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I’ve never really gone camping as a kid. I mean, maybe my family did some type of camping, but I wouldn’t remember it, therefore, it doesn’t count. The first real camping trip I had was about a month ago. I’ve been mostly a city gal my whole life. I never really felt one with nature. I mean, I love scenic views and whatnot, but I wasn’t really into the idea of peeing and pooping in the woods and sleeping near a bunch of mosquitos.

To be honest, it wasn’t so bad — minus the panic attack in the middle of the night and thinking I would freeze to death. It was an interesting experience. Would I do it again? I mean, absolutely. Would I do it for more than one night? Eh…. EH.

This time around, I decided I wanted to rent a cabin/cottage in the woods. That’s something that appealed to me a lot more. I think they also call it “glamping”. You basically get to have all of the benefits of being surrounded by nature, but you can still poop in a working toilet. The cabin was beautiful and really kinda bougie, and it was a 10/10 experience.

I also got to have a real s’mores experience! I recall making these indoors when I was a kid, but I knew making them in a real fire pit would taste better.

With everything that’s going on in this world, I think it’s almost necessary for us to get away. I’ve been working a lot more too, so I can pay off all of my moving and medical expenses. It sucks, but it is what it is. I’ve done this rodeo before. And I won’t be working this much forever. But right now, working is also a needed distraction. I don’t know how much more bad news I can take. I mostly turned my phone off or ignored it the whole weekend. I didn’t want to hear about anymore shootings. I don’t really want to hear about anything. I just want to sit back, relax, and stargaze. And that’s exactly what I did. And that’s exactly what I plan on doing more of.

I spent a good portion of the past two years just sitting at home every weekend. I wasn’t really motivated or inspired. The decline of my health made me feel depressed and doomed. I didn’t really want to do anything. And although, I still have those days where I would rather sulk than do something fun, I’m in a much better place now.

All photos were taken with Fuji X100V