I have never had a summer vacation, at least not in July or August, since I turned from a girl into a working woman. I will say more: when I did have a vacation in these months, during some periods of work, I would stay at home with the intention of repairing the cabinets without succeeding due to my usual slackness of vitality. I am not lazy, on the contrary, especially at work, but most of the time, in everyday life, I do not find enough time to get started. I find it so difficult that I almost always finish before I have begun any pending task.
I’ve been asking myself this question for a while. Can you be so active and so lazy at the same time? Perhaps it’s two sides of the coin: in those matters where something or someone depends on you, you are diligent and efficient, but in those that affect only yourself, you delay action until it is no longer necessary. Tomorrow is another day, as Scarlett O’Hara says.
But back to the holidays. As a child, I loved the events that took place in the village, in Tarazona or Malegan (Zaragoza), areas of family origin, or in Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz), where an aunt of mine was based. By the way, I recently returned to the beautiful city of Cádiz, and the idyllic, almost deserted beach of La Barrosa, now transformed into the dense urban area of Sancti Petri, not even a memory remains; I could not recognize where my house was. I think it was taken by a hotel with neighboring houses.
Tarazona is much better, and from being a huge treasure trove of knowledge only, it has become a favorite destination for those who have discovered the magnificent cathedral, the Mudejar monuments and the majestic Moncayo that frames the landscape and that the countryside loves. Having a reference village is great. You live where you live and move as many times as you need, and that doesn’t change.
Best of all, you can take off-season vacations. This may be a solution to avoid overcrowding, at least for those of us who, fortunately, do not depend on the school calendar.
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