January is here and, while warmer and drier than normal, it's still January. Which means I need something to look forward to. So I started to do what I do. Vacation planning...
It would be easy for me to skip this year altogether and, well, the next couple of years really, and look forward to our trip (date undetermined as of yet) to England (London! Manchester! Scotland! Ireland!). But I can't. Even though I'm already RIDICULOUSLY excited for it and may have already started pinning ideas for it. But, ahem. This plan is not about that plan. For now. So I'll keep the British dreaming (London! Manchester! Scotland! Ireland!) to myself for a while longer.
This spring, instead, we're headed home (home...for me). I'm really looking forward to it. We're touring a good portion of the southwest, which we haven't really done, before. When we go home, it's usually a straight shot to my parents and back with nary a side trip to be seen. This time, however, we are hopeful to hit Phoenix and see some people and then go home via Santa Fe and Albuquerque to do some exploring. I've never been to Santa Fe (criminal, right?) and I'm eager to go. Sammy's just eager to do a puzzle with Grandma...and it's about time I start to firm up a few plans.
Next up, we have a girls weekend in New York for me and my best friends from college. I have no words for this one. Days in a hotel, not being a mom? I think I just shed a tear at the thought. I mean, I'm really looking forward to it, I think it will be swell! Shopping, food, the company. Though I will miss my boys something fierce, I think it's the right time to do this. A little shot of adrenaline just before summer hits.
And, well, it's hard not to ALREADY look forward to our anniversary get away. Even if I do need to wait eight more months for it. I look forward to it every year and as the cold settles into my bones, not to leave until at least May, it sounds better and better. Icy drinks, warm sun, beautiful stars, warm jacuzzi. Sigh...
Anyone up for financing a spontaneous and immediate trip to some warm sandy shore for me? No? I guess I'll just have to look forward, then. For now.
(home, depeche mode)
2 clever comments:
Yaay I'm from Manchester :D If you need some pointers on places to dine/shop/do touristy things then you know who to call ;)
Very jealous of your weekend in NY coming up! I went in 2010 to visit family and LOVED it! Hope you have a lovely time.
I'm sure I'll be asking for tips the closer the trip comes. My husband spent two years in Manchester before we were married and it'll have been...at least 17 years or so by the time we make it back, so he'll be rusty, too!
I adore NY. There is no city like it.
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