Anticipation

So Hubby tells me today to get the week of Christmas and New Year's off of work. He's planning a trip for our anniversary/Christmas. Of course, he's not going to tell me what the trip is. That just makes it more fun for him. I get eleven months to stew over it. He gets eleven months to remind me that he knows where we're going and I don't.

Eleven months.

I do love surprises. And he can pull them off really well. I guess it's because I don't expect grand overtures from my Hubby. He's such a down-to-earth guy. Every now and then, he'll throw something at me out of left field, and it hits me when I least expect it. Like the beautiful necklace he sent me for our five year anniversary. Or the flowers I got for number seven. Totally not in the realm of what I expect from my Hubby. But I love it when he does these things. And I love him whether he does them or not.

But where can we go for a whole week??

A week seems a bit long to spend at Disney Land. Disney World, maybe. But he told me that the trip isn't Florida, so that eliminates that.

Vegas? Ooohhh…that might be fun, but I would think of that as more of a long weekend type of trip. A full week of bright lights, big city might get old.

Maybe we'll go somewhere warm? Mexico? Hawaii?

A cruise?

Or maybe we'll go explore the Pacific Northwest. See some rugged scenery up that way.

I'm almost inclined to think that a National Park will be involved. We both enjoy visiting them so much, and he's hell-bent on visiting all of them.

Hmmm…

I generally plan the bulk of our trips. The last major trip that I can think of that he planned without any input from me turned out really well. We went to Chiemsee, saw a palace, had one of the best days skiing and also visited Munich. I was impressed. Smaller trips that he's done on a whim include the National Parks in our area. He may not take the helm of our travels very often, but when he does, it blows me away. So I have absolute faith that this trip will turn out really great.

Besides…in December we'll still be in the honeymoon phase of our reunion. He could drag me off to Timbuktu and I'd probably be amenable.(Note to Hubby…I still draw the line at Alabama. So very much not interested in setting foot there again.)

Eleven months away.

What could it be??