A Milestone

This is my 6 month anniversary. It's hard to say how excited I have become. I dream of my first flight to London, of landing back on the European continent, and of what it will feel like to be in China.

Despite how much time I spend daydreaming not much is actually going on in the planning department. I feel like I'm a bit stuck now. The 2008 guidebooks aren't out yet, its too early to book hostels and the few group tours that I want in Ireland. I could start buying things that I want to pack, however, I know its better to ask for those things for Christmas. So that's it, I'm stuck with nowhere to go.

I do have options, I suppose. I could plan a bit more, I could watch movies and read books pertaining to where I think I will end up. I want to do that, it's just that I feel like I have already been doing that for the past 2 and a half years. I don't want to any more, I just want to go. It's like I've mentally begun the trip six months before I physically will begin it.

The one saving grace that I have is Morocco. One of the funds that I work on is an African-based fund. This means that once a year (as long as I work here) I get one descent 5 star trip to a nice destination. Last year I went to The Netherlands, this year Marrakesh, Morocco.

My company is kind enough to pick up the tab of a few extra nights so that I can see the sites. I guess could concentrate on planning for the trip in 6 weeks, rather than the one in 6 months.

I should stop whining. I'm so busy these days that I feel like I wrote the August entry yesterday. I'm sure that it will feel that its time for the October update any day now.