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Getting back to fangirl life, I'm pretty mad that the intense heat here has been preventing me from doing any more work on the Rapunzel costume. Because some people can't stand the paint I'm using and I don't like working outside in this house because there's a road behind the house with cars passing by frequently (Which blows things around) and there's no room in the garage to lay things flat because of my parents' insistence on keeping both cars in the garage at night, so no room there. I'm not sure about picking up anything else to do as I do not fit into my Cinderella dress yet**, I'm not sure if I'll do any work on my vampire dress, I'm waiting to make that Rumpel cloak next month (It's really for Halloween) and I'm not sure what to resume that won't get me crazy.
So anyway, there's a big flaw in my plan to get to SDCC. Aside from still trying to find a job, my sister wants to take the family to WDW next Christmas. I'm all for it, but I'm really wanting to do something solo.
And here's where most of the problems come in-
*Most jobs do not give you vacation time until you've been there a certain amount of time. If I get it someplace where it doesn't kick in until after a year, then I'd have no choice to go to Orlando at this point. It's not bad, but again, I want to be AWAY from my family. If it's only a week, then yeah, it has to be the family. If it's 2 weeks, I could luck out and try to plan a second short trip for myself where I'd be at Orlando around Halloween. I'd get most of what I'd want to do out of the way as well as attend the Halloween events and hopefully meet some of you FL people. :)
Then again, there's the D23 option as that is usually August every other year, and It wouldn't be as expensive or long as going to both SDCC/SoCal theme parks.... If it was just the one week, I'd still have to just stay in San Diego, which isn't that bad because I've always wanted to visit the zoo*** and check out Sea World.
But the problem is, finding time to try to get out into the world. Sure, I have to be a diligent employee, but I feel like I'm playing catchup on this and other things and I hate that feeling.
*Money. I may not have enough for this trip once tickets go on sale. It's usually about $2,500 or so as I've calculated. But I'm always calculating for places I'd like to go, so it changes. And of course, those damn bills. I'm happy to be going to the Ren Faire next month, but I'm promising to try to save up little by little before I start earning again.
*Luck. I've heard horror stories about how SDCC sells out TOO fast. And they never mention what's going to be at the con until the tickets are all long gone. So I need to pounce on this thing when I'm able. This would also be if I wanted to go to Dragon-Con, I fear...
I am thinking once I have taken care of the majority of my bills (Which is in September at this point) I will start putting my old costumes on eBay. I'm HOPING I'll be in a better situation in a few months, but for now... -sigh-
**Yes, I am trying to watch what I eat. But I'm really starting to think I can't exercise unless I'm in a group because I'm hopeless at keeping up with it myself...yet another thing to pay for...
***I think it's due to all those times seeing Joan Embry and countless zoologists since from the San Diego Zoo showing up on "The Tonight Show" with animals...
So anyway, there's a big flaw in my plan to get to SDCC. Aside from still trying to find a job, my sister wants to take the family to WDW next Christmas. I'm all for it, but I'm really wanting to do something solo.
And here's where most of the problems come in-
*Most jobs do not give you vacation time until you've been there a certain amount of time. If I get it someplace where it doesn't kick in until after a year, then I'd have no choice to go to Orlando at this point. It's not bad, but again, I want to be AWAY from my family. If it's only a week, then yeah, it has to be the family. If it's 2 weeks, I could luck out and try to plan a second short trip for myself where I'd be at Orlando around Halloween. I'd get most of what I'd want to do out of the way as well as attend the Halloween events and hopefully meet some of you FL people. :)
Then again, there's the D23 option as that is usually August every other year, and It wouldn't be as expensive or long as going to both SDCC/SoCal theme parks.... If it was just the one week, I'd still have to just stay in San Diego, which isn't that bad because I've always wanted to visit the zoo*** and check out Sea World.
But the problem is, finding time to try to get out into the world. Sure, I have to be a diligent employee, but I feel like I'm playing catchup on this and other things and I hate that feeling.
*Money. I may not have enough for this trip once tickets go on sale. It's usually about $2,500 or so as I've calculated. But I'm always calculating for places I'd like to go, so it changes. And of course, those damn bills. I'm happy to be going to the Ren Faire next month, but I'm promising to try to save up little by little before I start earning again.
*Luck. I've heard horror stories about how SDCC sells out TOO fast. And they never mention what's going to be at the con until the tickets are all long gone. So I need to pounce on this thing when I'm able. This would also be if I wanted to go to Dragon-Con, I fear...
I am thinking once I have taken care of the majority of my bills (Which is in September at this point) I will start putting my old costumes on eBay. I'm HOPING I'll be in a better situation in a few months, but for now... -sigh-
**Yes, I am trying to watch what I eat. But I'm really starting to think I can't exercise unless I'm in a group because I'm hopeless at keeping up with it myself...yet another thing to pay for...
***I think it's due to all those times seeing Joan Embry and countless zoologists since from the San Diego Zoo showing up on "The Tonight Show" with animals...
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