Homeward Bound
Sep. 7th, 2007 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosToday's lesson is to always research the location of a hotel before making reservations.
My retreat lodging turned out to be in the only standard issue small city on the island, which is also the home of a Navy base, complete with fighter jets.
The room was nice enough, but ten minutes after unpacking I knew I couldn't stay. If I was going to be in that kind of neighborhood I might as well have stayed home. And it was far enough from the places I did want to be that it wasn't worth it.
Management very graciously did not charge me the one night's fee I owed contractually.
I stopped at several more hotels on my way back south, but none of them worked out.
So here I am in the ferry line, about to head back to the mainland. I can do the writing and reflection I need to do at home, and do some day trips into the country if I need to get out for a while.
And the Daughter is off with her dad, so I'll still have my alone time.
(And I did complete the one ritual act that needed to be done on the island.)
My retreat lodging turned out to be in the only standard issue small city on the island, which is also the home of a Navy base, complete with fighter jets.
The room was nice enough, but ten minutes after unpacking I knew I couldn't stay. If I was going to be in that kind of neighborhood I might as well have stayed home. And it was far enough from the places I did want to be that it wasn't worth it.
Management very graciously did not charge me the one night's fee I owed contractually.
I stopped at several more hotels on my way back south, but none of them worked out.
So here I am in the ferry line, about to head back to the mainland. I can do the writing and reflection I need to do at home, and do some day trips into the country if I need to get out for a while.
And the Daughter is off with her dad, so I'll still have my alone time.
(And I did complete the one ritual act that needed to be done on the island.)
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Date: 2007-09-08 02:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-08 05:32 am (UTC)Hope you can still manage to get the space/time you need.