Kvetching for travel
Tue, Aug. 4th, 2009 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Everyone I know is going somewhere cool over the next two weeks: WorldCon, ANA, GenCon. I am jealous as hell.
I splurged all of $20 to attend the Pacific Northwest Mouse Meet, a Disneyana show in Lynnwood the weekend of the 15th--a day trip--an hour of driving roundtrip, no hotel costs. While I expect it to be fun it won't be the same, I assure you.
I want to go to Japan with
jackwilliambell so badly I can taste it, but the math says I shouldn't spend the money. Tomorrow morning, I'm going to look at the numbers one more time. Maybe if I examine them with a fever, they'll look different.
I've got the wanderlust bad. It always happens when I can least afford it. But it's been two years since my last big trip and the world is calling, one way or another.
::sigh::
I splurged all of $20 to attend the Pacific Northwest Mouse Meet, a Disneyana show in Lynnwood the weekend of the 15th--a day trip--an hour of driving roundtrip, no hotel costs. While I expect it to be fun it won't be the same, I assure you.
I want to go to Japan with
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I've got the wanderlust bad. It always happens when I can least afford it. But it's been two years since my last big trip and the world is calling, one way or another.
::sigh::
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 04:08 am (UTC)You can spend the time not being jealous of me. The only place I'm going is down the rabbit hole as I try to finish the quarter and my SQL class.
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 05:29 am (UTC)I really, really hate the word "staycation," so I won't use it. I will, however, say that there are benefits to sticking around home and spending time improving your nest.
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 06:06 am (UTC)Erg.
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 06:11 am (UTC)Hopefully you'll get to go somewhere soon!
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 12:07 pm (UTC)If it's impacting your ability to pay the mortgage or, say, eat in three months' time, well, okay, but...
Go to Japan
Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 01:43 pm (UTC)You can always make, or find, more money. This chance may not come again. Do this. Please.
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 02:31 pm (UTC)On the other hand, the kids take off in nine days FOR nine days in Florida at my sister's (by her invitation); it will be their first time flying sans parents (he's 10, she's 8). M and I think we'll take advantage of the weekend that covers to go to Lancaster County, PA for a minivacation, so we do have something to look forward to.
Good luck finding, winning, extorting, or printing the money for Japan. It would be cool for you to go, and I would SO look forward to the travel reports.
*crosses fingers and presses thumbs for you*
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Date: Wed, Aug. 5th, 2009 02:33 pm (UTC)Ha. It's hard to know how much one should live for the moment as opposed to how much one should be prudent for the future.
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Date: Thu, Aug. 6th, 2009 09:36 am (UTC)If you can make it work out, you should definitely try to go to Japan- I haven't been there (yet- I say with eternal optimism) , but everyone I know who has gone has raved about it!
Good luck finding a path to wander to cure your wanderlust (for a little while, at least- since I think wanderlust is something with no permanent cure!)
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