Vacation Lisa

Whenever we go on vacation we joke about “Vacation Lisa”. Vacation Lisa is always easy going, doesn’t care if she showers or not, isn’t fussy about where we have dinner, chats easily with strangers, etc. There’s something about being on vacation that makes all the little irritations of daily life seem less irritating. Plus, we always say that everyone always seems more friendly when we’re on vacation, but I suspect that’s because we’re open to talking to random strangers while waiting in line for the bus or asking advice from strangers about restaurants, etc. People really are friendly if you give them a chance, especially if you’re asking them about their city. One night while we were having dinner in Seattle I started chatting up a couple next to us. They ended up having tons of useful info. It turns out that he drives a bus in Seattle, so he knows all the routes. They pulled out a piece of paper and jotted down a bunch of notes for us. One of the things we’d both like to do when we get back to our regularly scheduled lives is try to be more like our vacation selves.