Once upon a time, a group of friends were in their late teens. They'd been friends for years and finally found themselves mobile (as in having driver's licenses, cars and gas money). One summer they all packed into a car and went camping up at Lake Tahoe. It was a grand time. (Excepting the part one friend who turned out to be a complete dilweed and stole another friend's girlfriend and alienated himself from the group forever and ever amen.)
The first night everyone camped out under the stars, on top of large boulders overlooking a large lake. The second night the guys (note please that it was not the girl's idea) putzed out and we all split a motel room.
In a moment of euphoric bliss one afternoon, someone brought up the idea that one day, when we were all growed-up, we should all buy a cabin at Tahoe together and enjoy summer weeks and winter snow trips.
Well. We're all growed up now.
Or most of us are.
Most of the group is married and of those, most have kids. (I'm the exception to both of those things, being neither married nor a mother. [But I'm an auntie and that's all sorts of fabulous!])
And well, none of us can afford a cabin at Tahoe, even purchased as a group effort. Life is expensive. Kids and cars and homes and holidays... all cost money. And these days it seems that the same amount of money that could have purchased a good deal of life-things doesn't do so much.
But enough fretting.
Because luckily, though we can't afford things like Cabins in Tahoe, some of us have friends who can.
And so, the DLPC will be going to Tahoe in a few weeks, to enjoy a reunion/day-dreamt about cabin weekend in that mountainous terrain.
Good times ahead, people.
What sort of vacation dreams have you made come true?
That's so awesome ya'll are doing that! I love the beginning of this post. It made me think of someone burning the shorts of said ostracized member...Lol. Good times.
ReplyDeleteHave so much fun! I look forward to reading about this trip, what a blast.