Have you ever wanted to just get away from it all?

Have you ever wanted it this bad?

Beatriz Flamini emerged smiling from an underground cave in Spain on Friday, where she had spent 500 days living in isolation, saying the time had flown by.

"When they came in to get me, I was asleep. I thought something had happened. I said, 'Already? Surely not.' I hadn't finished my book," the 50-year-old Spanish athlete said, according to the Reuters news agency.

The woman really likes isolation, apparently.

As it turns out, this wasn't just a pleasure getaway. Flamini was participating in an extended scientific experiment in which a global team of scientists monitored her to learn more about sleep patterns, isolation, circadian rhythms, and other factors influenced by extreme isolation.

While underground, Flamini remained unaware of both the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the Ukrainian/Russian conflict, among numerous other major world events.

The spelunker herself, meanwhile, seemed well aware that she may have gone a little wonky while in the cave, especially while she was recording regular messages to the outside world:

"I love you so much," Flamini told her support team as she emerged Friday. "I'm really grateful, and please disregard anything I have said down there."