I know all of you have heard me this year say first that I was going to head to Australia with Leah and then when that didn’t pan out with frequent flyer miles we thought maybe Thailand (yummmm….Thai food). Then Leah decided to do the cruise ship job and go to Australia in March. So I got to thinking about all the people I wanted to see all over the country and seeing as I bought a new car, decided to do a road trip.

I plotted it out, even invited a few potentials to join me here and there, and thought I was set. But after time went by and I really started feeling the reality of driving across Texas and other such sections, I began to weigh my alternatives. How much would it cost in gas? Relatively, $700-$800. Jesus. Well, then how much would it cost if I flew to those people? Then Dave started to remind me that if I flew I would make MVP Gold on Alaska (and anyone who’s anyone knows that MVP Gold on Alaska is like being crowned Queen of the Universe) so we played around with that idea.

Ultimately, it still looked like too much money and I thought I would regret not doing a real trip. I also thought that all of you would give me shit for backing out of yet another plan.

Which makes this last bit sort of funny. I am backing out. But only because I have booked a ticket to London where I will meet Rebecca and Charity and proceed to backpack around Europe. I think that was a great compromise to my “I don’t want to NOT do something amazing” and I am still going to see Max in Atlanta and Aaron in Maine, since that ticket had already been purchased. When I get back from Europe I will finish off my craziness with a family trip to Hawaii and then I will be ready to come home. Well at least home to my sister’s couch or my sister’s old bedroom at my parents’ house (mine was turned into an office long ago).

So that is the plan. Any naysayers, please shove it up your…no no no, feel free to comment. 🙂