In this moment where would you rather be?

[VioletButterfly]

I'll second the healthy @Friday. ((All the best in that regard.))

I think, today, I'd like to be in Provence if it's spring or summer there at this time of the year. I've always wanted to go and I still remember some of the French I used to speak quite fluently in my 20's and 30's. Probably just enough to get into trouble at this point by mispronouncing some verb, but well...... "Pardon moi." :)

 

[parrotthepolly]

Inside a particular apartment

 

[redlabeldanger]

Somewhere in central Europe, somewhere where I could relate more to the culture, instead of this cultural shithole that is Spain.

 

[Friday]

Bermuda, Bahama, c’mon pretty mama, key largo, montego, baby why don’t we go, Jamaica, off the Florida keys?

 

[VioletButterfly]

@Friday - You might want to delay putting that plan into action for the moment...... At least for Jamaica. The Keys might be a decent bet though. :)

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island's strongest recorded storm

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage.

apnews.com

 

[VioletButterfly]

I would like to be snuggled up with a soft, fluffy Golden Retriever taking a nap while chicken and vegetables are doing their thing in the Crockpot with bread rising on the sideboard for dinner when we wake up. Maybe we're in a glamping style cabin up in the Blue Ridge? Maybe a little light rain, nip in the air, fire crackling in the fireplace, and with the trees in full color as it is the fall. :) Sounds like heaven to me.

 

[VioletButterfly]

I'm freezing today, so I'd opt for a beach with fluffy white sand with a comfy lounge chair and umbrella, good old-school beachy music, a cooler full of icy cold Michelob, and Frisbees for the Golden and his friend. Temp 85, low humidity w/ passing fluffy clouds. My experience would also include fresh seafood and veges for a grill-out when done with the sand and surf. :)

 

[Paladin_141]

I want to go home, but home doesn't exist anymore.

 

[VioletButterfly]

I'm still opting for the beach, but I'll take being pain free today w/ a side of Volteran and a heating pad for good measure.

 

[whiteraven]

In bed. It doesn't seem to ever change.

 

[Paladin_141]

In the fight.
They just sent some of my friends straight back to the line without any time to rest while I'm stuck here twiddling my thumbs. I need to get back to the front.

 

[Friday]

In the fight.
They just sent some of my friends straight back to the line without any time to rest while I'm stuck here twiddling my thumbs. I need to get back to the front.

So that’s the thing about Combat PTSD… It’s where we feel/are…sane.

It’s only when we STOP living that lifestyle we go f*cking insane. Like for real, insane.

That’s not true for ANY other type of trauma. But it’s true with combat. Shrug. You go back out? You’re “right” again. With zero effort.

It takes seeeeeeerious fawkinf effort to not lose your damn mind in “peace”.

Evolution says that’s normal/expected/desired. That SOME of us, are brilliant best versions of ourselves when everything goes to hell, but MOST of us are good when things are good. Bases covered. Things going well, things going badly, always people who are their BEST.

There’s always a war on. You wanna fight? Shrug. You can fight. Global Conflict Tracker is a good place to start.

You want more? What people are fighting “for”. That’s harder.