Too Much Alien Chatter

Have you noticed the increase in chatter about aliens. Firstly we have an article about how scientists have found planets like our own that could possibly have life.

Could Goldilocks Planet be Just Right for Life

Then we have a story about retired Air Force personnel confirming that UFOs shut down our nuclear missiles on more than one occasion.

Ex-Air Force Personnel: UFOs Deactivated Nukes

Too many stories to bother listing. Use Yahoo, search "UFO" under the news section rather than the web. Too many to count. Actually it can be counted, 267 hits on it in the last week. But that is not what I wanted to talk about. I want to talk about how I want a vacation.

I need a vacation, I don't need to go to another planet, I just need a real two week vacation and I don't want to go alone. The last real vacation I had was with my ex-wife going to Hawaii to see her brother, he was getting divorced at the time. I liked Hawaii. If I were to go back I think I would go to Maui, I have never been there.

My problem is, I can't think of a place I feel like going to. I don't wish to go back to New England, I don't like the south as I hate humidity (could explain my living in the desert). There is nothing in the mid-west I feel a need to see, I have traveled across the country a few times by car. I enjoyed Portland and Washington State; but, it is going to get cold soon. Mexico has just too many problems right now. I haven't renewed by out of date passport so I cannot leave the country.

How I Feel My Life Has Been

How do you pick a vacation spot? I forgot how. Two weeks is a long time to be anywhere. I guess the question is what does one want from their vacation. Relaxing, heck that can be done at home. Excitement, I have had enough of that. Seeing new things, not much I feel a need to see.

The vast majority of people in the history of the world never travelled more than 26 miles from their homes. We seem obsessed with travel. People who live in Malibu will spend thousands to lie on a beach in Greece. For some reason we now equate vacation with travel. It used to just be time off work. For me the best vacation I ever had was on a cruise ship, it rocked me to sleep and everything was taken care of, the ex hated it, not exciting enough.

Perhaps Rio would be nice.

I started this post a couple of hours ago and haven't had much to say. I think I should just go to bed. "Why can't I sleep?"