Wednesday, April 10, 2013

I is for Itchy Feet


I’ve written about my itchy feet before. And no, I do not have a rash or a fungus. What I have is an innate desire to travel and see the world. If I could, I’d buy an RV, a boat, a plane and I would never stay in one spot for too long.

Maybe it’s a habit formed from a childhood of relocation. We weren’t a military family yet it seemed every few years or so we’d pack and go. Granted, for the most part all the moves were in the same town, but when I finally moved out on my own I continued the tradition. Every three years we’d rent a truck and take off to the next house.

The longest we stayed in one place was six years and by the end of that time my feet were so itchy I could barely stand still! One of my favorite lines from any song goes” It’s time to move on, it’s time to get going, cause under my feet, the grass is growing.” This Tom Petty song captures exactly how I feel.

I like having a place to call my own, don’t get me wrong, but I’d be just as happy to call an RV or a boat home as I would a house.

Itchy Feet is an idiom/slang term used to express a strong desire to move or travel.

Example: Ivan and Ivanna’s interest in islands intrigued them and invoked intense itchy feet.

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13 comments:

  1. I'm certainly very much afflicted with itchy feet. We also have the acute one called cabin fever. And yet we are very much a home body/bodies ;)

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  2. I'm more of a stick in the mud, I like to visit places but I also like to know I can go home.

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  3. I like that term. Itchy feet. Cabin fever also. The one I heard the most growing up was 'wanderlust.' They all kind of capture it in different ways, don't they? Ah, the nuances of language. :)

    Nice to meet you through the A to Z!

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  4. I love this one ... I love the phrase itchy feet.

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  5. I've done some traveling before...spent five months teaching English in Indonesia...but I've been a bit of a home-body most of my life. I like feeling settled. That said, I do have quite a list of places I want to see and visit someday! :)

    I love all the topics you're covering for the Challenge. Fun words! :)

    Jaimie
    Living in the Light
    A to Z Ambassador

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  6. I have done much travelling in the past but I too have itchy feet again so have booked a vacation for November to see my Irish idol.

    Yvonne.

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  7. My daughter has itchy feet. She love to travel, travel, travel. My feet are stuck in cement.

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  8. I'm the opposite - i am never happier than when I am in my cozy little house, curled up with a good book!

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  9. Oh, gosh, me too! Every now and then I go online and look up all sorts of RV's and dream about what I would need to take myself, my dog and cats on a tour of the United States for a year :)

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  10. I know how you feel about itchy feet. We own an RV and love to travel in it with our cats.

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  11. You chose a great theme for the challenge. I'm so enjoying going through your alphabet. I have some seriously itchy feet myself.

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  12. Whenever I get itchy feet it's always temporary. I want to come home within a week or so.

    KC @ The Occasional Adventures of a Hermit & Oh Frog It

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  13. Great post, my itchy feet are usually satisfied with trips to Dublin, Galway or Cork. I love to travel, and when it get's really bad we'll go to the credit union and try to get a loan so we can go further afield for longer (paris, salem, london, NY).

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