{"id":202,"date":"2019-05-21T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jrolik.caludin.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2019-05-21T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:42:21","slug":"topical-tuesday-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrolik.caludin.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/21\/topical-tuesday-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Topical Tuesday: Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hey there guys! Welcome back, or if you\u2019re new, just a great big welcome! It\u2019s Topical Tuesday, meaning we\u2019re going to talk about something mild and easy. And, thanks to lurking some sites for writing prompts, I\u2019ve got a pretty good idea of what to talk about today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s topic? Travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many reasons a person travels, and traveling can vary in national and international ways. I personally have never been out of the United States- I don\u2019t even have a passport, quite honestly. But even if I\u2019ve never left this country, I\u2019ve had my fair share of travels. I\u2019ve lived in two states on opposite sides of the continent, I\u2019ve been to almost every time zone at least twice in my life. The only one I don\u2019t recall ever being in is Central. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve traveled for many reasons in my life. Sometimes it was a relative having a conference and bringing me along. Others, it was because of an extracurricular activity. My most memorable travels, however, are usually the ones I choose to go on to see loved ones. Today, I\u2019m going to give you a quick idea of some of the trips I remember most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Model UN Pasadena Trip<\/strong>
    I mentioned earlier that I lived on both sides of the continent. When I said that, I was inferring that I lived, for a short time, in northern California. It was an iffy time in my life as I was going through puberty and had a somewhat over-controlled life set up for me. However, I did grow to enjoy the extracurriculars I was pushed into. Model UN, in particular, brings memories I\u2019ll never forget- including finding out two years after it my crush, who I said nothing to about it, always knew and was waiting for me to tell him about liking him. Oops?<\/li>
  2. A Maternal Disaster<\/strong>
    My second memory of traveling actually happened earlier than the Model UN trip by about a year or two. I was taken by my aunt to visit my estranged mother- and well, there was a disaster at first, but it wasn\u2019t all bad. Still, this is a painful memory more than a pleasant one. My mother hadn\u2019t changed at all, I came to realize- and maybe the real reason I went there was to get closure and accept that fact. I certainly grew some closure\u2026 As much as you can when you\u2019re already living in an insane household.<\/li>
  3. My Beloved<\/strong>
    This trip actually happened in the past year. I\u2019ve dated online most of my life, but I\u2019ve never met up with the people I dated\u2026 Until last June, when I went to see my boyfriend and his family for the first time in my life. Needless to say, meeting your boyfriend offline for the first time coinciding with meeting his family is a bit intimidating, but it was a wonderful trip I look forward to making again sometime this summer. To my surprise, Arizona heat isn\u2019t as painful for me as the current heat in our tristate area. I had been to Arizona once before as a child, and remembered it very differently.

    Unlike the child I was, I\u2019ve grown to see charm in Arizona and similar states with arid deserts. I\u2019ve started thinking that if I move out of state, Arizona would be a good destination- and not just because my favorite person is there! No, I want to go because it\u2019s cheaper, and it\u2019s easier on my health problems than this muggy sauna of a state I\u2019m stuck in.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That\u2019s it for today. Those are some of the many travels I\u2019ve taken in my life within our country- and I hope to travel much more in the years to come! If you\u2019d be willing to, I\u2019d love to see a travel story of yours in the comments. Until Thursday- take care! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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