Tap Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I would be sitting in a restaurant. Just before sunset, with an evening ahead of me. Sipping a yummy tropical drink like a fresh Mai Tai or a sweet fruit infused margarita. Calamari, spicy street tacos or other local happy hour snack. Ocean view or at least a large body of water that stretches off into the distance. Someone fun to talk to, who has a wonderful happy life with a huge happy future ahead of them . Like a girl friend or my daughter. What I wouldn't give for some happy optimism right now. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'll take New Zealand, please. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I've spent the last couple of hours looking at Air BnBs in the UK to help my son look for a place to stay when he arrives in the UK to quarantine... before he can find housing. At this moment Cambridgeshire is pretty tempting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'm actually exactly where I want to be, minus sick kids. Tomorrow is my birthday, which for the first 21 years of my life wasn't really that important to me. I didn't dislike it but I didn't really care much about it. But then dh entered my life and he made me love it. He treats me amazingly every day but somehow he manages to make me feel even more special on my b-day. Right now we are relaxing on the couch after a long enjoyable day in the pool. We would be cuddling but we are currently taking turns holding a feverish baby. Adding in a third person's heat by cuddling would be awful! 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, GGardner said: I'll take New Zealand, please. That’s my answer! If there was no Covid, then I’d like to be at the beach with Dh and the boys and eat in a ton of restaurants. I miss the restaurant experience. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. No pre-planning, no shopping, no cooking, no cleaning. Just waltz on in and order something off the menu and start eating it 10 minutes later. What bliss!! Edited July 21, 2020 by Garga 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Down the back on the hill in the sun with a bag of books and a cup of tea with honey. Also there’s literally nothing to stop me doing that except a pile of housework. So actually like happy smiley lady I just need to have the housework done and I’m there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, hjffkj said: I'm actually exactly where I want to be, minus sick kids. Tomorrow is my birthday, which for the first 21 years of my life wasn't really that important to me. I didn't dislike it but I didn't really care much about it. But then dh entered my life and he made me love it. He treats me amazingly every day but somehow he manages to make me feel even more special on my b-day. Right now we are relaxing on the couch after a long enjoyable day in the pool. We would be cuddling but we are currently taking turns holding a feverish baby. Adding in a third person's heat by cuddling would be awful! Hope your baby gets better soon. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On the back deck of a house we rented on the water in Maine a few years ago, watching the lobster boats while drinking a cup of coffee with dh. 🥰 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Drinking a cappuccino in Jerusalem. Getting ready to walk with my family to the Western Wall and talk to G-d and then getting a sumptuous meal nearby at one of my favorite restaurants. Or even better doing that with my best friend and his family. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 In the UK having finished my 2 weeks quarantine so I could see my Mom and Dad. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 53 minutes ago, GGardner said: I'll take New Zealand, please. Same. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'll get back to you on that, but I think it might be here: https://www.privateislandsonline.com/search?availability=sale 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 In Noyo Harbor, watching the fishing boats come and go and an occasional practice maneuver by the coast guard. None of the fish or seals have masks on, they don't care about COVID and the waves wash ashore like they have for thousands of years. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) In a bush lodge adjacent to the Kruger park with my entire family from all over the world - each in their own cabin. It is warm there this time of year - our house was built for summer and is a freezer right now - and we love the bush. We'd get up early for a game drive every morning and a sunset drive in the evening - led by a game ranger with years of guiding experience who'd chosen to stay at the lodge. We'd meet around a campfire each evening and eat our evening meals together. The rest of the time we'd be going for walks within the camp, lazing by the pool or reading a book. The little cousins would be riding bikes and playing on the grass. We would have brought in all of our supplies for the duration, and given the staff off to go to their own families (except for the ranger who decided he'd rather have our company LOL). Edited July 21, 2020 by Hannah ETA: I"m assuming money is no objective :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Home. Bill 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Right here, right now, in the sunshine in my garden, at our new home. Edited July 21, 2020 by Laura Corin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'm with those who wouldn't be any happier somewhere other than where she is right now--snug and comfy at home, sitting on my couch, sleeping dogs beside me, sipping a cup of coffee, watching the day start outside my own windows. Now if I were doing the same thing on the deck at my own cabin up in the NC mountains (where it's considerably cooler and less humid), I'd be pretty fine with that, too. But it would have to be my own place. