Chapter 2

I just came back from my first vacation by my lonesome. (Okay...I got back a week ago...but who's counting.) It has been a very interesting few months for me, and I felt the need to 'get away'. So decided to pack it all up and lie on the beach for a week in Punta Cana. It was darn hot, let me tell you. But it was lovely just the same. My biggest decision during the day was - do I sit on the beach, or by the pool. Not a bad life for a week.

Part of my trip was spent 'soul searching' - trying to figure out what the next chapter of my life is going to look like. The one thing I have learned is, you can't plan these things, they kind of just happen (life, I mean). I guess what I was hoping to gain is a sense of what I want. The thing I have realized is, I need to start thinking for me. Most of my life has been spent making decisions based on what is good for other people, what's going to make them happy.

So I have decided that Chapter 2 means that Barb gets to be a little bit selfish. It's not about trampling over everyone else's feelings or needs to satisfy myself. It's about realizing that my happiness is just as important as everyone else's. And I have to make sure that I am taken care of.

Is that too much information for you all???? Probably.

So what does Chapter 2 have in store for me? The first week has been.....rather interesting. One of the few things I have learned in the past months is - life is full of surprises.

The picture you see is one of the many pina coladas I had while in Punta Cana. I do miss my 11:00 am (yes I that means in the morning) pina colada. Funny enough, they frown on me drinking them at work. That's a shame.