Dealing with holiday envy

Something Mr Firehouse and I have been dealing with a lot lately is holiday envy. The colleagues with whom we share our days turning the colour of snowpeas at the mention of us escaping blustery, freezing Sydney for colder, wetter London. Go figure?

Here are some handy hints I've found to deal with this particular problem

1. Assure your colleagues that even thought it may appear to be a good thing, holidays are very stressful and you're likely to be worse off at the end
2. Tell them you didn't really want to go, but had to use up frequent flyer points so you're not really going to be enjoying it
3. Tell them how lucky they are to be staying at home and not dealing with the dramas of international flights, airport and food blech

or better still

4. be honest, tell them you're looking forward to every second and bring them back a t-shirt that says

" some guy I work with went to London and all I got was this lousy shirt"