A trip around the world

I am dying here at work every day. I feel like I am stuck. I just want to get out and travel. In case you all didn’t already know, I want to take a year and just travel. I was hoping to take all of 2006, but as you can see, I’m still sitting here at my desk pretending to write code while sneaking and reading other people’s blogs. As long as I do something dramatic(or just loud) like eject the card or change the key positions, people tend to assume I’m doing something. (BdaB and Shelly, ya’ll know what I’m talking about! LOL) Anway, I’ve kind of made tentative plans for my travel but as the weeks/months tick away I keep crossing stuff off my lists. I really just need to sell my house so the adventure can begin. Are you sure none of you want to buy a lovely home in sunny south florida?


Travel Plans for 06 (what’s left anyway!)

June/July – Santiago Chile
- A good friend of mine just found out she got an intership in Chile. She is at Georgetown studying law right now. She invited me to come visit while she is there. Being that I haven’t been to south America, I really want to go.

August – Anguilla, BWI
- Remember how I loved my “work” trip to Anguilla? Well I definitely want to go back. I’ve kept in touch with people I met there and August is their carnival. Essie, who I mentioned back in the trip posts one of which is here, said that I could stay with her if I go.

October – Germany/Spain
- A cousin of a friend of mine has moved to Germany. Now this friend and all of her family are like family to me. Her grandmother calls me her 6th grandchild and I’m auntie to all of the little kids. The plan here is to go visit the cousin, well more so to see her son. We love that little boy and my friend practically raised him until they moved to Germany. While there, we were going to fly down to Spain too.

December – South East Asia
- Now if I don’t go on a single trip all year, I’m going on this one! A little while back I was talking to my girl Lee, who I mentioned here,
here, and in a couple of posts around those ones. Her adventurous spirit has taken over me. The girl is a few years younger than me and she has traveled the world and lived this adventurous life. I’m telling you, I wanna be like her when I grow up! LOL. Anyway, her brother shares this spirit. He is getting married at the end of the year and having his reception in the Philippines on New Years Eve. She asked me if I wanted to go. And of course since we are there, we’ll go to Thailand and Cambodia too. Maybe Vietnam or China as well. We could even go visit my family in Japan if we have time. I am sooooo excited. This trip will be unlike any other I’ve ever taken, and the adventure of a lifetime.


Now, of course besides these great big trips, I have people to visit in Virginia(various cities), LA, Seattle, Cincinnati, Chicago, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Savannah, and somewhere in Oklahoma. So between the big ones, I was going to pop in on everyone else. Of course after the year of travel is up, I still have no clue as to what I’ll do. I think I’m kind of happy that way, though. I’ve always had everything planned. I was really freaked out about not having a medical/dental plan and doing things alone (Chele you know I don’t do Jack alone!) I’m the person that had a 401K at 21 and a house by 25. But now, I see that this is not the direction I want my life to be going in and I am happy with uncertainty. Money isn’t everything, otherwise I’d stay here. Security is great and I’d really love to have it again when I’m married and/or have kids. For now, I just want to be able to breath… and why not try the air in some other places?