I don't mind what we do

OK, so this weekend I have a friend staying.  The friend that is staying is a very old friend  OK not ancient in years but old in that I have know her since the start of secondary school  who I have known for years.  In fact I think I have known this friend since I was about 12/13 years old and now I am a 'ranting middle aged spinster' in my mid 50s.




Anyway she has come to visit me and it is sooooo hard to 'entertain' her.  In all fairness she did say that she didn't need to be 'entertained'??  And I'm sure she doesn't.  I'm sure she would be quite happy sitting in my house, playing on her ipad and reading her kindle, all day, every day for the four days that she is here.




I am the one who has got the problem??!!




If  'friends' say they want to come and visit then I assume that it's not only me they want to see.  I assume they also want to experience a bit about the local area,




If all my friend wants to do, is sit in my house and play on her ipad and read her kindle, then why has she bothered to leave her very comfortable home, massive compared to mine, travel hundreds of miles, stay in a house which is no where near up to her standards, just to do exactly the same as she would do at home.  Which as far as I can make out is not very much.  Don't get me wrong - if all my friend wants to do is 'play on her ipad' and 'read her kindle' in a different location; then I have absolutely no problem with this whatsoever.




Unfortunately, I'm a bit of a 'party animal' so when my friend said she wanted to visit I wrongly thought we'd be 'living it up' in town every night.  OK, I didn't think we'd be out every single night but I thought I'd be spending a little bit more time than I normally do going out and about.




NOT SO!!!


I know I'm a 'Ranting Middle Aged Spinster' but really.................  I just don't understand why anyone would pay hundreds of pounds to go away for a few days if all they are going to do is sit around watching 'Jeremy Kyle' and playing on an ipad all day?  I totally understand the 'change of scene' thing, the 'it'll be nice to have company' thing, the 'I'm in a different location thing.'


For me though (& I could be totally in the minority here); if I go away somewhere............ where I am staying is just a place to rest my head.  I might just be playing on my ipad  OK I won't be doing that because I haven't got an Ipad, I might want to 'chillax' a bit and do nothing.  But to spend 4 days doing 'nothing'?  NO I wouldn't want to do that.


If I had spent a lot of money on flights/taxis etc I'd want to do a lot more than just sit in a friends house watching trashy TV & doing exactly the same as I'd do at home??


There again................  I'm not married, I don't have kids, I do whatever I want to do, whenever I want to do it and I don't have to consider anyone else. 


I LOVE MY LIFE!!!


And, ACTUALLY, despite all the garbage I've written above;  I totally understand why someone would want to go on holiday to experience the life that I actually live every day.


I'm a very, very, very, lucky 'ranting middle aged spinster'.