Feeling a bit better

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. 

What about you? What are you up to today? And, this might be the day I cave & turn the heat on for the first time this season! Since I work from home, it's much more noticeable how cold it is in the house to me than M. It was 62 inside when I woke up! BRRRRRR.