Holiday Blues
I have a severe case of holiday envy.
It seems that most people around me are going on exciting vacations. So, to stave off the jealousy I have started to enter competitions. If I can’t afford a holiday right now, I am determined to win one. I even bought a loaf of bread the other day purely because the company was giving away a trip to Europe.
Any kind of holiday will do but in particular, I’d like a tropical, five-star getaway. (Hawaii would be nice.) Tropical holidays have never appealed to me much until I had kids. Now, I would really love a break where everything is in one location – hotel, pool, food, entertainment. And because these kinds of holiday are not in my reality I rarely read travel articles or watch travel shows on tv. I don’t deserve a holiday but I really want one!
A while ago I caught up with an ex-boyfriend who casually informed me that he couldn’t stay long at our coffee catch-up because he was “going on holiday to Micronesia with a girlfriend” the next day.В I tried my best to mask my feelings of jealousy and curiosity. I mean, the furthest I had got to travelling for a while was on Puffing Billy when my in-laws were visiting (If Cal Lightman from Lie to Me was in the cafe at the time he would have had a field day with my micro expressions!) and there in front of me was someone who was off for a luxurious, tropical holiday!
To this day I still haven’t Googled “Micronesia” for fear that the knowledge of the fabulousness of the place will make me want to stab my eyes with a fork.
It’s really never a good idea to catch up with an ex, especially when you are carrying a ton of post-baby weight and the only thing stopping your shirt front and fly from popping and flashing the public are safety pins and sticky-tape! I mean, the whole purpose of those meets is for some one- upmanship and a tropical holiday trumps pretty much everything – especially when it’s not you taking the holiday!
It’s not like I haven’t had my chance to travel. I lived in London for quite a few years and had the world at my doorstep. But like many people, I got lazy and took it for granted.
Oh, well…back to entering competitions, unless some mysterious benefactor wants to give me a holiday!
November 24, 2009
Tags: Travel Posted in: Travel
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Oh, I’m staying home, too. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, in fact, for just that reason. No family visits on TG, but we have fun, anyway. Everyone’s home, we stuff ourselves silly, and sit around in our PJs all day! SITS sent me by, and I’m glad they did…
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OOOOH, that sounds fabulous! If you win one…take me with you! Stopping by from SITS
Coming to you by way of SITS. I live in Michigan. Would love to have your weather. We are staying at home for Thanksgiving. Love it. Can wear pj’s at the table and no shoes. This is our tradition.
At least you bought something that you need, ie bread. There was a holiday competition with Tim Tams earlier this year and you had to keep all the wrappers until the competition was over. It was a very guilty looking pile of Tim Tam packets hidden away in my house.
But does your ex have two amazing children to come home to at the end of his trip?! I think you won that one. If Yes….well maybe he’s got one up on you this time lol!
Noice one Em! Keep the blog going! That way I can keep up with whats happening in your life!!!! xoxo
nice! i want to come. stopping by from sits!
I bet he was just making that up! I wouldn’t want to be anywhere than with my family in the town I love!
Have a great Holiday at Home!
Oh dear, you paint quite a sorry picture girl! Fingers crossed for a holiday…
Go pamper yourself to a few spa treatments:) Maybe you’ll return home feeling as if you’ve just returned from a fabulously relaxing vacation!
I can totally relate to your traveling blues.
I love to travel, but due to our recent financial setbacks (hubs losing his job)I haven’t left my neighborhood in over a year and it’s killing me. I don’t even go on FB anymore because I just can’t read about all of my friends traveling and living it up.Some of them coming home and within a week posting have they need a vacation.
Don’t give up hope we both will be traveling soon…and you do DESERVE a holiday. Every hardworking mom does.
If you’re carrying around any post baby weight then you DEFINITELY deserve a trip somewhere! Very cute post. Visiting from SITS!
Just stopping by from SITS. I’ll cross my fingers and hope you win that vacation!
HI! stoppin in from SITS!!I love this post!!I so want to be in the carribean, somewhere on the beach!stop by
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