Yes, I am the Auntie Lynnie referenced in the title of this blog.
Why am I doing this? Why not? Who doesn't want to be famous, even if only for a little bit?
My childhood, my Wonder Years, were not the happiest. I made my own universe through the books I loved and the musicals I adored. I grew into an adult honestly believing that my life WOULD somehow magically morph into one of those romantic tales I knew by heart.
Unfortunately, there were a few problems with this. One, I cannot sing. Two, I cannot act. Three, none of the men I knew looked anything like any of the musical theatre stars, and could not sing or act, either. So I settled into a regular kind of marriage.
Sure, it had its bumps but what marriage doesn't? I really believed that I would be married to the same man until one of us died. I believed it until the day I realized that we were no longer the same people that had started on the long journey together 20 years earlier. And that I neither loved nor even liked the person that I used to know so well.
And that I had totally lost touch with who the hell I was as a human being. If I ever had been in touch with it in the first place.........
So I have been on a journey. To find out who I am. What do I like? What makes me laugh?When do I crave vanilla wafers? Everything about me.
I grew up in a family that traveled, really, quite a bit although I didn't realize it at the time. We camped, so I figured that wasn't really like traveling. We did make it around most of the United States, with the exception of the East Coast. Dad said he wanted to leave something for when we grew up. I tried camping again shortly after getting divorced, but it really is a lot of work for just one person. And I decided that I really don't like being hot and sweaty.
So I am beginning to travel again. As serendipity would have it, an old high school chum from Albuquerque, New Mexico, looked me up and we started chatting about getting together. Which started me thinking about just traveling around to places I want to go. Doing it my way - in comfort.
My new adventures start this weekend, thanks to Carol! And they will, hopefully, not end for a very, very long time. I have every intention of being just like the old lady in "Titanic" who did everything during her lifetime. I just have half a lifetime left to do it in!
