East Coast Road Trip
I've been meaning to post this for a couple weeks, but Mercedes & I are doing an East Coast Road Trip that's going to end in Richmond for my cousin Kelly's wedding on April 25th. She'll be the first from my generation of the family to be wed. About a month later, Christie gets married, which I will unfortunately not be able to attend, and that really sucks. About a year later is our wedding. We're trying to work trade to bring down our costs. Mercedes will do cleaning & other tasks, and I may be building the wedding place a website or two.
So, here's our trip itinerary:
Friday April 17: Fly to Detroit & rent car. Drive to Toronto.
Saturday April 18: Toronto
Sunday April 19: Niagara Falls & drive to Boston
Monday April 20 & Tuesday April 21: Boston
Wednesday April 22: New York
Thursday April 23: Washington DC
Friday April 24 & Saturday April 25: Richmond
Sunday April 26: Return car to DC & fly home.
In Niagara Falls we're going to do the Maiden of the Mist cruise; in Boston we're doing a Duck Tour, because I never got around to actually going on one in the 7 years I lived there; and in New York we're doing a 3 hour tour of the harbor with good picture opportunities of the Statue of Liberty. I consciously did not say "a 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour", it popped in my head a split second before good sense did. In DC I want to see the Holocaust Museum, because I haven't gotten to see that yet, either, because there's always a line. I'm also uber excited to use my new digital Rebel a bunch, and then totting around my netbook for unloading pictures and general travel awesomeness. I need to figure out how to use my iPhone as a cell modem.
I'm so excited for this trip. For all my bitching about not having enough vacation time at work to do anything, I'm being rewarded. For one, in honor of me working my fucking ass off, I got director level benefits at my position giving me a third week of vacation. This year, they offered me a raise or a fourth week of vacation. I took the fourth week of vacation after careful thought. I essentially got paid half for this vacation, as the raise would have been worth twice as much as the vacation time had I taken that week as unpaid vacation; but I would not take that week off it weren't vacation, because I've become a workaholic.
So, now I have enough vacation time, that I'm going to be taking a lot more trips. And it's going to be sweet. Like, we're planning two weeks in Japan for our honeymoon, and I've recently suggest we tack on a third week in Australia while we're over there. I mean, seriously, it's a short jump to Australia from Japan, and how often do we plan on going to other side of the planet?
I'll end this post with this loud announcement for people who may be skimming:
I'M GOING TO BE IN BOSTON APRIL 20 & 21, AND RICHMOND 24 & 25. WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING?
I'm occupied in Richmond on the 25 for my cousin's wedding. Outside of that, I want people to meet Mercedes and get caught up on what's been going on in everyone's lives. Drop me a line, I'll send my phone number upon request, let me know if you want to meet up.
Gotta go, lasagna's ready.
So, here's our trip itinerary:
Friday April 17: Fly to Detroit & rent car. Drive to Toronto.
Saturday April 18: Toronto
Sunday April 19: Niagara Falls & drive to Boston
Monday April 20 & Tuesday April 21: Boston
Wednesday April 22: New York
Thursday April 23: Washington DC
Friday April 24 & Saturday April 25: Richmond
Sunday April 26: Return car to DC & fly home.
In Niagara Falls we're going to do the Maiden of the Mist cruise; in Boston we're doing a Duck Tour, because I never got around to actually going on one in the 7 years I lived there; and in New York we're doing a 3 hour tour of the harbor with good picture opportunities of the Statue of Liberty. I consciously did not say "a 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour", it popped in my head a split second before good sense did. In DC I want to see the Holocaust Museum, because I haven't gotten to see that yet, either, because there's always a line. I'm also uber excited to use my new digital Rebel a bunch, and then totting around my netbook for unloading pictures and general travel awesomeness. I need to figure out how to use my iPhone as a cell modem.
I'm so excited for this trip. For all my bitching about not having enough vacation time at work to do anything, I'm being rewarded. For one, in honor of me working my fucking ass off, I got director level benefits at my position giving me a third week of vacation. This year, they offered me a raise or a fourth week of vacation. I took the fourth week of vacation after careful thought. I essentially got paid half for this vacation, as the raise would have been worth twice as much as the vacation time had I taken that week as unpaid vacation; but I would not take that week off it weren't vacation, because I've become a workaholic.
So, now I have enough vacation time, that I'm going to be taking a lot more trips. And it's going to be sweet. Like, we're planning two weeks in Japan for our honeymoon, and I've recently suggest we tack on a third week in Australia while we're over there. I mean, seriously, it's a short jump to Australia from Japan, and how often do we plan on going to other side of the planet?
I'll end this post with this loud announcement for people who may be skimming:
I'M GOING TO BE IN BOSTON APRIL 20 & 21, AND RICHMOND 24 & 25. WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING?
I'm occupied in Richmond on the 25 for my cousin's wedding. Outside of that, I want people to meet Mercedes and get caught up on what's been going on in everyone's lives. Drop me a line, I'll send my phone number upon request, let me know if you want to meet up.
Gotta go, lasagna's ready.