This summer I've been the biggest traveler. Already I've been to New Orleans and Tuscaloosa. I just got back from Boston for a wedding. Had I the availability to be off work a day, I could go to Montana and Yellowstone. Unfortunately, I have to teach on the day everyone else is leaving. I had fun in Boston for the most part. I got to visit some sites and go to the Red Sox game.

While in Boston, I came to realize two things. The first is that kids do not change. They all go through the same growing process. Sitting behind two siblings (boy and girl) on the subway into Boston, I watched as they invented the stupidest game. Each seat had a metal bar spanning the back of the seat. Each child would rub the bar from end to end gaining points somehow. The little boy happened to touch the girl with his elbow as he was running his hand along the bar. Of course the little girl made it seem like the little boy slapped her. She whined about him hitting her and eventually got him in trouble by complaining to her mom. The little boy didn't do anything but TOUCH her. This brought back too many memories of me and my sister when we were younger.

There other thing I came to realize is that when my family went on vacation as I was growing up, my parents weren't kidding when they said they were tired. For the past few trips, I've been absolutely exhausted when I returned. Walking around Boston was a killer. We walked around for about 5 hours. I have no clue how many miles we walked. That combined with little sleep over the weekend made me a practical zombie Monday morning. Vacations really take a lot out of you as you get older. But I wouldn't give it up unless I had to. I'm still looking forward to Cedar Point this summer and any other trips that I may go on, especially Disney World and Universal Studios.