Can I get the lodge room? Haha
Before I start on today’s post, I want to apologize for the legit comments that I didn’t catch in my spam. What was especially odd is that one comment was from a long-time commenter. I haven’t changed any settings, so hard telling how that happened.
Now to move on to other things. Hubs secured my hotel room. Best of all, it was free! Oh yeah! The funny thing is we seldom pay much attention to the promotions his hotel reward cards are offering. Free nights don’t excite Hubs much since he stays in them so much. It would likely be different if we were the ones paying for his stays. Then we would be all about wanting to offset our expenses with free nights. All in all, it is a sweet perk that Hubs can still reap the benefits.
This morning I reserved my car rental. I did go with an SUV on the off chance I might see something from my dad’s condo that I’d like to take back with me. I’m going with zero expectations, but you never know. We coordinated the car rental with Hub’s flight schedule, so he will handle picking it up and then returning it. It does mean we will have the car for an entire week, but the cost of the extra day was only a few dollars more, so it made sense. It also saves me two trips back and forth to the airport.
As far as work is concerned, I may take an additional day off. I didn’t ask, but the kiddo’s grandmother offered. It would make my trip feel not as rushed, so that would be nice. Plus, with being dependent on Hubs to be home to care for our elderly dogs, I like to take full advantage of any time I do get. No getting around it, pets do tie you down ~ hence these are our last.
Today was an unexpected day off for me. Yesterday afternoon when I got to work the grandmother was having an issue with the kiddo’s G/J feeding tube. Difficult to explain in layman’s terms, but it meant a trip for replacement. Because of the conditions surrounding his preemie birth, all of this type of care is done at a hospital 5 hours away. They left about two hours after I got there, so that was also time missed. This kind of stuff happens with doing home care nursing. The important thing is that the kiddo will be okay.
Since I’m not taking care of the kiddo, in a few hours I’ll head to town for my side business. We had about 3 inches of the white stuff (grrr) fall last night, and I’m waiting for it to clear a bit. Oh Spring, will you ever get here?
Good deal on the free room. Might as well take advantage of that perk. Our dogs haven’t hit the “aged” stage quite yet, but one is getting there. I think they will be our last dogs too. Love them to death, but they do sure make it hard to do stuff. We thought about going and visiting a friend a few hours away, but even if we came back home same day, it’s too long for dogs to be left inside. We’d like to do an over night visit, but then have to figure out what to do with the dogs.
It is a nice perk to have. Otherwise, I would have stayed with my daughter for the night (I’ll be at my brother’s the other nights) but since we had the voucher, may as well use it.
I honestly had no clue these dogs would live as long as they have. I knew smaller dogs had a longer life span, but our boys are a lab mix. At this point in life, I just want the freedom to come and go. I completely understand where you are coming from with dogs making it hard to do stuff.
Hi Lucy, I have been reading your posts and glad you are sticking with things and not getting discouraged. I also wanted to say, I am sorry about what is going on with your dad, and I agree with you about not fighting over his stuff with your siblings. I am sure you have mixed feelings about the trip and having to break up his housekeeping, I don’t look forward to those days with our folks. Hang in there.
Hi Chris. I’m glad to hear you are still following along with my journey. There have been a lot of ups and downs, but I’m determined to see it through. Living a life of being in debt is no fun.
Thanks for your encouraging words about my dad and siblings. I have a mixed bag of feelings over so many things. Stuff like this makes you realize how short life really is. Although the condo isn’t a childhood home, it is still “where (mom) dad lived” so it feels strange knowing that is going away. Another chapter of life ending.
When Hubby used to travel a lot for work, we would use his free nights to get away. It was a nice perk but I like that Hubby rarely travels anymore. Have a safe trip.
We’ve always cashed Hub’s points out for gift cards, but this voucher didn’t come with that option. Once we are out of debt I’d like to take a small trip and then I could see using his rewards for free hotels. I agree, while it is a nice perk, I’d rather have my hubby home as well.
Anytime you can save money it is a win-win!!!! Just try not to let any of the drama get to you – that will be the hardest part!!!!
I’m all about saving money! If I can find a way, I’m hoping to completely avoid my drama queen sister.
Way to go!!! It’s always good to minimize or off-set your expenses. And I hope all goes well and you can avoid the drama queen. BUT if you can’t, just remember, rise above it… but I know you will. Drama is toxic. That’s one of the primary reasons I left my cousin’s house.
Thanks, Rhitter. I’m trying to keep this trip as inexpensive as possible. Fingers crossed that I can completely avoid the drama queen sister. I just won’t let myself go there with her.