With all of this free time because the of the shelter in place… I have time to work on other things that I have pushed aside. Normally, I would be spending this time planning my future trips but I am not sure those trips are going to happen. Everything is up in the air. Travel is why I go to work everyday. It is my reason for living. I want to experience different cultures and try different foods. The uncertainty of this made me want to express how I am feeling on my blog.

I was planning on going to London/Paris in June and Peru in July. Those trips are hopefully going to happen still. I had to cancel my trip to the Grand Canyon for spring break because it was supposed to be in 2 weeks. I was really looking forward to it. I have heard great things about the Grand Canyon. I guess I will try next year.

The other 2 trips are still on the books. Fingers crossed that they happen for my sanity. Without travel, I am not sure what to do. Even day to day, travel is so important to me. I spend about 2-3 hours everyday researching my future trips. Now that I don’t know if they are happening, I can’t bring myself to still do that research anymore. It just makes me sad now. I never thought travel would make me sad but not knowing when I will be able to do it again is depressing.

My trip to Peru took so many hours of planning. It has been the hardest trip I have ever planned. It has been so much fun trying to fit in all that I want to do in 10 days. This pandemic will make these trips even more memorable than they were going to be. I will appreciate the ability to travel the world even more after this. This pandemic has made me appreciate so many things that I took for granted before. I hope everyone else can see the silver lining of the horrible thing we are all experiencing.