Insane Random Ramblings

I really wanted to go out of the country. Somewhere like Mexico or Costa Rica. My vacation is a present for myself for finally graduating school. That means the trip won’t happen until at least May of next year because I won’t graduate until the end of April.  I already know I won’t have any extra money until then.

I seriously doubt that I’ll be able to afford something expensive though. I really love cruises so that may be a option. The only bad thing is that I’m probably going to go by myself. I’m tired of not being able to go places because nobody wants to go or they back out at the last minute. So I’ll have to pay the single supplement which is usually double.

I’m pretty open to places to go though. But I know now is the time to start planning.

I don’t plan on doing much during my vacation. I probably won’t go anywhere and if I do it won’t be far. One of my local malls is adding all of these really expensive shops. Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Nordstrom’s are just a few of the stores that will be opening soon.

I hope they open soon. I can stroll around and window shop. I get tired of only looking at fitness equipment or kitchen appliances all the time. I won’t be able to buy anything at any of those stores but I can look.

Did I mention Tiffany’s is eventually opening in that mall? Now that’s a store I might actually buy something at. I’ve had my eye on a necklace from there for a couple of years. Who knows what I’ll do once the store actually opens up. I’m kinda excited for the opening day now.

I didn’t do anything this weekend in anticipation of my vacation in a couple of weeks. I’ve been staying home trying to save money. I haven’t really decided what I’m doing for vacation but I’m pretty sure I’m going to try and get away for at least a day or two. I have some casino comps for hotel rooms so I may do that. Just get away for a day or two and stay in a hotel and get pampered.

No matter where I go, I plan on making this a pretty cheap vacation. I’ll do some of the free or cheap tourist stuff. I’ll also stay in my hotel room and watch infomercials about the best acne treatments on tv. Maybe catch a couple of Law & Order episodes. Hopefully I’ll see a couple of baseball games although I doubt if I’ll be able to go to any.

Right now I’m not hopeful about having a fun vacation. I’ll just try to make the best of it. At least I won’t be at work.

I’ve been looking for travel deals for the past few weeks. All of my coworkers on going on vacation and I’m getting antsy for my turn. I realize that since I’m in school it will be a little harder for me to afford a vacation. I might have to go somewhere less expensive or stay for a shorter amount of time than I would like to.

I’m not really sure what I’m going to do but I want to work something out.

John and I decided that we are going to Chicago for the holiday weekend. We plan on leaving on Friday after work and coming back Monday afternoon. We wanted to stay until Tuesday but I have a quiz so I have to be back before 6pm. We would have to leave Chicago at 9 or 10am and drive almost straight through. I would be pretty tired from that ride and wouldn’t want to sit through class so we decided to come back a day early.

I went and made sure my car was road worthy. I don’t need anything done to the battery, air conditioning compressor, or the transmission so we’re ready. I have my handy-dandy AAA card ready just in case anything happens. Now we just have to get some money from the bank. We’re getting a 3-day bus pass that’s around $10 and I’m sure we’ll get good use out of that. Our meals will probably be on our debit cards because we don’t want too much cash.

I’ve never been to Chicago so I’m super excited. I can’t wait until Friday!

We usually get along so well and agree on almost everything. We usually only disagree on where to eat. And that’s because I always want IHOP and he wants to eat somewhere different each time. But vacation is a thorn in both of our sides.

I want to go to a beach or tropical location. He wants to go on a road trip to see baseball games. Money is tight for me because of school so this one actually works. I want to stay in a nice condo hotel, he wants to stay someplace cheap. I do agree that the hotel is just somewhere to sleep but I don’t want to stay in some el-cheapo fleabag place. I want to go to certain baseball games but he doesn’t want to go to those particular cities. Mostly because he doesn’t like the team that I do.

Our vacation is only a week long but I have a feeling that we’re going to disagree on a lot more issues. I guess it’s good to get it out of the way and see how well we can compromise with each other.

I’ve only been at my job for 2 years so I only have 2 weeks vacation. That’s definitely different for me because on my last job I had 3 weeks. That extra week doesn’t seem like it would make a big difference but it does. I have to take 5 days together for my first week. Then I can break up the second week and take the days how I like.

Those days go by quick. You might get a couple of 3 day weekends and maybe one 4-day weekend if you’re lucky. But that’s about it. It’s not really enough time for a vacation especially since I don’t live near the beach. No Myrtle Beach, no Outer Banks, or even Wildwood would be nice. But with so little time off, it’s probably not even worth it to go. By the time I would get to my destination, it would be time to turn around and come back.

Maybe when I look for my next job, I should negotiate vacation time as well as my salary. 

I’m just tired of working right now. I haven’t had any real time off since last December and that was only 1 day. I just keep taking a day off here and a day off there. I don’t count sick days as days off. Technically I’m off but it’s not to relax, it’s because I don’t feel well.

I don’t have anything special that I want to do either. It’s not like I need to go to alcohol rehab or anything like that. I just want to stay home and relax. Not worry about getting up early, no phones ringing (I’ll take mine off the hook), and no coworkers chit-chatting about nothing.

Maybe once it warms up I’ll take a few days off to enjoy the sunshine. That’s probably all I need.

I don’t have any. We’re going to drive to Cleveland for a baseball game or two. We may also try to get down to Florida to visit my family. And New Jersey to visit both of our moms. We might also go to Erie to go to the beach. There’s no real beach around here and Erie is the closest one. That should be a day trip though. We’ll leave Pittsburgh in the morning and get home around midnight.. 

The main reason why we can’t take a real vacation is because I’m trying to get done with school as soon as possible and that’s gonna be expensive. I don’t get tuition reimbursement for these classes and I don’t get financial aid. I have to pay for these classes totally out of pocket. I still don’t know how I’m gonna swing that. Since this is such a large expense, we have to give up vacation this year. Not even Hilton Head rentals for a weekend. That super sucks! But it’s the sacrifice that I have to make in order to move within the next 12-15 months.

I’ve decided that it’s imperative that I move soon, so I have to make some sacrificies. You can best believe I’m going on a killer vacation next year!

Last year I didn’t go on vacation at all. This year I went on a cruise. I’m already looking forward to my vacation next year. We’ll go anywhere from 5-7 days. It just depends on the cost. Neither my friend or I have a lot of money to spend. We’re looking into Jamaica or Cancun. I want to go to the Dominican Republic too.

Decisions, decisions.