Anticipation : noun
From the Oxford English Dictionary there are two examples given.
1) the fact of seeing that something might happen in the future and perhaps doing something about it now
2) a feeling of excitement about something (usually something good) that is going to happen
Both of which aptly summaries my thoughts today. I'd just collected our train tickets from Worle Station for onward travel to Bath tomorrow. A day off to meet friends from Italy. Collecting the tickets in a downpour they all 'clagged' together (as we'd say in the North East) as they dropped out of the machine. Separating them and laying them on my car passenger seat to dry, it struck me that these represent future anticipation. Anticipation of seeing friends after 16 years. Anticipation of being on a train. Anticipation of the day ahead. I'm excited. All for the princely sum of £26.20 payable to Great Western Railway.
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