Comfort Levels

You know me. I'm all about the blog theft. If someone else's blog can give me a writing idea, I'm all for it. Inspire me, fellow bloggers!

Gypsy is an amazing writer. Each day she astounds me and I think If ever I become famous, this woman will write my biography. Seriously. So, I tuned into her blog last week and found this gem. I will attempt to do the same here.

As we get older we figure out our likes and dislikes, our places of comfort and happiness. Whenever we take Bubba and Miss-Miss somewhere new, to the aquarium, the playground, a new restaurant, they are excited at the prospect of an adventure, but they ultimately ask, "Can we go home?" Their sense of self and of comfort is at home, within our four walls with eight-year-old carpeting and purple walls. That is where they are happy.

Where do I feel happy and at peace?

At home

On my in-law's property, sitting on the rocks at the first waterfall of Canada Creek.

In my Tempur-Pedic bed, on my right side, reading a book

Anywhere in the town of Lewisburg, West Virginia (my grandparents' home)

On the beach

Under water

In a scuba diving shop

Amongst the Appalachian Mountains.

Deep inside a cave

At a cool, crisp, autumn high school football game

In a book store

At DragonCon

Whenever I take the kids to the pediatrician, much crying ensues. They know that coming soon is an uncomfortable examination, followed by a vaccination. It's enough to stress anyone. These are the places that make me uncomfortable and wish I was elsewhere:

Inside dressing rooms, trying on clothes

In church, during a service - any church

Eating at fancy restaurants

In a courthouse

At any social situation with many strangers

Being a part of heated political/religious discussions

Driving over tall bridges

Being beside or inside cruise ships (too big)

At the Humane society/pound (all those animals that I can't take home)

Inside hospitals, specifically the oncology section

So tell me, dear readers, what places or situations make you comfortable and/or uncomfortable? Where is your place of peace?