The madness of 2010
If 2007 was the "worst year ever" (tm), 2010 is the most traveled year, even counting last year's road trip.
So far, I have left home 7 times, with 2 (possibly 3) more already planned and coming alarmingly close. 3 of those times were in-state but a considerable distance away. I drove for the entirety of 2 of those trips and a bit of the third. The other 4 have been in the Northeast (small town Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore), all flirting with NYC but never quite getting an extended enough stay to really get a feel for my city again. I haven't experienced that dreamy state of "home" in almost a year and I miss it. I will remedy this situation in less than a month. And between that and now, I am going to Prague and Vienna.
I told my mom that the NYC trip will be the last one and that I won't spend any more money on travel this year and she said "telling you not to travel is like telling a pig not to wallow in mud."
I am already planning my next road trip. I want to visit friends in other countries. There are weddings, babies, all coming up fast. And professionally, I'd love to go to some conferences, especially if they're in awesome cities, as they can be. I need a better income and more time and space, but the spirit is already out there, flitting from place to place, looking at beauty and ugliness, meeting people, and speaking other languages.
Hello blog-land.
So far, I have left home 7 times, with 2 (possibly 3) more already planned and coming alarmingly close. 3 of those times were in-state but a considerable distance away. I drove for the entirety of 2 of those trips and a bit of the third. The other 4 have been in the Northeast (small town Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore), all flirting with NYC but never quite getting an extended enough stay to really get a feel for my city again. I haven't experienced that dreamy state of "home" in almost a year and I miss it. I will remedy this situation in less than a month. And between that and now, I am going to Prague and Vienna.
I told my mom that the NYC trip will be the last one and that I won't spend any more money on travel this year and she said "telling you not to travel is like telling a pig not to wallow in mud."
I am already planning my next road trip. I want to visit friends in other countries. There are weddings, babies, all coming up fast. And professionally, I'd love to go to some conferences, especially if they're in awesome cities, as they can be. I need a better income and more time and space, but the spirit is already out there, flitting from place to place, looking at beauty and ugliness, meeting people, and speaking other languages.
Hello blog-land.