Sounds kind of weird but yes, I wanted to get myself out of my comfort zone and do what I wanted to do and what came to me. Yes, there are days I don’t want to run, write, do the podcast, read, etc.……...!!  Crazy to hear that someone doesn’t want to do these thinks 😊 – yes, there is sarcasm there.  But even though we don’t want to do the things we believe we must do & should do; we still do them.  Relentless Forward Progress, right?  But, on this trip – I truly wanted to unplug and even from running.  That is why I decided to do an ultramarathon 3 days before we left. Therefore, I wouldn’t feel that pull to run while on vacation. It was still a challenge and yes, I did get uncomfortable at points but that is because, like some of you out there, I am way too hard on myself, as well as way too critical of myself.  This time though, I stuck to my plan and there is much progress.  I am slowing things down a bit and my walks with Robin and Bear are engaging and I am present.  When I have ran, it was just to run, and miles don’t matter.  It is just to be out there moving. When I was laying on the beach, I was present, watching the world go by, not thinking about something I “should be doing.”  Sounds weird but it was a challenge for me.  

 As much as we go and go, I do believe rest and recovery are important.  When I say that though, I don’t necessarily mean not staying active, moving, or doing things to help you grow.  It could just mean doing things different.  It could just mean not having all the bullshit we have occupying our mind each day, distracting us, from a conversation with your family, or a stranger on the beach in Cabo 😊.  The worries and responsibility are still there, that doesn’t go away, but you are resting, recovering from it.  Make sense? That can be taking the break for the bullshit, running, work, relationship, whatever it is that may keep you going all day, every day.  

 And with the way 2020 went, we all needed to change things up.  Actually, we were all, in a way, forced to change things up a bit.  So, as the fall rolled around for us, we thought about what we were going to do for Christmas this year.  At this point, in September or so, things with Covid were still flat and the cases hadn’t begun to go up.  That said, we knew we weren’t going back to PA considering all that was going on there and our families wouldn’t be traveling to come out to us.  We did think about heading to CO to visit the Shane’s up there, do some skiing, and play in the snow.  We also thought about heading to the beach and get into warm weather. Well, the girls voted, and they wanted sun, sand, ocean, and……... & all-inclusive resort.  A couple of years ago we went to Riviera Maya for spring break, stayed at an all-inclusive and the girls loved it (so did dad 😊).  We didn’t want to head back there and decided that maybe Cabo San Lucas may be an option.  Robin and I had visited there when we first started dated almost 20 years ago and really enjoyed it.  So, she and the girls did their research and found where they wanted to stay.  At this point, as I mentioned, things were stable with Covid, I did some research on how things were being handled down there, all made sense, so we booked the trip.  Then things started to go a bit sideways with the cases throughout the US and as Thanksgiving rolled around, we started thinking about possible alternatives, canceling, what should we do?  We had not gotten any notifications from the travel folks on flights being canceled or hotels being shut down.  Actually, when doing some further research earlier this month, I found out that Cabo had only 200 total cases of Covid since March.  They put in high level protocols for the resort towns, and they have had visitors to the resorts since the summer with no issues at least that I was able to find. After visiting, seeing the protocols in place, and speaking to the staff on what they did, we now understand how they were able to stabilize the virus, at least in the state of Baja California.  That all said, a week out we were still a bit nervous with what was happening here in the states, we were getting tested, and still setting expectations in our family if we need to make other plans.  

 Well, they day of the flight down came, and all went off fine.  The only issue I was concerned about was the time in the airports.  The planes not so much but just being able to social distance in the airport was challenging.  Actually, the airport was packed.  Before Covid hit I traveled every week and last week when we left, here in Phoenix, it seemed like a normal travel day pre-Covid.  Fortunately, we didn’t experience any major travel issues, some delays going down and coming back, but safe and sound arrivals on both ends.

 So, in the spirit of 2020 and doing things differently, we were doing Christmas different and spending it on the beach in Cabo San Lucas Mexico.  We did open our stockings before we left and had a gift to open Christmas Day, in our room, with the sliders open, looking at the beach listening to the waves crash and sun rise.  It was way different but certainly pretty cool to experience.  Just a side note, as the time to head out last week got closer, I realized this was going to be very weird.  Not having a tree, waking up on Christmas Day, not late-night Christmas Eve slighted intoxicated present wrapping………. not gonna lie, I was feeling a bit off, it was going to be very weird.  As I look back on it, it was very weird and different.  However, being able to experience this with the family was very special.  Because, not sure when the next time we will be able to take a trip like this; this time of year, or any for that part.  With Covid this year, the start of Isabella’s meet season and Alaina’s high school soccer season is pushed back.  Typically, we would be having games last week and likely a meet too.  We would certainly be leaving for SoCal this coming weekend for a meet for Bella.  However, with the delay at this point, we figured we would have an opportunity to get a way for Christmas.  Next year, Bella’s senior year, she is likely not going to want to travel because of gymnastics and everything else that goes with being a senior and Alaina will be in mid-season with soccer – that is if things swing back to a typical schedule.

