Overview

Something about holidays that just gets people in a good mood. The thought of just having nothing
important to do and your main aim is to really enjoy yourself and have a good time. Even gets better
when you have someone to enjoy it with. Makes the whole thing a thousand times better.

At the end of a long year, I decided that I will treat myself to a holiday. I felt like I earned it and really
needed it. The idea of not having anything or anyone chasing me down for anything was way to
inviting to resist. Plus like I really needed alone time to recover from all the energy I spent
socializing. Saved up some little cash and made my plans known that I have no intention of doing
anything for the next couple of days.
Of all the friends that showed interest in joining me for the trip, she was the last I expected to
actually make it. We’d been friends for a while and I’d had a huge crush on her for a while now. Our
different and crazy busy schedules limited the amount of time we interacted. We would try meet up
occasionally and the little time we spent together became so valuable.
So it was kinda unreal when she said she could make it for the trip. This meant that we would have
so much time together. I hadn’t seen her in a while so there was a lot of stuff I had to tell her. I was
really excited. I even had a hard time sleeping the previous night before she arrived. She finally
arrived as planned and I tried to keep it cool but on the inside I was doing backflips (I don’t even
know how to do backflips in real life).
Seeing this side of her was quite interesting. Her ‘holiday’ side that is. I find it intriguing whenever
someone openly just shows me something new about themselves. I was so used to seeing her ‘busy’
side that I never imagined this part of her. She was very relaxed. No hurry to go anywhere, no
rushed conversations and plenty of time to just do nothing. This was turning out to be more than I
ever hoped. We went out and talked for so long and about everything. There were moments we just
sat in silence. And not the awkward kind. The kind where y’all just enjoy each other’s peace and
presence. Her company was cosy.
As much as I was having fun, the unpleasant thought at the back of my mind kept knocking. I knew
this holiday would come to an end soon and we’d be back to the struggle. And as the weekend was
coming more and more to an end the thought became louder. At the end it turned out to be a holiday I could only have dreamt about (I probably have who knows). I’d give anything to do it all
over again.

WRITER: MUA