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Am I alone ????????  How do you feel before you set off on a great trip ?? |
I'd say you would be crazy if you didn't have all those thoughts and feelings racing through your mind.
Having that said, you're probably well prepared and sorted out. I'm sure you'll have a great trip and you'll look back and say: "...yup, it was all worth it"
All the best and enjoy the heck out of your trip  .
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I usually feel so totally strung out and exhausted from staying up all night trying to take care of last minute details that I've no energy left for fretting about the big picture.....except that I've noticed there seems to be an endless supply of women who declare their interest and availability only when I'm on the verge of leaving for an extended period. But when I return and am available myself (e.g., four weeks from today), I'm always facing major relationship drought. Why is that?
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That's a very good idea !! I wish I could banish it from my mind !! lol
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Blog is already live bud !! Touring Ted
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I usually feel so totally strung out and exhausted from staying up all night trying to take care of last minute details that I've no energy left for fretting about the big picture.....except that I've noticed there seems to be an endless supply of women who declare their interest and availability only when I'm on the verge of leaving for an extended period. But when I return and am available myself (e.g., four weeks from today), I'm always facing major relationship drought. Why is that?
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Mark, you are so right about the women... Every ex, love interest and lady with a glint in her eye now wants to go for a drink and hear about my trip... The years you're saving and planning, it's not so easy !
Very anoying to say the least.. I just havn't got the time at the moment to keep them all happy LOL !  (I wish)
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That's exactly how I felt. The closer it got the more worried and nervous I got. But deep down you know it's right and just keep focused on the big day.
I left on my trip 8 days ago and so far it has been just awesome. I'm sure yours will be too.
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I know you've been planning for sometime so it might work put slightly different for you Ted, but for us the closer we got to d-day the less time there was to worry about things so these thoughts got pushed to the back of the mind, only to hit us like a train on the night before we left. I felt physically sick, the first time in my life I have ever felt nerves other than in my head.
First day of the trip was a disaster, my bike wouldn't start when we went to ride off for the ferry, the battery had died, making our leisurely ride to Dover a mad dash with no time to fuel up. Couldn't eat most of that day and by the time we had the tent set up we both just crashed out before 9pm absolutely exhausted, slept for close to 14 hours and when we woke up everything made sense again and the reality of what we were doing and the fact we weren't going to work again for a long time was amazing.
So hang in there, it'll probably get worse before it gets better, but its totally worth it, hopefully see you in Egypt or Sudan.
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I usually feel so totally strung out and exhausted from staying up all night trying to take care of last minute details that I've no energy left for fretting about the big picture.....except that I've noticed there seems to be an endless supply of women who declare their interest and availability only when I'm on the verge of leaving for an extended period. But when I return and am available myself (e.g., four weeks from today), I'm always facing major relationship drought. Why is that?
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Murphy's law. 
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Murphy's law. |
m'harfy's law !
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Right now I feel insanely envious about you leaving on your trip, but were it mine I'd feel, as others have said, I'd feel stressed & fraught.
When it was our turn to ship out, I had an overwhelming sense of the unreal: I could not actually believe we were doing it: it had been an idea, a concept for so long that went it became real I couldn't grasp it!!
To be honest, it took about 2 weeks there after to sink in!
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For us it feels unreal. Perhaps because we are so busy at the moment it has not sunk in yet. 2 weeks to go!
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how do you feel
hi guys
I have read all he post and the same answers appear as I have experienced before and after the trip. night before people ask how are you feeling terrified! during the trip fantastic after the trip the girl which was very interested how as no interest in you and then there was the, was worth it question and every time
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY
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