Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Fun?

I get tired just thinking about it. I've spent at least part of the past four weekends working and am preparing to do it again. This time, I have a conference in New York City, which will be interesting...and my wife will join me for what is intended to be a mini-vacation. We'll see if I can avoid work enough to make it a vacation. My meeting starts in earnest on Saturday evening and goes through late Tuesday. Then, Wednesday we head back home, where I unpack and immediately prepare to set up and man a trade show booth from Thursday through Saturday. I haven't even given the booth more than a few passing thoughts. This will be tough. Such is life.

Today, I finally got around to trying to make flight arrangements to fly to Guadalajara over the Christmas holidays, using mileage credits to get the flights. I had waited too late. There was absolutely nothing left. So, much to my chagrin, I bought two tickets that, together, cost well over $1200....aaaarrrgghhh! Damn my procrastination; one of these days I'll make time to stop procrastinating. We fly down December 24 and return on New Year's Day. I've given up on the idea of buying a place down there, at least for now. My business is showing severe signs of stress and money is hemorraging. Maybe, though, I need to cut my losses and buy a small fishing boat on Lake Chapala and live in a tiny 1 room apartment in the poorer neighborhoods of Chapala. That, or a winning lottery ticket (that I must force myself to buy or risk never winning) could be the answer.

New York. If it weren't for the very, very ugly ethics investigation and the backbiting competitors lobbying grenades to see what will explode, it could be fun!

1 comment:

Phil said...

If your tickets are refundable, you might keep checking re: the miles. As the date draws closer, airlines often release seats to award inventory if the flight's not filling up. Probably less likely to happen over the holidays, though.

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