everybody do the limbo!
why is it that it's colder in the house than out? i'm sitting here wearing my giant fake fur hat in a vain effort to not shiver, but when i went outside, to take justin to work, it was too warm with it on. it's not right.
*****
we had a lovely, condom-free night at home, and i was able to really be in the moment and not think about procreation, which was fantastic. until about five minutes after it was over, when i started ticking off cycle days in my head. it is way too early in the month to take on this particular variety of anxiety.
and it's not like i would risk taking a xanax now, dammit.
and then there's our travel plans. we were supposed to go to italy next month, but our flights are all messed up, so we're just going to have to wing that vacation. i love italy, and it has been almost five years since i've been there, and i was so ready to do some shopping in rome and to eat my way around naples. we'll go somewhere, and it will be nice to relax, and we'll be together. but it's not the trip we've been planning since the summer.
and then there's next year. we like to make a big getaway from the great lakes winters, which we didn't get to do last winter because i was eight months pregnant. we've been planning on a week in buenos aires in february, because buenos aires is my favorite european capital not in europe, and then a week in beijing in march, as my intro to asia. it occurred to us last night that we can't commit to either trip right now.
before you start singing "cry me a river" to me: one of the perks of justin's job is cheap, cheap travel. it would be irresponsible for us to not take advantage of the opportunity. you would do the same in our shoes, or at least you should. and travel is something we're both passionate about.
some people knit. other people collect shit. i travel.
except that i haven't done much of it lately. other than a few days in canada in august, i haven't been out of the country since a year ago september - in the second trimester of my pregnancy with hans. travel is what feeds my soul. my soul is about starved to death. i want desperately to get pregnant and to have a living child, but i need to get the hell out of dodge.
*****
we had a lovely, condom-free night at home, and i was able to really be in the moment and not think about procreation, which was fantastic. until about five minutes after it was over, when i started ticking off cycle days in my head. it is way too early in the month to take on this particular variety of anxiety.
and it's not like i would risk taking a xanax now, dammit.
and then there's our travel plans. we were supposed to go to italy next month, but our flights are all messed up, so we're just going to have to wing that vacation. i love italy, and it has been almost five years since i've been there, and i was so ready to do some shopping in rome and to eat my way around naples. we'll go somewhere, and it will be nice to relax, and we'll be together. but it's not the trip we've been planning since the summer.
and then there's next year. we like to make a big getaway from the great lakes winters, which we didn't get to do last winter because i was eight months pregnant. we've been planning on a week in buenos aires in february, because buenos aires is my favorite european capital not in europe, and then a week in beijing in march, as my intro to asia. it occurred to us last night that we can't commit to either trip right now.
before you start singing "cry me a river" to me: one of the perks of justin's job is cheap, cheap travel. it would be irresponsible for us to not take advantage of the opportunity. you would do the same in our shoes, or at least you should. and travel is something we're both passionate about.
some people knit. other people collect shit. i travel.
except that i haven't done much of it lately. other than a few days in canada in august, i haven't been out of the country since a year ago september - in the second trimester of my pregnancy with hans. travel is what feeds my soul. my soul is about starved to death. i want desperately to get pregnant and to have a living child, but i need to get the hell out of dodge.
posted by laura at 7:08 AM
6 Comments:
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
Heh heh.
I god do I hear you! I would so love to get outta here...we even have 10 days off in December that we could swing BUT we are broke and can't agree on anywhere to go. Italy sounds fantastic, anyone got a spare $5000?
take me with you
We would take advantage of that as well. Love to travel but we are poor and live in one of the most expensive cities in the country.
Travel away chica we will live vicariously through you guys.
that's our benefit, cat, we are poor and live in one of the least expensive cities in the country.
anyhow, we're all about traveling first class (freely)but we'll haggle and hustle to save $.12 by taking the chicken bus once we get to where we are going!
free (or next to free) travel is what keeps me at this job! I'm not sure why my non-traveling co-workers do!?!
having only been out of the country on a few occasions (Canada and the Caribbean, do they count?) these trips sound wonderful. take advantage of them and like Cat says, we'll live vicariously... as long as you remote-blog of course! ;0)
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