For love.
Simple answer.
I could be a workaholic. I go in early, stay late, get into fits where I work from home. Even when I am on vacation, I'll still log in and at least check my emails so my inbox isn't so frightening when I return to the office. I've had many employee reviews where I was told that I needed to exercise more of my vacation time. And I always blew it off because I hated taking off and coming back to a giant pile of paperwork.
And then Geoff came for a visit. I planned a few days off before he got in because he was my friend whom I had not seen in 13 years and I wanted to take him to the beaches and other tourist-y stuff around here. Of course once he arrived, things fell into place and we began to immediately make plans to make this long distance work. We set up a schedule of rotating visits (which have not worked at all according to plan) every few months. I have a great vacation schedule at work since I've been there many, many years however his vacation schedule is horrible. So we compromised and I do a lot more of the traveling.
I've now seen New England in every season. Southwest Airlines is a saved favorite website. I get emails from a bunch of different travel savings websites to confirm I'm getting the best deal. I'm a total pro at packing and going through the airport security lines. I have music playlists for the plane and usually have at least one tv show downloaded on my Ipod to watch. I always make sure I have a couple dollars to tip the Sky Cab people who take care of my luggage curbside so I don't have to stand in the line inside the airport.
So my travels now are based in love. Could be worse I guess!
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