Vacation? Not so much.

So my friend Malinda and I were all geared up to take a fun European vacation this year. It's been almost two years since I went to London and I am itching to go back. We poured over travel guides and narrowed it down to Berlin, Prague or Krakow (we were set on Eastern Europe....what can I say?)

So I've been checking flights almost daily and playing around with all kinds of scenarios ("we could use frequent flyer miles to get to Paris and then buy a ticket to Prague"). It's been so fun! Ummmm....while it lasted....

News alert: Our economy sucks. Now I am doing ok so far. I drive a nice little Honda Accord that gets great gas mileage and I only have to drive 14 miles roundtrip to work. I only have to worry about me.....my groceries, my clothes, my lunches out. I'm tightening the belt just a little....but I haven't had to spend hours pouring over my bank account wondering how I'm going to pay my bills. Yet.

I do not think it is in my best interest to plan a big time vacation right now (it hurts me to write that!). I have some dental work I didn't expect that needs to be done. My high school reunion is in August and there are plane tickets, hotel rooms and rental cars to book. And I don't think there are too many people in this country that can brag that their jobs are completely safe from the chopping block. I keep waiting for my good friend, Charles Gibson, to tell me that things are slowly but surely starting to look up. But so far I am getting blah, blah, housing market, blah, blah, gas prices, blah, blah, unemployment......and ending with "and I hope you had a good day." Thanks, Charles!

So the vacation is on hold. If things start to turn around, perhaps we could at least do a weekend getaway somewhere here in the States. Maybe I'll meet my sugar daddy by October. It could happen!