Vacation

Moving completely on from my previous subject, comes a brand new entry into the Story of Russell.

That's untrue, this is simply another concoction of tales and thoughts, and couldn't really be considered part of a story. This is just me nit picking, cos it's what I do.

I was talking to a friend earlier on MSN (I've got to stop being so mysterious on this thing, it drives me insane to read back things and find I never ever refer to people by their names, rather choosing to call them all under the generic title 'friends'). Let's start this again. I was talking to Phil earlier on, about something the people we both know aka Cat, Sam, Chloe, Shaun, Khalid, etc were also considering for Easter break. That being, a holiday. I've been away with friends recently, but only as far as London. I've been for school trips to Paris and Disneyland with friends but only for a couple of days and it was when I was young. And of course, I have been for a completely brilliant holiday, all the way to America for three and a half weeks, but completely alone (It was still awesome, some of the best times I've had, but I'll have to share them in another entry). Is it quite sad that I've never been for a proper holiday to somewhere nice, for more than a couple of days, with friends?

Thus, this year is going to be different. I don't think anything out there can quite make or break a friendship or a relationship like a holiday can. Such disasters usually occur with couples though. It's completely obvious when you think about it, you're stranded with them. You might as well be marooned on a desert island the size of, well, a very small island (There are no obviously small islands to my recollection, and I SUCK at Geography). Why do people do it? Of course, because it can work greatly. I think there has to be some certain rules about how you do it though, you know, not being too pushy about things, being willing to go somewhere and do some things you don't really want to for the sake of the group. In fact, the more people you factor into the equation, the more likely you'll end up with a relationship ending style fight between friends. Somebody is always going to push it too far or not be able to take it any longer, and flip out. Other rules could be to make sure you think carefully about sleeping arrangements, and book according to what you can handle. Can the light sleepers handle the heavy sleepers snoring? Can you really share with the opposite sex? Girls do make a lot of mess in their rooms, trust me. And guys, probably the same, but a different kind of mess. (Ok, that wasn't funny, just quite gross. Strike that from the record) But yes, pretty much, you have to be very careful about going on holiday. It is only when you consider the bad sides as well as the obvious good sides that you realise it's best not to go into it with a false sense of excitement. And for the record, I am an easygoing guy, and could quite handle anything, but even myself on holiday could be a different person! Which leads me to question whether I really want to go on holiday anymore. That whole month of not doing anything here except sleeping in and playing video games is starting to look quite good right about now...