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[Chris-duck]

Right???

Maybe that's Cornwall screwing with us like how Scotland screws with people about haggis imma have to visit n find out.

Do you think you’ll do the hippo preserve?

(those teeth look like bananas. Or, you know!getting bit wih a mouthful of baseball bats).

Honestly yeah. I do really want to. I'll probably take a Ghanaian friend, and obv people live there so probably safer than taking a UK mate but I do seriously want to.

Ooooooh... I wonder if the Pandemic people would PAY you to go on holiday, provided you bring things to jab people with.

Omg I would so do that. And I bet it probably will become a thing (once the UK has fully vaccinated themselves). N I so would. N just take a wee day off to hang with hippos.

 

[Friday]

N just take a wee day off to hang with hippos.

Awesome

 

[Chris-duck]

Awesome

Haha right.

You've traveled loads right (but USA now right? Or did I make that up?) Where would you go? If there wasn't limitations (like wanting company but no willing companion that won't get you munched by banana teeth )

 

[Friday]

You've traveled loads right (but USA now right? Or did I make that up?) Where would you go? If there wasn't limitations (like wanting company but no willing companion that won't get you munched by banana teeth )

Cha. I spent 3/4s of my life travelling. It’s only been the past 9 years I’ve been stuck here Going. Slowly. Mad. (Not quietly. Just slowly.)

To LIVE? South Island, New Zealand!!!

To visit? That’s hard. Probably Spain, as my tattoo artist has relocated from Scandinavia to Madrid. And I’ve never been to Spain. To date, though, I’ve never managed to stay in one country in Europe. Too many friends/family, places to see, things to do. I have a giant mental list that just keeps getting bigger of “places to go back to” that I didn’t have time to really explore the last time. ((Most of my travel I find work to pay for my going, which is part of it.)).

But I’d also just kind of like to kick back for awhile, so, sky’s the limit? Maybe sail around the Caribbean until I got bored of it.

 

[Chris-duck]

I feel that so much. My plan with the nursing thing was always to travel with it n then yknow circumstances kept me here (kids so hey, I'll deal).

But I've never been new Zealand, would still probably make my top ten countries to live in, At least temporarily. N Spain's decent. I'm a bit of a spoilt British child that spent her childhood summers in various western European countries so spain as an aim seems weird. But I actually do love Spain. Just don't go a touristy bit

 

[Friday]

My goal, in the whole “responsible adult” thing once I had kids was to have a home base to go BACK to... but still be traveling at least half the year. That mostly worked for half his life, then divorce stuck me in one place for an eye crossing long time. Now that the kiddo is almost all grown up & about to strike off on his own? I’m not sure what “responsible adult” is going to look like. Or what it might should look like.

 

[Chris-duck]

Ach my issue with kids is the lack of uterus time I gave them so I want the option of their bio mum if they so choose. So moving across the world is outta the picture.

What do you wanna do with yourself? Like I'm not sure there's a "should" tbh.

 

[Friday]

But I've never been new Zealand

Lol... me, neither!

But it has mountains to ride down, only 2 hours away from waves to surf. Everything else, I figure, is bonus! Wink.

 

[Friday]

What do you wanna do with yourself? Like I'm not sure there's a "should" tbh.

I don’t know. I was in school for my BSRN & doctorate of archeology. The plan was teach 3 quarters (dig 1) & use the gaps around breaks to work for whatever NGO is nearish the digsite. Little kids = digs in safe/sane places like Scandinavia & Southern EU, take them with. When they grew up, I could go more ...ah... “DONT bring kids here” places.

Now? I really don’t know. My ex has made it clear I can’t finish school in this country, so I need to sort something. Just don’t know what.

 

[Friday]

I may just get back into Disaster Response. You’re working in so many different countries that licensure isn’t a complete stopping block. Still need to recert in a few things, it’s been awhile, (my EMT has lapsed, and rescue apparatus has changed dramatically) but it’s more of a personal thing than a baseline requirement.

 

[Chris-duck]

At the risk of sounding f*cking weird, cos the whole PTSD thing, your life sounds interesting. Like the travel n stuff.

N yeah. When I qualified I planned to work travelling round the world with disasters n had a job lined up in Australia as my back up. But hey. Life happened.

 

[Friday]

But hey. Life happened.

Exactly.

I looked up one day and realized I owned a house, with a picket fence, kids and dog in the yard... all things I never wanted... and I’d never been happier.