I found myself so restless last week. Things were just starting to warm up but weren’t really comfortable yet. I started daydreaming about vacations instead of grading papers. Next thing you know, I’m on Google Maps, have my iCal opened, and I’m making plans!
So we now have spring break, summer, and Christmas all planned out (or sort of planned out).
Spring break we’re hoping to spend in San Diego with my friend, Jon, who has offered to fly us out. We’ll have to kennel the animals and leave the RV behind because I only have five days, and that’s not nearly enough time for a cross-country trip. Neither of us has ever been to San Diego, so this will be quite a treat should it all pan out. If it doesn’t, you can bet I’m going to be going SOMEWHERE, whether in the RV or in the tent. It’s starting to be far too pretty outside to stay put for long.
I’ve got summer all mapped out. We’re leaving in mid-June and heading first to Atlanta. We’ll spend a week in the area before heading down to New Orleans where we’ll stay for another week. Finally, we’ll head to San Antonio, arrive on July 4 and stay there for the balance of the summer. I had hoped to make a trip through New Mexico before heading back East, but I don’t think that’s going to happen this year. We’ll save it for another time. This way, though, we’ll have five weeks plus some in Texas. Lex will spend it working in the San Antonio office of her company. During the weeks, I’ll be teaching online and visiting with friends locally. On weekends, I’m hoping we’ll get to take short trips to see family and friends who are in the outlying areas.
We’ll head back mid-August. We plan to take the fast way back across Tennessee, just stopping to sleep overnight before moving on. We should get home just in time for me to return to school for the start of the meetings that precede the fall term.
Once Christmas week finally rolls around (seems we just finished up with the holidays, doesn’t it?), we’re going to hitch up the rig and head South for nine days. Unfortunately, Lex won’t have enough time off for us to go all the way to Florida like I hoped we would. Instead, we’re headed to Charleston, South Carolina, where we will get to visit with one of Lex’s friends, see the sights, maybe take a side trip to Savannah, and generally have a grand old time in the Grand Old South. I’m hoping a friend of mine and her daughter will be able to join us on the trip, too.
Here’s hoping it all works out! If it doesn’t, I had a great time planning the trip anyway. Daydreaming is the only thing saving me from going completely mad right now. Spring, hurry up! We need you now!
