Monday, April 28, 2008

Funky Attitude

Last week Tricia at Blogging away Debt mentioned that she had been in somewhat of a funk lately. She really couldn't figure out what was causing it. Well, I've been in a bit of a funk lately too. But I think I know the reason.

One of the reasons for my funky attitude is that a couple of weeks ago I put a deposit on our vacation and bought airline tickets. One would think I would be ecstatic. I mean, we're going on our first vacation in three years! You see, what was going to be a relatively inexpensive vacation is now costing me more than I wanted to spend.

Originally, a friend had offered us the use of her Florida home and car that she kept down there. By the time my family and I figured out when would be a good time to take a vacation together, she had rented her place. I began searching the internet for someplace to stay in Florida, and I found one. When I showed it to my husband he decided he would rather go to Puerto Rico. You know, "for a few dollars more..."

In addition to the condo and the airline tickets, now we'll have to rent a car. Of course, there is spending money while vacationing. In order to keep this vacation on a cash basis, I'm going to have to drastically reduce my aggressive credit card pay down. I know, I know...I'll take some cheese with my "whine".

When I posted my 100th post I said would highlight some of my favorite entries. Two of my favorites are The Giving Tree and Easter, Christmas, and the Day after New Year's

3 comments:

Dedicated said...

Isn't it strange how something that should be so wonderful and relaxing is turning into a burden?

We never take vacations and this year we have to travel 3 times. There are 6 of us going and I have no idea how I'm going to financially take it all.

We need to take these trips - 1 is a family vacation with my parents and siblings, and 2 are family weddings.

Time slips away so fast as the kids grow, I have to remind myself that we NEED this time.

Sharon said...

Have you already purchased your airline tickets? I was watching the news tonight and they were saying that airline tickets are going up quite a bit due to oil prices....hope you were able to get a good deal!

Grant said...

But just think of how much fun you will have! (you can tell me to shut up now)