Comments on Nonlinear Girl: Vacation, had to get away

Here's a bright spot. At least you don't fantasiz...

2008-08-21T06:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a bright spot. At least you don't fantasize of ways to kill your in-laws like I do when I'm with mine for more than 10 minutes. Oh, did I just type that?

I know what you mean. I've always love this old b...

2008-08-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

I know what you mean. I've always love this old but excellent article from the atlantic on introverts, because it made me understand that I just need to be alone to recharge no matter how much I like my company, always have, and that extroverts just don't understand it, because they have so much fun talking at people. Thankfully my family will get together and do things like read magazines, which is more my style of being together.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch

Heh . . . I can relate. I love my wife's family, ...

2008-08-20T07:32:00.000-07:00

Heh . . . I can relate. I love my wife's family, but I only know so much about fishing. And that ain't much.

At least you have relatives who have even *heard* of Michael Chabon. I start talking about books or philosophy or theology or any of the things that interest me, and the room gets quiet.

[insert crickets]

But when we visit the nort'land, there are others there who I love to rub shoulders with. My muse lives closeby and our time together is always special . . .

I have always been the one to pull away, so I can so relate.

I appreciate this frank review of the mechanics of...

2008-08-19T21:18:00.000-07:00

I appreciate this frank review of the mechanics of the vacation trap #473. So many to remember really.

And I love the title.

Bingo.

2008-08-19T18:17:00.000-07:00

Bingo.

i know exactly what you mean. my problem is that ...

2008-08-19T13:44:00.000-07:00

i know exactly what you mean. my problem is that jason takes time to him self with my family and with his so i always feel like i am the entertainer/organizer. i do comfort myself with the idea that they are really here to see the kids anyway so we try to sneak away together as well now.

I absolutely cannot function unless I get a few mi...

2008-08-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

I absolutely cannot function unless I get a few minutes (at the very least) to myself every single day. I have always been like this. The vacation you just described sounds to me like a special kind of hell. ;-)

John's mom arrives next Thursday for a ten-day...

2008-08-19T11:53:00.000-07:00

John's mom arrives next Thursday for a ten-day stay. Maybe you and I should make some plans?
The most recent visit from my folks went much better for John, since he's at work 14 hours a day.

Also, I thought K & C could have been about 100 pages shorter than it was.

I have a 48-hour limit as well. My in laws definit...

2008-08-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

I have a 48-hour limit as well. My in laws definitely do not feel the same way.

Well, I don't love vacation with my in-laws. And ...

2008-08-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't love vacation with my in-laws. And I'm sure that has nothing to do with the fact that they're alcoholics with hair-trigger tempers. Nope.

I like the puzzle idea, though! Next time I will pack my own.

Welcome home!

Now I don't feel so guilty for needing some sp...

2008-08-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

Now I don't feel so guilty for needing some space from my in-laws, too. They just vibrate at a different frequency than I.

And, you're right; as much as I loved reading K & C, it did unravel a bit towards the end.

This is exactly the problem I have when visiting m...

2008-08-19T07:47:00.000-07:00

This is exactly the problem I have when visiting my in-laws and it's so hard to articulate. (Not that I don't try.)

I feel the same way. I love going on vacation with...

2008-08-19T05:33:00.000-07:00

I feel the same way. I love going on vacation with my in-laws, but I also crave time alone. No one else shares this tendency, and it's viewed with suspicion ("antisocial" is how my husband characterizes it).