15 May - Travel & Strife
It's that time of the year again for people like me who never ever ripped and saved the cookery pages of the Sunday supplements or the property abroad pages of same or even the interior decorating ones. But I have a bulging file of the Escape or Travel pages. I don't do food porn but I'm addicted to travel porn. Constantly thinking 'But there simply isn't enough time in the holidays allowed to regular employees of any company in the world ie. your standard 25 days + w/ends to go everywhere I want'.
As a friend pointed out, sure thing is that it wasn't that long ago I was in India but now, there's 3 to 4 weeks coming up free due to change in employment and so what if the month w/o salary and plus cost of eventual trip will nullify any wage increase which I'm citing as the motive for switching employer.... The darn thing is that it's the wrong time of the year for so much of earth. South America, Australia/Oz, most of Asia. It's winter and cold cold cold. The Med is out for the simple reason that Spain/Italy/Greece and so on are to be saved for when I have to travel with a guided tour due to age and disability. A further complication is this time I may not be travelling solo... But Toph has covered much of the Earth that I haven't. He's not been to Viet/Cambodia for example and would like to visit, but I have. I have hardly scratched Morocco and Turkey, but he has. Not going to be simple this one. But what a lovely problem to have. Have devised clear excel document listing our respective trips so we can cross reference. He'll probably think am mad or have too much time on my hands, but as usual men don't realise/acknowledge how quick off the mark most women are and how well organised. For me the excel spreadsheet took a mere half hour or so. He, no doubt, will imagine I spent all day on this and therefore that I place undue importance to the trip. I think this is nothing compared to the wedding ideas scrapbook that most women dump on fiance's lap at the mere mention of nuptials. A great example was Monica from Friends. Hers was the size of a chest.
As a friend pointed out, sure thing is that it wasn't that long ago I was in India but now, there's 3 to 4 weeks coming up free due to change in employment and so what if the month w/o salary and plus cost of eventual trip will nullify any wage increase which I'm citing as the motive for switching employer.... The darn thing is that it's the wrong time of the year for so much of earth. South America, Australia/Oz, most of Asia. It's winter and cold cold cold. The Med is out for the simple reason that Spain/Italy/Greece and so on are to be saved for when I have to travel with a guided tour due to age and disability. A further complication is this time I may not be travelling solo... But Toph has covered much of the Earth that I haven't. He's not been to Viet/Cambodia for example and would like to visit, but I have. I have hardly scratched Morocco and Turkey, but he has. Not going to be simple this one. But what a lovely problem to have. Have devised clear excel document listing our respective trips so we can cross reference. He'll probably think am mad or have too much time on my hands, but as usual men don't realise/acknowledge how quick off the mark most women are and how well organised. For me the excel spreadsheet took a mere half hour or so. He, no doubt, will imagine I spent all day on this and therefore that I place undue importance to the trip. I think this is nothing compared to the wedding ideas scrapbook that most women dump on fiance's lap at the mere mention of nuptials. A great example was Monica from Friends. Hers was the size of a chest.
posted by Lisa Taylor @ 2:48 AM
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