Have you ever had a time when you REALLY wanted to do something, I mean so bad that it made you ache?
I want to go home.. where I grew up.. Nova Scotia.
Born and raised (until 13) in Toronto, I grew up a city girl. Loved the subway, poked around the shops on Queen street, and shopped the Eaton Center. The I moved to Nova Scotia. A small, barely there french-acadian town called Cheticamp, smack in the middle of the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton island. I was the new girl - and I was English (Talk about being out of place!)
EVERYTHING was different - the internet did not exist yet (at least there) and the town was a ghost town for 8 out of the 12 months (tourist season was AWESOME!) but I fell in love. I stayed there with my mom and “grew up” through high school. Learned to speak french, graduated with honors and made the very best memories and friends any person could EVER ask for.
My mom moved back to Ontario after I graduated high school and I followed, moving back in with my Dad (for a small history on my fam - if you’re interested, visit my post on My Functional Family).
I created a new life in Ontario, met a guy, fell in love, had kids, bought a house, started a business and never, ever lost the longing of being back on the island.
The problem is of course - how to get there.. days in a car or hours on a plane and then rent a car.. Do I take the kids/hubs (They really want to go) if so it’s close to $2000 to get there.. but if I go myself, then I can go just for a long weekend and it’s $500 (car included)..
So every time a little bit of money comes our way, I get excited - This is it I think, I look on Porter to see if there are flights on sale, I check out the best places to rent a car, I’ve even gone so far as to tell my friends I may be on my way.. but then…
“The car needs an oil change!”, “I got invited to a birthday party!”, “My summer clothes are too small!”, and so on and so on.. until that “extra money” disappears, leaving me with the thought, it’s ok.. I’ll go next year.
I have been having the same thought for close to 4 years now.
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What’s your “life is not allowing it” item.. share with me so we can long for it together 
Photo credit: http://spacecollective.org/aumber/3648/Nova-Scotia-Spaceport
) we are airing out the tent city as we speak and we’ll be washing the sleeping bags and getting all the rest prepped before we leave.. all this I expected..
