not trip planning

For the first time in what seems like forever, I am not in trip-planning mode. I’m not studying maps. I’m not searching for what I want to do while “there”. I’m not looking into lodging.

Camille finishes classes next week; Chloe finishes school the week after. And, because of finances/vacation being drained by our trip to the Bahamas and moving, we have no big summer adventure planned. Last summer, we spent 5+ weeks on our epic trip out west. The summer before was our adventure to Turkey. 2009 was 2+ weeks in France. 2009 was 2+ weeks in Japan. And so on.

But this summer, beyond spending time at the cabin and a trip to St. Louis, I have nothing planned. Nothing. In some ways, it is a relief to not be stressed about the planning. On the other hand, I miss the excitement of getting all the plans pulled together.

I really do love to travel. But April, April was rough. The few days we spent at home were mostly filled with trip preparations. And I’ve yet to recover from it. I just don’t have the energy to work on planning something else at the moment. And I need some slow weeks at home to get organized. And simply think. And get back on track with exercising regularly.

Perhaps I’ll get a head start on planning for Summer 2013. Hopefully by then we’ll be a little more recovered from our move. And all that regular exercise will have paid off and make it possible for me to knock a big item off of my bucket list.

Hadrian's Wall

(Somehow the fact that I’m procrastinating packing by writing this slipped my mind. I am, in fact, supposed to be getting ready to go to LEAF tomorrow. It’s not an epic adventure, but definitely an annual camping trip that we all enjoy.)