I’ve always wanted to travel, but I’ve hardly done any in my 26 plus years on the planet. I knew countless kids that went abroad in college and zero of them have ever said a bad word about their experience. In hindsight going abroad seems like a no brainer, but I couldn’t pull the trigger for a number of reasons. For starters, I was having a blast on/off campus and didn’t want to miss a full semester of that. My main rationale was that I didn’t want to miss a Notre Dame football season in the Fall (even though they were largely dreadful while I was in college) and I couldn’t bear the thought of missing a Syracuse run at the Final Four in the Spring (Syracuse missed the NCAA Tournament in 2 of the 4 years that I was in college). I’m still not sure if it was actually something else that was holding me back, but the sports thing is what I told people. I don’t regret much from my college experience (people who say they have no regrets are liars), but not going abroad is high on my list.
If you could go to one place in the entire world, where would it be and why? I think that’s a fascinating question. For me, the answer is simple- Ireland. I’m half Irish, would love to play golf there, am all about small pubs, and could get used to those Irish breakfasts. While Ireland tops my list, I could probably rattle off 9 or 10 more places if I really thought about it (English speaking countries would definitely take precedent for me). I desperately want to travel around Europe (for starters), but I don’t foresee an opportunity to do so in the near future. I’m certainly not going to go by myself and have no one that would want to go with me. All of my friends are buying houses, getting engaged, having kids, etc. Sadly, the only other country that I’ve been to is Canada and that’s mainly because I grew up 4 hours away and am a big time Blue Jay fan.
My travels within the greatest country in the history of civilization are rather limited as well. One of my roommates has a very admirable goal of visiting all 50 states before he turns 30. I think that’s awesome. I’ve only been to 18 of the 50 states (I’ve had layovers in 2 more, but that doesn’t count), which seems pretty low to me. I want to travel to all 50 states as well. Maybe I’ll give myself until I’m 50. That seems appropriate, right?
When I was younger my dad used to take my brothers and I on a trip to various baseball stadiums every summer. He’d map out a manageable drive, confer with the MLB schedule, and we’d get to see a baseball game or two in a variety of venues. I’ve always wanted to complete this expedition and see a game in all of the parks, but I have a long way to go (I’ve seen a game in 13 of the 30 stadiums) and have hardly added to the list in the past decade. You’d think that working in sports would help with this one, but it hasn’t…yet. I’m told that I’ll begin traveling more, but I’m not holding my breath (I’ve worked on upwards of 500 events so far and have been on site for 2 of them- both this year).
I guess my point is that I want to travel a lot more, but can’t find a way to make it happen. I don’t want to wait until I retire to see the country/world, but I feel like my window to travel young is closing rapidly. If you have any solutions or want to travel somewhere with me I’m all ears.
My Week 10 NFL Picks
at Jaguars +3.5 vs. Colts
Bills +11 at Patriots
Giants -4 at Bengals
Chargers +3 at Bucs
Broncos -4 at Panthers
at Dolphins -6 vs. Titans
Raiders +7.5 at Ravens
Falcons -2.5 at Saints
at Vikings +2 vs. Lions
at Seahawks -6 vs. Jets
Cowboys -1.5 @ Eagles
at 49ers -11 vs. Rams
at Bears -1 vs. Texans
Chiefs +12.5 at Steelers
Last Week- 7-7
Season- 63-66-3
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