The Leisure Life

Last week, with the lottery inching towards 200 million dollars, I was thinking about what I would do if I were lucky enough to have the winning ticket.

Almost always, whenever I think of vacation, free time, early retirement, my thoughts turn south to Florida, the Caribean, and South America.

I think about how it feels to arrive by plane in Miami, Cancun, Nassau or Rio.
Walking out of the airport and feeling the warm, humid air on your face, seeing the palm trees swaying in the breeze and knowing that you are now entering a weeklong period of worryfree relaxation. I live for that feeling.

Not that I have any expectations of ever hitting the jackpot. But, it sure is great to sit back with a fine cigar, my favorite adult beverage and my favorite chair and think of how it would be if luck ever smiled on me and I had the experience.

Wherever there is a warm beach, the blue sea and the palms swaying in the breeze, that is where I will be.