Now that I'm living on the west side of the country, I feel like there is more opportunity to do some traveling over here. (I suppoes that seems obvious.) There are places that I used to want to visit and then probably swore off and am now reinterested in visiting. Some higher priorities would be Colorado, Utah, California and perhaps Washington (although I did catch that part of the country not too far back). I did see a little bit of these places last summer through the National Parks, but I'd like to see a little different side of each place. The cities would be a good start, big and small a like. I hear so many lovely things about Utah and while I don't really do the whole Mormon thing, I can't imagine that being around them would be so bad. Plus if I moved out that way I bet their parents are a bit more involved in the education that their kids get. Perhaps the schools have more support. And it's not like I do anything in school here that I wouldn't be allowed to do there. I think as far as I'm concerned, teaching is relatively universal. Although we all know that's not exactly true, my behavior doesn't change much, regardless of where I am.
Not that I'm really thinking about moving, I'm happy where I'm at. But I do miss the green and I wouldn't mind at least a visit here and there. My summer looks so short already that I don't know how much I can fit in really, but if I could manage a 4 day weekend somewhere that would make me happy enough. It's a start at least. While I get time off as a teacher in the summer, there is still work to do. Besides, my traveling companion doesn't have the same luxury of time that I do. We manage to be home at the same point quite often, but I suppose I have more time off. I guess it makes up for the part where I come home and still have to work while someone else gets to come home and forget about work. I'm so absolutely taken care of though, it's hard to complain.