Travel Envy

I think I meant to blog about this last week, but forgot, and was reminded again by a recent phone call.

Last week, my friend Laurie emailed me a link to her honeymoon pictures from Ireland. The pictures were gorgeous. They went to nearly all of the places I'd visited, and more. It gave me a severe case of travel envy and I was depressed for the rest of the day. I wanted to be seeing these fabulous places, and having these amazing experiences! I wanted to log onto a travel website and buy a ticket to some exotic destination. (Asia, perhaps?;)

But I got over it. I've had many amazing trips, and I'm sure I'll have many more. We didn't travel far this summer, but we had a LOT of trips, and I got to see Louisville and New York City. There's quite a few reasons that we can't have a big trip every year—financial, logistical, and more.

And then today, I had to call a contractor about an inspection service. And the person I spoke to was from the UK. Not just from the UK, but he was from Northwest England, near Liverpool. Talking to him brought back all the memories from our amazing* trip last Fall for Elaine's wedding. This time the travel envy was even worse—and I was jealous of myself! Right now I'm incredibly jealous and wistful, remembering that at this time last year we were planning everything. And knowing what a wonderful trip it would turn out to be, I want to be there again. Experiencing the anticipation and the trip itself.

But I've looked through the trip photos in Keith's Picasa album and reminisced enough. I need to get out of the travel envy funk and remember that we chose to put in a deck instead, plus we had enough small trips that a big one really wasn't an option. I think once I get home from work, and have a glass of wine and read for a bit on the deck, the travel envy will abate.

These trips are so amazing in part because of their rarity, right? So if I traveled all the time I couldn't really appreciate it like I do now. I just have to remind myself of that from time to time.

*I know, I'm totally overusing the word "amazing." I just can't help it! It's the perfect adjective.