Jul. 7th, 2010 07:33 pm
More wibbling about that possible UK trip
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textualdevianceSo, as I've been babbling about on Twitter today, it turns out that we can probably manage at least two weeks, flying economy plus, thanks to M having a metric fuckton of air miles available.
"Probably" is the operative word, here.
Pros:
-UK (and possibly other Europe places)!
-Major lifetime travel goal!
-Meeting awesome fandom people!
-(Probably) meeting awesome actor people (whom I might not otherwise get the chance to see if they never show up to any U.S. events.)
-Last chance for a big, blowout trip before we succumb to parental zombiehood
Cons:
-We really ought to use that money for paying off bills/buying a kid
-Even with the econ + seats, I'm terrified of the flight, and of trying to find ways to get around while we're there. Driving isn't an option, so we'd have to make do with transit, and that means a shitton of walking. Which... Yeah. I don't want to spend the whole trip laid up in my hotel because I can't move.
-Also slightly terrified of the accomodations at the con itself, but I think I may have found a nearby alternative, so that may not be an issue.
-I'd have to make sure I only got a three-month contract in September, so I could take the two-three weeks in Feb. Or decide not to work until this was over. Which would be bad financially.
Truthfully, the cash is the biggest roadblock for me. We have it (or should) but the sane and responsible thing to do with it is to pay off things like the A/C we just had installed, and save up for the kid-buying thing. If I blow this much money on a trip like this, we're looking at at least another six months before we can start the adoption.
On the other hand, we're looking at quite a delay for that anyway. The cost of this trip is only about 1/3 of the cost of the adoption, so it's not like we're only choosing between those two things. Basically, in order to afford the adoption, I have to start working again. And if I do, I should make enough money to manage not just the adoption but also the bill-paying and other such stuff. So really, what we do with the money we have now is kind of irrelevant to that, aside from just improving our bottom line (and, well, we still have a positive net worth anyway, so...)
I'm truly in devil-and-angel territory here with this. The angel wants me to do the responsible thing and sock away that cash and get ready to be a parent instead of gallivanting off halfway around the world to meet some random Famous People. The devil is telling me that I'm only going to be less physically able to do a trip like this in 10 years (when the kid would be old enough), so it's pretty much now or never.
Bah.
In any case, we wouldn't be booking this right away. We'd be waiting until after we're back from Dragon*Con to make that decision. One, because my Primeval folks may well be there, thus lessening my need to cross the pond to see them, and two because that's when we'll know more about M's annual review/bonus stuff, which is what would be funding this adventure. So I spose there's no point in agonizing about it now.
"Probably" is the operative word, here.
Pros:
-UK (and possibly other Europe places)!
-Major lifetime travel goal!
-Meeting awesome fandom people!
-(Probably) meeting awesome actor people (whom I might not otherwise get the chance to see if they never show up to any U.S. events.)
-Last chance for a big, blowout trip before we succumb to parental zombiehood
Cons:
-We really ought to use that money for paying off bills/buying a kid
-Even with the econ + seats, I'm terrified of the flight, and of trying to find ways to get around while we're there. Driving isn't an option, so we'd have to make do with transit, and that means a shitton of walking. Which... Yeah. I don't want to spend the whole trip laid up in my hotel because I can't move.
-Also slightly terrified of the accomodations at the con itself, but I think I may have found a nearby alternative, so that may not be an issue.
-I'd have to make sure I only got a three-month contract in September, so I could take the two-three weeks in Feb. Or decide not to work until this was over. Which would be bad financially.
Truthfully, the cash is the biggest roadblock for me. We have it (or should) but the sane and responsible thing to do with it is to pay off things like the A/C we just had installed, and save up for the kid-buying thing. If I blow this much money on a trip like this, we're looking at at least another six months before we can start the adoption.
On the other hand, we're looking at quite a delay for that anyway. The cost of this trip is only about 1/3 of the cost of the adoption, so it's not like we're only choosing between those two things. Basically, in order to afford the adoption, I have to start working again. And if I do, I should make enough money to manage not just the adoption but also the bill-paying and other such stuff. So really, what we do with the money we have now is kind of irrelevant to that, aside from just improving our bottom line (and, well, we still have a positive net worth anyway, so...)
I'm truly in devil-and-angel territory here with this. The angel wants me to do the responsible thing and sock away that cash and get ready to be a parent instead of gallivanting off halfway around the world to meet some random Famous People. The devil is telling me that I'm only going to be less physically able to do a trip like this in 10 years (when the kid would be old enough), so it's pretty much now or never.
Bah.
In any case, we wouldn't be booking this right away. We'd be waiting until after we're back from Dragon*Con to make that decision. One, because my Primeval folks may well be there, thus lessening my need to cross the pond to see them, and two because that's when we'll know more about M's annual review/bonus stuff, which is what would be funding this adventure. So I spose there's no point in agonizing about it now.
