Thursday Thirteen #5

Hi, everyone!

It's been a heck of a week...I've had some accomplishments, and some pure frustrations. I'm trying to minimalize the frustrations, no matter how readily they're trying to take over my life, so in order to give myself a mental vacation, this week's Thursday Thirteen is about places where I actually want to go on vacation - plus the times of year I'd go!

THIRTEEN PLACES FOR TIFFANY TO TRAVEL
1. Daytona Beach, Florida, in February 2008 - just in time for the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Man, I'd give my right arm to go. Unfortunately, that's about what it would cost! :-(

2. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the spring - I have heard that Cape Cod is just the most beautiful place in the spring - I'd love to find out.

3. New Hampshire/Vermont, in the fall - this is the setting for my WIP The Mommy Letters and I still haven't identified the actual town I want to model mine after...for now, it's just a "small New England town."

4. Boise, ID, in the fall - I have never been, but this is where my husband went to college - I'd love to be able to take him there one fall for a football game.

5. England/Scotland, in the spring, with my mother - I know, *gasp*, wanting to take a trip with my mom. What's wrong with me? But my mom shares my interest in learning more about our family history, much of which lies in England, and so it would be a neat trip to take to learn more.

6. Beirut, Lebanon, whenever they stop shooting for longer than 5 minutes - Ok, this is a weird one, I know, but I'm 50% Lebanese, but yet know hardly anything about this portion of my heritage. In tracing my dad's family, it seems all info from before his parents immigrated at the turn of the 20th century simply doesn't exist.

7. Detroit, Michigan, in the spring - This is a primary setting for flashbacks for my WIP DNA, but yet Michigan remains one of 9 states to which I have never been. Need to go!

8. Lake Lure, North Carolina, in June - My "Texas parents" up and moved to North Carolina last fall and I miss them terribly. They're actually the parents of a former boyfriend of mine, but he's generously shared them with me. June was Ginny's (Texas Mom) favorite time of year to visit her property in NC before their home was built there, and so that's when I would like to visit as well.

9. Anchorage, AK, in the summer - Alaska is another of the 9 states to which I have never traveled, and now that I have (AF) friends living in that area, I have a reason to visit! They know I hate winter, though, so the visit will have to wait until summer. Even more special is that Chris spent summers in Alaska growing up, so it would be somewhat of a homecoming for him, as well!

10. Sturgis, SD, during Bike Week - Ok, I've attended Bike Week in the past in Daytona, but I've heard that it's NOTHING like what goes on in Sturgis...and that's something I need to see for myself! Plus, SD is another of my missing 9 states, and I could also hit ND, WY, and MT quite easily from there, taking another 3 off my list o' 9!

11. Greece, in the spring - I've been obsessed with taking a cruise through the Mediterranean for years, now. I've loved Greek mythology and history all of my life, and to go there in person would just be awesome!

12. Oberammergau, Germany, in 2010 - I really wanted to go see the Passion Plays in 2000 (since they are held only every 10 years) but was simply not able to financially...it would be so special to be able to re-visit Germany and introduce it to my husband while attending this once-in-a-lifetime event.

13. Hawaii, anytime, forever - If you know me at all, you had to know that I was going to end with a beach - in fact, you're probably surprised that I didn't include more beach locations, aren't ya? If I could make enough money to go plant myself on a beach and never move again, I'd be the happiest girl alive. Plus, HI is another state on my remaining 9 to-visit list! I love Texas, but boy do I miss the beach...and no, the Gulf is certainly not the same.


So...if you're counting, if I got to take the trips on this list, I'd go to 13 different states and 5 foreign countries, plus reduce my list of states not visited to only 2 - which would be great, since it's my goal to hit all 50 states before age 30 and I'm down to less than 3 years left! (Remaining states are Wisconsin and Oregon.)

Have a great Thursday!

If you can, please spare a prayer for my Dad, who broke a hip yesterday. I'm still awaiting word from my mom on when his surgery will be for a replacement, and then the current thought-in-progress is having him come to Texas directly after the hospital plus possibly a few weeks at Allied for rehab, to finish his recovery in my house, since any in-home assistance is just impossible in mom's home. He was supposed to come down on Saturday - argh! So perhaps we can get him down here in early December or even early January instead. Anyhow, keep him in your prayers, please.

Tiffany

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