For a girlie who's a bit of a homebody, it's rather often that I find myself with some pretty intense wanderlust. While it can happen at any time of year, the bout of it I face in winter is (a) guaranteed; and (b) worse than any other time of year.
I guess it makes sense, the inhospitable weather keeps me closer to home and I end up feeling a little trapped. When that is combined with my re-scanning film, watching movies, or trying to make plans for the year, my feet are hardly ever as itchy as they get in January and February.
Complicating matters, I am waiting to get a date for some surgery, which means that it's hard to make any concrete plans!
That's not going to stop me, however, so this year's list is:
- Toronto: I really want to pay my sister a visit! And, I mean, whether it's because of itself or it's in spite of itself, Toronto will always have my heart and I will always want to go. We'd move there if it were feasible.
- Montréal: I always enjoy Montréal and while we plan to be there for around two weeks, it will be for surgery. So while it will be wonderful and a source of a long-awaited relief, it will not exactly be a vacation.
- Halifax: It's not a guarantee, but various life events happening may require our presence.
Of course, none of this helps in the immediate term, so if you end up seeing more photos from not-Ottawa where I usually put them, and I drop more references to the Littlest Hobo, Seeing Things, and other past vacations, that will be the more obvious ways I will be scratching that itch. Probably while I street view around some city somewhere.
February 1, 2026