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The Cayman Islands - dh and I had figured on a scuba trip this year to celebrate our 25 year anniversary and dd turned 10 this summer so is old enough to be certified. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 New Zealand. Someplace where unified, intelligent leadership has not ignored the fire of COVID until the barn burned down. Somewhere I don’t feel like basic safety for my family is such a far-flung aspiration. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Sitting on a front porch swing drinking coffee with the one I love and with no demands of the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 In Aruba, either sitting on the beach with a Mudslide or snorkeling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Another New Zealand wish here. Pre-pandemic, the south of France was looking pretty interesting, as was Switzerland. For a sort of extended stay, not-quite-a-move visit. In general, though, I love home best of all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Either at a spa receiving a massage, or in bed sleeping! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Do we get to change the weather? Because I'd be at my camp if it were fairly pleasant, but not in the current stultifying heat/rain/bugs thing we have going on. Alternately, non-Covid Disney World. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'd love to be getting a full body massage, about to have a light lunch in the spa while I get a mani and pedi and get my hair done.....and then walking out to the beach to sunbathe, eat tacos, and drink cold fruity drinks. I'm not normally high maintenance, but I feel like a hot mess because I haven't had any of those things done in about a year. I'd love to rent a beach cottage a year or two. We're all going to be working and schooling from home anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 In Indiana at our best friends house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Last year we went on a cruise. That's something that won't be happening again any time soon! But it would be my happy place, if it was anything like a safe place. I'd be on the open deck, near the pool, with a drink and a book and my whole family being happy together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'd love to be back in that little cottage we rented in NZ in January, enjoying a South Island winter with no concerns about COVID. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 With dh, at a swim up bar in a pool in Cancun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 DH and I had a 14-day Baltic cruise planned for this summer. It was a belated anniversary trip and the first real vacation without kid. Needless to say that did not happen. Right now, our entire family was supposed to be in Austria where DD is in grad school. Being in the mountains and cooler air would be great rather than being in the Texas heat right now. And, it would have been a good time for the entire family to be together. Either of those options would be nice; or I would take a beach on a Greek Isle. The thing I am looking most forward to when things improve is a good massage! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 There’s a great seafood restaurant on Maryland’s eastern shore where you can dine outside on a deck over the water. Great food, great drinks, and a great cottage we like to rent when we’re out there. I’d go tonight if I could. The place is casual, so I apparently don’t miss dressing up AT ALL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Super happy where I am in the Sierra, but Bora Bora might top that. I wonder if they still have that restaurant, Bloody Mary’s? With the ice table where you go point to your fish of choice, speared that day? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Maybe here https://www.alaska.org/detail/peavine-cabins-1-2-airstrip Or any cabin off the road system but in my favorite park would be a nice addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 In Dorrington, in the Sierra Nevadas in California. My grandparents had a large, 60s-era cabin there. It had two bedrooms with queen-sized beds and two bedrooms each with two bunk beds, two trundle beds, and a window bed. There was a large kitchen and living room downstairs. We'd be eating dinner on the porch and the kids would be building forts in the trees. During the days we could drive to a mountain lake, or a creek, or Big Trees, or just stay home and do puzzles. Having lived in California for most of my childhood, there is a part of me that always wants to return. Or New Zealand! The kids wish that constantly. 🙂 Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 On 7/20/2020 at 9:42 PM, Tap said: I would be sitting in a restaurant. Just before sunset, with an evening ahead of me. Sipping a yummy tropical drink like a fresh Mai Tai or a sweet fruit infused margarita. Calamari, spicy street tacos or other local happy hour snack. Ocean view or at least a large body of water that stretches off into the distance. Someone fun to talk to, who has a wonderful happy life with a huge happy future ahead of them . Like a girl friend or my daughter. What I wouldn't give for some happy optimism right now. It's mid 70s here. Life is sooooooo good. 😉 So, I'd pick here or visiting friends in Oregon - a hike on a coastal trail where I can hear the ocean. I love Iowa but man, I miss the Oregon coast more than I'd like to admit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Oh, this is an easy one! I'd be in NH with my granddaughter awaiting the birth of my grandson. If not there, then sitting on the beach reading a good book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 HOME! With all of my people happy and healthy hanging out with me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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