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Week 126, Entry 1
Oct. 23rd, 2024 09:15 pmI guess "later" in my last entry meant "six weeks later".
This month has been rather busy, but not in an enjoyable way. I know I said in my last entry, "What does freedom look like for me? What do I really want?", but that was a tom-fool thing to ask. This month, there was no trip -- oh, I didn't write about that.
I have been wanting to go visit my friend in Wales. He's a great guy, and we've talked a bit about things we wanted to do when I visited.
October worked best, because I can't travel during summer, and I don't want to travel during the holidays. I could travel in Spring, but I'm taking 3 classes then. Plus, October is a very magical time. So I got my passport taken care of, and set up to bought tickets.
Well, my mom says, I shouldn't do an international trip that's shorter than two weeks, it should be "worth my while". I'd wanted a 5-7 day trip, but she's the one who's been overseas, not me. So I bought tickets for a 3-week trip, got it all set up.
I was going to lose two weeks worth of pay, but I had saved up a full week of PTO, which I was happy about. I planned on bringing my laptop with me, and keeping up with my homework that way. And I was lucky enough to get inexpensive tickets, so I wouldn't be out too much on that front.
But there were a great deal of unknowns on my part, particularly getting from Heathrow Airport to Cardiff, and how long it would take and what it would cost, and then getting back, besides. I kept having nightmares about it, and finally ended up cancelling my trip entirely. It was wrong of me to put this much on Hap, too -- guests and fish begin to stink after three days! Especially since he was busy, even before I threw all this on him.
I didn't go on a trip, but I did get an infected saddle sore cyst just before I would have left. That has taken up much of my month, treating and managing the dratted thing, although luckily, it seems to be going down.
This month has been rather busy, but not in an enjoyable way. I know I said in my last entry, "What does freedom look like for me? What do I really want?", but that was a tom-fool thing to ask. This month, there was no trip -- oh, I didn't write about that.
I have been wanting to go visit my friend in Wales. He's a great guy, and we've talked a bit about things we wanted to do when I visited.
October worked best, because I can't travel during summer, and I don't want to travel during the holidays. I could travel in Spring, but I'm taking 3 classes then. Plus, October is a very magical time. So I got my passport taken care of, and set up to bought tickets.
Well, my mom says, I shouldn't do an international trip that's shorter than two weeks, it should be "worth my while". I'd wanted a 5-7 day trip, but she's the one who's been overseas, not me. So I bought tickets for a 3-week trip, got it all set up.
I was going to lose two weeks worth of pay, but I had saved up a full week of PTO, which I was happy about. I planned on bringing my laptop with me, and keeping up with my homework that way. And I was lucky enough to get inexpensive tickets, so I wouldn't be out too much on that front.
But there were a great deal of unknowns on my part, particularly getting from Heathrow Airport to Cardiff, and how long it would take and what it would cost, and then getting back, besides. I kept having nightmares about it, and finally ended up cancelling my trip entirely. It was wrong of me to put this much on Hap, too -- guests and fish begin to stink after three days! Especially since he was busy, even before I threw all this on him.
I didn't go on a trip, but I did get an infected saddle sore cyst just before I would have left. That has taken up much of my month, treating and managing the dratted thing, although luckily, it seems to be going down.
