Holiday time for the past 10 years has been very important to my mind set at work... the problem of late has been that it has been of more importance to my mind set that I am away, than me being at work. I live for the time away and have already started the countdown to the next holiday before it is even booked.
Our next holiday is a road trip in the French Alps, we will be test driving our probable next purchase.... a VW California Camper Van with all the trimmings. I am most excited about this journey. I know it will fuel my need for freedom and will puncture my work cell. In one breath this is good but in the next breath....bad as I wont want to go home! I will want to keep on driving until we run out of money and fuel. However, my family (inclusive of COCO) and my job which is the financial injection to my holidays will call me back.
At 41 I have realised I should have taken the time to travel when I was young, but I missed the boat on two occasions... more fool me. The last occasion was only three years ago. I had decided that if I didn't find a decent job by the summer of 2007 I would pack my bags and go... great the decent job and its financial reward fell in my lap that July. An opportunity missed again... not third time lucky, more like third time un-lucky.
I WILL travel before I am 45 without the shackles of a job! But for now holidays will just have to do. I am on my third this year and a fourth is waiting to happen...probably the Maldives a big ocean to swim and more nature to experience. In the meantime, it is now 58 days to go until I have tarmac under my wheels and the open road is ours for 10 days :)
"We're all going on a summer holiday..."
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