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Mar 25 '08 by heyheyitsme

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Ever get in the mood to do a "Forrest Gump?"

I think that the favorite movie blog tonight, coupled with my mood, has put a thought into my head! The movie Forrest Gump was mentioned....

The thought of just getting in my car and driving somewhere, really, really far (ah...don't think i could run like Forrest, he he!) feels appealing to me tonight. Actually my thoughts are a little complicated...I'd like to just take off down to Outer Banks, NC to see my ex-husband's dad and his wife, and take my younger son with me. WHY? WHY would I want to do that? Well, because they still love me. And I've been in a personal family crisis this past month with a situation I can't tell. My ex's dad's wife called me last night, we had such a wonderful talk. I miss them. They are beautiful people. Quite frankly, they can't comprehend my ex, and he's "their" son. Even after the divorce, the man whom I had come to call "Dad" for twenty years so clearly reinforced his love and support for me...he said you'll always be my daughter, always a part of the family. We hope you will still come down.

And I have gone down since the divorce...a couple of times...bizarrely enough with my ex-husband included. That's another story...he can't drive long distances...I still wanted him to see his dad and the kids to be with their grandparents, so I chauffered.(sp?) Talk about weird.

Anyway, just a thought I had...kind of teared up a bit. It would be nice to see them, and comforting. Maybe I should really think about doing it. But I'm broke, shouldn't even spend the money on the gas, or postpone my work.

You know what though, he he he...maybe I should ask my ex for money to go visit his dad and his wife---WITHOUT HIM.

So, when have you wanted to do a Forrest Gump?

Chipmnk on Mar 25 '08 at 8:05pm

Often, especially recently.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:06pm

where do you want to go, and why? Chipmnk

Pizazz on Mar 25 '08 at 8:08pm

I want to just go bike somewhere all the time. I just absolutely HATE going back.

sleepyfeet on Mar 25 '08 at 8:09pm

heck yeah. if i could drive, i think i would have done that a few times already.
i'd just drive wherever the roads want me to go. :P

Chipmnk on Mar 25 '08 at 8:11pm

Hmm, I'm not really sure. For the where, anywhere really. I just haven't seen enough of the world.

For the why, I don't know. Sometimes I just feel the need to escape the faculties of my mind and these walls around me (both physical and figurative). I also have this feeling that I wouldn't be missed very much, and, as the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:12pm

yeah...escapist fantasies....one time awhile back i felt like maybe i should just start walking toward Lancaster (it's a pretty drive)...just keep walking and walking until i finally drop:)

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:13pm

i'm sure you would be missed Chipmnk that's a sad thought:(

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:15pm

Pizazz biking sounds good too...but yeah, going back would be the hard part

you don't drive yet sleepyfeet?

Khol on Mar 25 '08 at 8:15pm

Oh man, I'd love to do that right now.
I tend to do that when I go through any sort of crisis, but right now I can't really leave everything and go MIA for a bit.
It's the best feeling in the world, especially after a bout of crappy times.

Hope everything works out for you.

stubby43 on Mar 25 '08 at 8:17pm

All the time, I was back in the UK a month and I'd already gotten itchy feet.

In the UK I feel trapped, I'm at university and I dont really want to be there, I dont like the city (other than drinking theres very little to do), I dont have any close friends, long story short, everyone I lived with in my first year fell out I went to canada for 4 months and I'm not great friends with anyone off my course, partly because I've been away and partly because I really dont like drinking and I dont like going to nightclubs which is the opposite of what everyone else does most nights a week.

I'm tied down to a job I dont like and I was extremely happy in canada.

I preffer living at home and hanging out with my friends from college but really when it comes down to it, I'm ready to leave university, get a job and immigrate but almost everything is going against me right now.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:17pm

the crisis has cooled...but the ramifications of it will last for a long, long time and it is far from being resolved. so many things are just hard. but that's life! it happens...

stubby43 on Mar 25 '08 at 8:19pm

But your problems are way worse than mine, mine arent really problems its just me getting a head of myself.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:19pm

wow stubby43 sounds hard. it is important to have close friends.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:21pm

oops our blogging crossed! everyone has problems, and they are all in flux and relative i guess, i know i could easily look around and find someone with far worse things on their plate. but it is human nature to feel our own problems and pain. but it can't end there...we have to keep working through them:)

tobasco on Mar 25 '08 at 8:21pm

I wanna get on a plane and land somewhere I've never been and hitchhike to somewhere else that I've never been.

I feel what you're saying dude. Sometimes this place just feels too constricting and I want to just pack up (although that would be optional) and leave and travel for the rest of my life.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:22pm

and we have to be thankful too and realize as you said, that there are always others with harder things to face.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:25pm

yeah tobasco i'm sure a lot of people feel that way, i'd imagine especially when you are younger!

what i feel though is just wanting to get away i guess for a time, i know i would need to return to "real life"....it's funny how Forrest ran and ran, and then as suddenly as it started, he stopped!! that was funny:)

stubby43 on Mar 25 '08 at 8:27pm

I have close friends at home and I hang out with my flat mates, but I made some really close friends when I went to canada, I mean thats why the exchange program has had such an effect on me I want to immigrate and start a film company with these guys.

Its not so bad, on the positive:

I'm going back to canada for another 4 months to work for a canadian film company and staying in the same accomodation as last year and two of my best friends will be living there again.

If things go well with the film company they could offer me a job, I finish my degree may next year which means I could be living in canada on a work visa for a year which is a huge step towards immigration.

Now ok, its regina sasketchwan, its not glamerous like toronto, vancouver or calgary but its a start and if I get permeant residence I'll be able to go where ever I want (most likely calgary).

Its just i have to get the next year and a half finished.

tobasco on Mar 25 '08 at 8:29pm

I love that movie ay. So funny but also really hard hitting in all the right places.

Yeah, I hear what you're saying about returning to real life, and I know that I would have to go back one day and start my life up again, but it's nice to think that for a time nothing can worry you and money isn't an issue, and things will work themselves out.

stubby43 on Mar 25 '08 at 8:34pm

I guess in a way I'm actually doing a forrest, but its not quite as simple as just driving away.

I think what stops most people from going out achieving their dream and doing what they want is worry. People worry about their families, their friends, they have a job, a house they have responsibility.

The truth is though, family will stick by you and if their really friends they will to, the other things are replaceable.

heyheyitsme on Mar 25 '08 at 8:34pm

:)stubby43 and tobasco

thanks guys for the bit of company and commiseration tonight:) i should go now and watch a movie or something with my son, or do something other than be on Threadless:)

but feel free to keep talking about your escape plans in this blog!!!!

stubby43 on Mar 25 '08 at 8:35pm

actually I should go to bed, i should be writing an essay tommorow.

tobasco on Mar 25 '08 at 8:56pm

I was working. But who needs that.

It was cool hanging and commiserating with ye guys.

stubby43 on Mar 25 '08 at 8:57pm

yeah and things will get better for us.

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