Is the anticipation of a trip better than the trip itself?

I enjoy the anticipation of vacations. It gives me the mental
boost I need to get through the days leading up to a trip.

But, I know that my upcoming trip will feel like it's over before it
happened. And after the trip--when I get back to work, it will
feel like I never had a vacation.

This leads me to believe that the true value of a vacation is
the anticipation of going.
--flip,

no

"flip" < wrote in message
>I enjoy the anticipation of vacations. It gives me the mental
> boost I need to get through the days leading up to a trip.
>
> But, I know that my upcoming trip will feel like it's over before it
> happened. And after the trip--when I get back to work, it will
> feel like I never had a vacation.
>
> This leads me to believe that the true value of a vacation is
> the anticipation of going.
> --flip,

I"m beginning to wonder that myself. I LOVE planning out my Vegas
junkets. Then once I'm there, I do enjoy the time and am never let
down... but I"m back planning the next trip before the vacation even
gets to be a hazy memory. Right now, I"m doing the same thing over a
cruise we are leaving on next week. For me, the planning seems to be a
stress reliever of all the rig-a-ma-roe's of daily happenings. Good
thought there flip, I'd have to agree!

Cheryl

"mattsand" <mattsand@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:T%Aue.97739$nG6.82370@attbi_s22...
> My first post here...
>
> but anyway, yes, It seems to me the leadup is better. It's the grown-up's
> version of a kid waiting for Christmas...you know it's gonna be a blast,
> you
> know it's going to be over all too soon, but you can spend the weeks or
> days
> leading up to the big event being nearly as happy and excited as when the
> event happens. For those of us who feel this way, in my opinion, it makes
> our vacation dollars stretch many times further, when you consider how
> many
> more days of enjoyment they bring us.
>
>


Welcome!

I couldn't have put it better-thanks. ;-)

jill

Flip, you are right on. To tell you the truth, by the third day, I
can't wait to leave. The crowds and the noises and the smoke just gets
to me. Yet whenever I plan a trip it is for three days!!! I'm itching
to leave on Wednesday instead of Thursday, which would REALLY be long.
The very best trip we had was for Friday to Sunday when we saw Simon
and Garfunkel. Maybe I'll learn some day.

Tom



flip wrote:
> I enjoy the anticipation of vacations. It gives me the mental
> boost I need to get through the days leading up to a trip.
>
> But, I know that my upcoming trip will feel like it's over before it
> happened. And after the trip--when I get back to work, it will
> feel like I never had a vacation.
>
> This leads me to believe that the true value of a vacation is
> the anticipation of going.
> --flip,

The word you wanted was "wait," not "weight."

You get a lot of words wrong for some reason.

<joebushkin@> wrote in message
news:1119630714.993132.104330@g14g2000cwa. o...
> > Anyway,I'm wondering how you managed
> what seems the impossible to me:
> learning to write English so well that
> the only clue that it might be your
> second language is that you write it too well.
>
boy, is that an indictment of our educational system?

BR Eagle wrote:

><joebushkin@> wrote in message
>news:1119630714.993132.104330@g14g2000cwa.googleg ro...
>
>
>>>Anyway,I'm wondering how you managed
>>>
>>>
>>what seems the impossible to me:
>>learning to write English so well that
>>the only clue that it might be your
>>second language is that you write it too well.
>>
>>
>>
>boy, is that an indictment of our educational system?
>
>
>
>
Most of us don't write English, we write American.
--flip,

Tester wrote:

><snip>Does anybody have any references to others that have dealt with or agonized
>over this weltanschauung? <snip>
>

weltanschauung = world view.
--flip,

In article <UBiJe.33403$bp.33342@fed1read03>, Tester
<cogitovici@m> wrote:

> Is it worth it to do these things when the experience is so fleeting,
> perhaps just to have more memories years from now of what we have done when
> we can no longer do them? Maybe that is the question, or will the pain of
> no longer being able, many (hopefully) years from now, to do them outweigh
> the having done them before and not being able to then?
>
Memories of your experiences are a lot better than memories of
opportunities you passed up. As a wise copywriter once said, "Just do
it."

--- Walt