person A: A friend of mine took early retirement recently and he and his wife are traveling all over the world.
person B: That sounds like so much fun!
person A: I know - I wish I could do that. They've been to France_comma_ Italy_comma_ Croatia and Chile so far - I'm sitting in NC!
person B: I totally get why you feel that way.  Your time will come soon.
person A: I would just like to be able to drive to Raleigh without hurting! I fell and broke my hip a while back and can't walk properly.
person B: I hope you can recover soon!
person A: One more operation and I should be good. In the meantime_comma_ I have to live vicariously through Joe and Helen :)