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jaboba46 · 10-09-2006, 09:43 PM

okay so i'm home been home for a couple of weeks and can't wait till i get back out on another trip. i'm saving the money. i'm still out and doing my normal things, but things aren't what they once were. they are dull, i've got a few trips coming up that i say don't count because well im going to be around family. so what do you do to keep busy/not bored between trips?

**indierock05** · 10-09-2006, 10:21 PM

I work in a bar. It's a great way to meet people and it keeps you occupied at night so you don't keep yourself awake thinking of all the other greate places you could be...well I guess it may down play it a bit. Or just go out with old friends, and get some booze in your system. Good luck!

**TheJake** · 10-09-2006, 10:32 PM

Currently I am working for an airline and trying to get out of the debt I incured from my last trip so I can go on another trip.

chelseafc05 · 10-09-2006, 10:39 PM

i workin back at my shit hole job which i swore i woudlnt go back to but... times were tough so im back there at the shitass supermarket but its money ... im bored shitless durin the week during after work i just hang out for the weekend where i wipe myself out and get completely fucked up

**freespiritz** · 10-10-2006, 04:33 AM

Between trips I study, since I'm usually at school, but since I'm abroad in China from the US from Malaysia I guess I'm technically perpetually on trips.

I always plan for the next trip (or two) in between actual traveling though i.e. spend waaaay too much time on travel sites :P, and work to finance the trips. Catch up with friends. Learn stuff, write a few songs, read books or just explore the place that I'm in - there's always cool things to see nearby.

**marc873** · 10-10-2006, 05:50 AM

I spend my time researching and planning for the next trip, while smoking huge amounts of herb to help me forget that I have 8 more months to go. I did just go on a trip with the family, but not the same. We have a few wknd trips, but not the same. Unless I have a pack on and 3-4 weeks to travel I am not happy. I once read a question on these boards about when does the sadness of coming home go away, and the answer was when you leave to go again. I couldn't agree anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**expatben** · 10-11-2006, 03:56 AM

Simply put, I wait for the road to call me again...of course, when is she never? Other than that I do pointless factory work trying to scrape together money with the memories of my travels make me smile and stoke the fires at the same time.

**U2fan** · 10-11-2006, 05:01 AM

Cry, mope; sit in a corner...

jaboba46 · 10-11-2006, 08:09 AM

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thats what i'm doing... ive got no bills from my last trip because i paid for everything to start with and now it's like hmmm i'm bored.... i wanna go back out...

**c0urt** · 10-11-2006, 08:41 AM

evem tho technicaly i think i am still on a trip, i just got hired as a life gaurd in a water park I start today. mmmmmmm bikinis

but typically i just plot for my next trip

oh and ride my bicycle, this weekend i rode from orlando to cocoa beach and racked up 120 miles in two days more or less, was a lot of fun, but not what i expected when i spun out for a short ride

**omisan** · 10-11-2006, 10:30 AM

I "work."

**SuDz** · 10-11-2006, 10:57 AM

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**Delaney** · 10-11-2006, 11:00 AM

I worked as well... And play dodgeball

I work as well... And play dodgeball

**space virgin** · 10-11-2006, 11:29 AM

I "work" too.

I also enjoy the company of my friends.

**LaurieL622** · 10-11-2006, 03:53 PM

WORK!!!!!!

)

reponse to my friends who call me at all hours of the day:
"some of us work for a living!!!!!!!!"

i'm not bitter. can you tell?

)

jaboba46 · 10-11-2006, 09:27 PM

i work... at times two jobs... but like right now it's a busy time at work and yet it's very boring to me. you can only tell school kids to smile so much before you get bored.

i want to plan my next trip but i don't want to over plan like i did that last time and ended up not doing MOST of it because other things came up.

DJ_VeeeNoM · 10-13-2006, 01:16 AM

Look at myself in the mirror and look great!

Is that normal?

**BelfastFlyer** · 10-13-2006, 04:40 AM

I try to get out of the debt I'm in from my last trip! I'm not very good at budgeting but what the hell!

Eifah · 10-15-2006, 11:12 AM

I think we all have to work in between to save for the next trip. One of these days I'll just leave and work as I need the money while traveling.

xanthuos · 10-15-2006, 05:31 PM

I travel domestically a lot so that I don't settle into a boring routine.
I make more money and I drink heavily.
Of course, I drink heavily whether in between trips or on one.