I have never been to Charlottesville before, so I think that may
have been part of the problem. People - people my age, anyway - were way
more dressed up and covered up than I wanted to be in humid 80°+ weather.
And that is the other part of the problem, I think. I still have
not learned to dress in an age-appropriate manner. Oh, I don't dress like
my Aunt Joanne or anything - she who always dressed more youthfully than me,
and probably still does. I stopped wearing t-shirts in public years ago -
a step in the right direction, I'm sure. But I don't think I should
really wear shorts out as much as I do, and my skort may have been a
fashion faux pas, as well. I feel that if the weather had
been cooler, I could have dressed better, but I fear getting overheated and
sweaty on my outings almost as much as I fear unexpected rain or bee stings -
maybe more.
The good news is that Julie and I
enjoyed Charlottesville so much, and found Monticello so incredibly beautiful,
that for long periods of time I forgot that I wasn't as
beautifully dressed, coiffed, or manicured as some of the genteel
Southern ladies in our tour group. I hope on my next trip to Monticello -
and I know there will be a next trip - that I will know exactly what to bring
and how to dress. But I have my doubts.
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Even though you know how to dress, you still may not know what to bring. That's just part of traveling. We've been traveling for years, and if we get it right it's more by luck. Just accept that you'll have what you need, maybe not what you want. Isn't there a lyric like that somewhere?
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