 That was our driver and it actually worked. We had a great trip.  There was plenty of lounging on the beach, swimming in the ocean, and taking in the beautiful scenery.  We certainly ate our money’s worth and Robin and I did our part to curb the Corona Beer population.  I may have helped with that in the tequila department too 😊.  The resorts were great, water was fantastic, and Alain & I even went parasailing one day together.  That was a pretty special experience.  Robin and I had plenty of walks on the beach.  We felt incredibly safe and healthy everywhere went.  All were wearing masks where necessary.  The staffs at all the resorts did their part and the folks we were around were very respectful…. well, most of them were 😊.  We met some great people, some interesting people, and some funny families.  Our servers at the beach and pool were fantastic and we got to know one, Felix, very well.  Really cool having him just sit down with us and tell us about his family, kids, and life. Was an awesome treat just to engage with him and be present as he continued to serve me copious amounts of Modelo. 😊 I didn’t open my laptop once and tried very hard to stay off the phone other than Christmas greetings and Facetimes with family.  

 Overall, it was a phenomenal trip and definitely well worth it.  I am very grateful we did it an had the opportunity to be able to.  Next year who knows where we will be or what the situation, we will be in.  I don’t want to sit back then and say, “we should have taken that trip last year.” Yeah – 2020 has been incredibly different so we played into that and celebrated our Christmas incredibly different.  We’ve already heard from folks that thought we were nuts for doing it considering the pandemic.  We get it; however, we were likely safer there than we are in the US.  Others expressed their happiness and wanted to come along with us – we would have loved it. We saw an opportunity to do something we wanted to do, and we felt safe, comfortable, and healthy in which to do so.  Therefore, we did it, enjoyed it, and would do it again. It is possible we can get the virus. That can be said if we were in Mexico, AZ, PA, or any where else other than sheltered in our home, not living our life.  

 Robin said it best, and this was quite funny, but – “are you going to be sitting down in a few weeks thinking, ‘I really should have run more while in Cabo?’” – I won’t and I won’t be thinking “we really shouldn’t have gone to Cabo in 2020 for Christmas.”

 Happy Holidays everyone and have a great New Year’s!!

[mleelyf19]

*Day 3

Today is day three of doing nothing. I honestly don’t know how some people sit home and entertain themselves when they have nothing to do. I haven’t been scheduling myself to work but rather calling in the mornings to see if the hospital that I work for needs help that day (pro of being pool per diem staff)! This has worked out for me really well especially with being in nursing school. The only commitment to the hospital that I have is that when I am not in school, such as winter break or summer break, I have to work 4 shifts a month. Yeah, it’s a pretty good gig! However, the negative degree temperatures that we have been getting here in Bangor the past week has not been helpful to Rosie at all (my car). Rosie is a lot like me and really just hates the negative temperatures. She hates them so much that she won’t start when I really need her too! So, she has been sitting in my heated garage, staying out of the cold, and I start her once a day and let her run for about an hour (hoping that it will charge her battery enough). However, when it is unpredictable is Rosie is going to start or not, it is kind of hard to work! This is kind of discouraging because Darla (my old car) had a history with not starting! Because of Darla, I got jumper cables for Christmas one year and thank God that I did! 

Day one of my day three streak I called the hospital in the morning to see if they needed help to find out that they didn’t (this almost never happens) so I took the day to relax! I don’t know how to relax very well. I am a person that likes to be busy, which I think is why I oddly love nursing school. So I watched Netflix (which I am also bad at) and just stayed low for the day. 

Day two, (yesterday) was a snow day! We got a ton of snow that I have yet to go out and deal with! I haven’t seen the wind blow that hard in a long time. I am not sure how much snow that we actually got but it’s a lot! Cody went out to work (snow removal) and I once again watched Netflix (Fuller house) and stayed low.

Day three, today, I don’t really know what to do with my self! I am “watching” Grey’s Anatomy at the moment as I write this, already cleaned the living room, put the sheets in the washer and are already in the dryer, and have to wash the dishes but other than that I have nothing planned again. I have been doing a lot of searching for decorating for the IF:Gathering which I am hosting next month at Bangor Advent Christian Church. This is a women’s retreat that is hosted in Austin, Texas by Jennie Allen. Woman around the world will tune into to this as people are hosting IF:Gatherings all over the globe and we will glorify God together and go in deeper with him. This is an amazing retreat and I cannot wait to host it! However, because I have been thinking a lot about it, I have been kind of nervous to get to the date. I have clinical the Friday of, which means I will have paper work that I due on Monday at 3. I also have a Simulation the following Friday and I have to go research my patient for OB that Sunday for a Monday clinical, which means that I will have paper work due that Wednesday of Simulation week. If you are reading this please pray for me as I mentally, and physically prepare for this week next month. If you are the praying type please pray that I would be refreshed by IF: Broadway and that I would be ready and prepared to take on the week following. 

As for the rest of the day, today is day 5 of the workout plan that I am doing! (Yesterday was rest day). Later today we are going to clean out my drive way (from the tons of snow that we got) and then do day 5 of the work out plan. I think I might make myself a hot cocoa, maybe read my book and watch Grey’s until around 4 and then get going. 

If you made it to the end of this post, thanks for reading. It’s not very exciting but rather just a way to gather my thoughts and figure out what I am going to do today and how that I have not been productive (but rather have given myself another week of vacation) but that is truly okay! We all need at refresh day, or three in preparation for the three months ahead (last semester of junior year, thank God!) Enjoy the rest of your Friday! Until next time friends! 

Thanks for reading.

Macy D