Sorry to hear you're rushing through life .... and missing shooting oops .
I hope you will a great time in Kruger ??? Say hi to Carl ... from the sleepy grey socked German
Yes one needs to get set up new gear first ... once that done , shoot the **** out of it . Including doing funny stuff ... LOL . Cost nothing but time and drive space .... can even stay for 20 years .... like this image

But basically I am like you going for the standard shot , quite boring at times .
Anette is completely different she does shoot strange things ... at times , but hey she is having fun with her gear and sometimes there is something crazy good in between .
Cheers Andreas