Vacation!

[afuna]

So, I'm going out of town the next four days, to spend half a week at Fort Ilocandia, which apparently is very pretty and luxurious and has stuff like jet-skiing and parasailing and archery and other stuff you can't get here (wind and sand and sea and nature and stuff).

I am terrible at taking vacations, by the way. I just spent today stressing over finishing code for work, because I hadn't finished enough to justify to myself skipping Monday through Wednesday of next week relaxing ("relaxing"). Though it's better to stress before the vacation, than during or after? I'm about to resume coding for work after this, but took a quick break to pack my bag.

Packing two books: Dragonfire by Charles Ashton, and Snare by Katherine Kerr. Should I swap one of them out for Ellen Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer, or Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar, or DWJ's Unexpected Magic? Or maybe I should bring Wicked instead, since it's already tattered, from the time I lent it to my brother's friend. I'm gone four days; two books had better be enough! (Maybe I should bring three?)

I'm actually in the middle of the first book of Abarat, but I don't want to bring it because first book is glossy (and therefore heavy). Second book is hardbound (and therefore heavier).

Oh hmm what else do I need? Clothes, probably. Must not forget that. Ummm, money, too. Not bringing the laptop, but am bringing the iPhone. Also going to try to bring a bit of self-discipline so I don't end up spending the next four days hunched over my phone, trying to connect to the internet.

Place looks good enough to have assorted toiletries in the room? I'm bringing a towel anyway, for the beach.

Hm. Hm. Hm.

I hope I didn't forget anything.

ETA Oh yes, need to turn off changenotify, otherwise I'll be spammed with emails for things I can't help out with anyway.

Comments

[juliet]

IME the toiletries even in good places tend to be a bit hit-and-miss: but then I'm picky about my toiletries (lots of things make my skin feel sticky). Certainly they v v rarely have conditioner, so if you use that you might want to take it. (Also toothpaste never gets provided, again IME :) )

I would take 3 books, but then I worry about running out of books, and also THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME TODAY on my epic 16-hr train journey back from Brisbane. OTOH that did mean that I did a little writing, so...

Have a lovely vacation! And stay away from the internets :)

[che]

Enjoy your vacation! :)

And just to be on the safe side, maybe you should bring three books instead of two. Hee!

[yati]

You could take along the DWJ book instead of swapping it out with another. Or if you swap something out, don't swap with that book -- I haven't read Unexpected Magic, but her books tend to be very quick reads. I gobbled up Mixed Magic, another of her short story collections, in hours.

It looks like a nice place to spend four days. I second staying away from the internets. ;)

Have a good time!

[branchandroot]

Have a good time!

I would also take three books, but I devour books at a mighty pace so take that with a grain of salt.

[omgaeula]

Fort Ilocandia is beautiful! (We stayed in their mayor suite or whatever.) Their toiletries are sufficient. How long will you be there? I didn't do any reading while I was there because we went to a different province everyday. (We didn't even have time to try out any of the Fort's activities, we just used the place for sleeping.) It was excellent. So you may not need to bring so many books.

The only place we went to that had wifi was a hotel in Vigan, hee.

Enjoy your vacation! Take lots of pictures! :D

[omgaeula]

I just reread your entry -- 4 days! As I said, my family and I weren't able to experience the resort aspect of the hotel, so I do hope you tell us about it when you get back!

[murklins]

Take all the books! I have made the mistake of not doing this so many times and that is why I own Imzadi -- desperate drugstore book purchase in Campbell River, summer of 1993.

[exor674]

Hope you put Bugzilla on vacation mode too?

[afuna]

OMG. Good point. OTOH, I kinda like knowing everything from Bugzilla. UMmmm.

[exor674]

Yeah, but do you wanna get home to 800 emails?

[afuna]

I will read email once a day. Maybe. Probably. Hmmmm.

[afuna]

Oh, I know. I will lessen the verbosity. Thank you for reminding me \o/

[richestgrave]

I hope you have a great time! Enjoy! Sleep! Eat! De-stress! :D :D :D

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

u haz iPhone. u can haz pikchurs of pretty beaches and stuffs not of office, y/y?

in short, breathe all the fresh air you can and enjoy the scenery! as one who has always traveled sans laptop and with mobile phone mostly off, it is definitely worth it. *grin*

have a lovely vacation!

[pauamma]

Enjoy! Or else. :-)

[afuna]

Is that a threat/promise? :)

[pauamma]

Yes.

[afuna]

Ah, but I did enjoy myself. Should I regret that now?

[pauamma]

You should never regret enjoying yourself. :-)

[afuna]

I don't plan to :)

[habeo.livejournal.com]

Might be a touch late, but enjoy! :D