Vacation Planning

When I first entered the working world, someone gave me the advice to always have a vacation scheduled.  She said, "As soon as you come back from one vacation, plan the next."  It's turned out to be among the best advice I've gotten.  Following that approach does two things:  First, it makes sure that I actually schedule vacations.  Otherwise, inertia takes over and I find that I'm at the end of the year with a lot of vacation time left and not enough time to use it.  And second, it gives me something to look forward to.

They don't all have to be big trips--even a long weekend or a planned staycation counts.  So, taking that advice, when I came back from Puerto Rico in January, I put a long weekend in Memphis on my calendar for April.  I lived in Memphis a few years ago and loved it.  I generally go back at least once a year to visit and relieve my days as a Southern girl.

Even though the trip has been on the calendar for a while, it became a reality today because my friend and I finally bought tickets and made hotel reservations.  I'm totally psyched!  We're going to do all of the fun things we used to do when we lived there--go to a Redbirds game (love Minor League baseball!), eat lots of BBQ, go for a run along the Mississippi River, and probably venture out to Beale Street.

I am officially looking forward to my next vacation!