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Travel Bug.

I was just thinking about where I've been this year. Our first trip
was Austin. Our next trip was a short getaway to a secluded cabin in
southeastern Oklahoma. We then headed to Dallas a month later. A
month later we flew to Orange county California and spent 3 days, then
drove out to palm springs in the desert. We then took it easy for
several months before we took a road trip through Memphis on our way
to Atlanta for a concert by one of mg favorite bands, "Elbow".
Another few months went by and we flew out to West Virginia to visit a
slew of relatives on Vanessa's side of the family, most of whom I've
never met. Thats where i am right now actually... We have plans to go
to Eureka Springs next month and are working on plans for San Diego in
December.

That makes for a total of eight vacations this year, not to mention
around ten or so trips to OKC. It's actually getting to the poin that
I wish we didn't buy a house. I think I'd rather have a cheap
apartment which would allow for even more big trips. What that boils
down to s my realization that it is definitely not the "things" of
this world that I value, but the actual "living" of life, traveling
facilitates this through unique experiences... The novelty. As well as
shared experiences being important to me as a love language. I love
building this memories with my wife, it helps me to feel more deeply
connected to her.

With 2010 nearing us...we've decided to save for a big trip to Italy.
I plan on trying to find some CME in Hawaii, we want to go back to
Colorado and up to New York City... That's what we've got in our
sights for the year 2010! Sounds like a blast, and we'll make another
1000 great memories together!

David G.

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