When you are older Christmas no longer holds the excitement that it did as child or a teenager. Occasionally other things can replace that feeling and going on a trip, vacation or heading home after being away for 18 months can replace that feeling. Just happens I am doing all the above. It’s 11 days, 7 working days, 1 weekend left till Lauren and I depart for our around the world trip.
Just like Christmas there’s lots of preparation required for the big day to be a success. A long list has been created of all the things needed to be done for our trip to be a success. The list is long and some things are easy to do, it just requires effort and time. Other tasks require hard work and some elbow grease. The rest are of an administrative nature and require due diligence.
But like a kid counting down the days, you want time to speed up; school to be finished for the holidays and for it to be Christmas morning. That same feeling doesn’t change when you are older. The only difference is you have more responsibility. Tasks need to be completed at work, commitments need to be met and you don’t have time to think about the toy you want because you’re too busy with life. But it does make the days go faster, but not quite fast enough.
11 days, 7 working days, 1 weekend left till Lauren and I depart for our around the world trip. Oh how I wish it could be June 7 today. It’s not long now.
For a movie about a kid’s obsession with a Christmas gift check out A Christmas Story.
I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
- Ralphie from the movie A Christmas Story [1983].
