[silentlyscreaming]

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, if not, I apologise, but I have some food for thought (and fantasy never hurt anyone)

Forgetting any possible restrictions, such as physical or mental illness, money or anything like that, What would your perfect day be like??

For me, it would be being able to get up out of bed after a restful nights sleep, walking out of my apartment without fear and seeing all my famill and friends. There would be nothing on the news about wars or violence or hate. The sun would be shining and the birds would be singing. That would be awesome
PS I know Johnny Depp fits in there somewheer too

[splitimage]

Oh I love fantasizing - first off the day would start with a delicious breakfast with lots of fresh berries. The weather would be perfect - about 23-24 celsius with sunshine and a nice breeze. I'd sit outside in a beautiful garden with lots of brightly coloured flowers, listenning to world famous harpists play. Then I'd go out for a really decadent dinner at a super expensive restaurant and someone else would pay. Then I'd have a massage and go to bed all nice and relaxed.

Actually I've had the all day harpist experience. A few years ago I went to the world harp congress and it was basically harp music from 9 am to 10 pm and sometimes later for 5 days. It was all indoors but held at a beautiful university campus so on breaks you could go out and really enjoy nature. It was one of my best vacations ever.

[silentlyscreaming]

that sounds fantastic, the imaginary day and your vacation!!

[kim_johnson]

I think I'd like to have a nice apartment somewhere in a smallish city... Not too bustling so people are fairly laid back and friendly, but big enough for decent public transport... Somewhere like Melbourne but with better weather :-) ... I'd like to be able to wake up at some reasonable hour in the morning (all refreshed) go downstairs to some nice cafe with excellent coffee and check my email... Be able to watch people walking by... Write for a couple hours... Then jump on a tram or something to head into work... Nice office someplace... Friendly department, nice students... That would be good :-)

Light teaching load... Maybe 2 classes per semester. One undergraduate and one graduate... Nice conference attendance budget :-) Enough time (and motivation) to work on my research...

So... Money to get an appartment... Find the city with the nice weather... Find a job in the nice city with the nice weather... Find the motivation to actually write instead of spending most of every day on my emails... Find some regular sleep schedule where I actually can wake up at a reasonable hour. Really... I don't want much :-) Oh... A nice local pub would help things along, too :-)

That would be my perfect life, I think.

[RachelP]

sometimes you gotta think like this just to cope with life. Hey, its not so bad!

[jbug]

My perfect day would be...

Waking up refreshed and not having a kitty waking me up by licking me on the nose wanting to be let out or fed. Eating breakfast at IHOP consisting of pancakes and orange juice, reading the newspaper devouring every word...then going to the promenade slowly walking through the shops buying things randomly and not worrying about the price and how I'm going to afford it. Eating lunch at PF Changs, taking in a matinee, coming home and taking a nap, getting up and grilling a steak and peppers and watching a movie with Rex and just connecting with him and being able to tell him my secret without scaring him off.

Jbug