I do still have a bit of a runny nose in the morning, but otherwise feel like I've really turned the corner & am feeling much better. Hurrah! This is important, as I leave for Palm Springs tomorrow, to join my sister & parents.
It only rains an average of 1-2 weeks/year in Palm Springs, but it's supposed to rain two of the days we are there. Bummer! One of the reasons we chose this as a location is we hoped for good weather in late October. Oh well, we will still make the most of it.
I don't think we've done a trip with the four of us since my sister got married (which was, quite a long time ago!), and my parents are very excited for a trip with us. They of course also love spending time with the kids & our partners, but as a mom, I can see the fun of it feeling like a throwback trip.
Things I've been up to:
- Researching flights for my dad's trip Tokyo. As someone who has purchased a lot of business class flights to Japan, the prices right now are staggering. Like, $2500 more than I've ever seen before. We may be looking at Premium Economy, or a combo, and even that is outlandish.
- I've also been tracking various flight credits, expiration & miles. M has a bunch of old BA points that need to be used before they expire.
- Booking travel for Nick for spring break. Again, flights are so insane right now. I've been juggling a few miles & rewards programs to find the absolute best deal.
- Working a lot. When you are only working 3 days/week, those days get pretty crazy. I like the dedicated 2 days off/week, but I'm not sure I'm working substantially less over the full week, but I am being paid less. So, that's not a great tradeoff. Sleeping in on Thursdays & Fridays & having more schedule flexibility on those days has been a great gift, however.
- Thinking about what comes in January/after I'm done with work. I'm tossing around a lot of ideas (classes, volunteering, etc) & enjoying the planning process.
I woke yesterday feeling absolutely awful, stomach psid, then later worse. I really laid low and today feel weak, but not I'll anymore. I honestly wonder if food poisoning because of the reaction, but cant imagine eating anything that would have caused it. I'm sorry your days are so full it doesn't feel like a work reduction. Flights have really gone up. I doubt they'll go down once thus gas insanity eases ( if it ever does) but right now, no air travel for me until March and that tickets paid for.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better. It might rain hard for 20 minutes and then turn nice, don't despair.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels! I envy you the planning process but I am right behind you!
ReplyDeleteI am very achy right now, but pretty sure it is because of the change in our weather. Snow, rain, cold and wind always play havoc with my body.
ReplyDeleteFlights are really crazy right now hopefully they will go down once again when things begin to become less insane.
God bless.
Flying is not inexpensive at all now. We need to book some post Christmas flights to Portland. I am not looking forward to the cost but it is what it is.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're feeling better. Safe travels on your trip to Palm Springs.
ReplyDeleteEmpathies on the being paid less to do maybe the same amount of work. Every time I considered dropping back to part time, I knew that I wouldn't be able to do that - I'd end up putting in near or full time hours and still be getting paid less.
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