So last week I took a day trip to Honolulu. It took getting on the return flight and looking out the window at the shrinking city to make me remember how much I loved traveling and seeing the world.

When I returned, I went to sleep. But the day after that, I began thinking of places I wanted to see.

The list went from New York to Hungary, from Toronto to Milan, from Melbourne to Moscow, and most places in between. It was a very large list. So I began thinking of places I would be able to see in the near future.

The list was very short. Honolulu. Kona. North Carolina. Washington, DC. My chances of visiting those last two are based on luck - I would go there for school functions and I would have to apply. If I were to scrounge for money (or get a job - ha), I could go back to Honolulu for a day and see what I could. And I could catch the bus to Kona any old weekend, but there’s not too much over there.

It sucks, wanting to see the world but not being able to. I can’t move away until I’m 18 - not even for college. I can’t get a job at my age, so I can’t afford to travel very far. I can apply for school trips, but those are for school, so I wouldn’t really be able to see much of wherever I would go.

So for now I’m stuck in this tiny little town, out in the boonies with naught but a bike with a flat tire. You haven’t felt stuck until you’ve been me.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could go anywhere in the universe, where would you want to go? Sure, you could confine yourself to Earth, but you could also go to the moon, to Mars, or to Uranus. No limitations.

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