by Hope
Previously, I indicated that I had no plans to travel again until November. And then I’m planning to drive to Texas with one if not both of my daughters for Thanksgiving. Well, I lied. Or rather, this wasn’t my idea. And I’m not paying for it (just so we are clear from the beginning.)
Last weekend, a friend and I drive to Charlotte (just under 3 hour drive from me) for a Tiny House Exhibition at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was super cool. There were a couple of dozen of conversion vans, skoolies, and tiny houses to explore. It definitely got my mind a-whirling with ideas.
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- Not at the tiny house exhibition, but we saw this model on the road and I fell in love!
It was sooo cool to go and see, and have such a fun adventure with my friend. But back to the point of this post…
There’s a Sale, Want to Come
While we were on the road driving up to Charlotte, my dad texts and offers to fly Princess and I down to Texas between her school semesters if we wanted to come. Evidently Southwest was doing a sale if you purchased flights with points, and he is the king of collecting points for all of our travels. (I didn’t read the text while I was driving; however, I did have my friend read it to me as I never know what my dad will need so I try to be really responsive.)
Anyways, I immediately called Princess as I know she’s taken a week off work in May and asked if she wanted to spend part of her week in Texas. She was game. So I called dad, gave him the dates and said just book what you can find, we are flexible within these dates. (I will have to take off from my catering coordinator job, but will work my other job while travelling with ease.)
By the time, we got to Charlotte I had flight information in my email. Next month, Princess and I will spend 4 days in Texas. It also happens to be the week of her birthday. That will make it extra special for her and Gymnast to get to be together. And I am thrilled to get to see my baby boy.
I realize that my freedom to travel at will, whether a day trip to Charlotte or a 4 day trip to Texas will come to an end in the not so distant future when Beauty moves out. But I am SO SO grateful for the freedom that having her here to watch and feed the dogs provides.
Sidenote: Beauty and her boyfriend went to Texas last month. That is why she is not going on this trip.
Hope is a creative, solutions-focused business manager helping clients grow their business and work more efficiently by leveraging expertise in project management, digital marketing, & tech solutions. She’s recently become an empty nester as her 5 foster/adoptive kids have spread their wings. She lives with her 5 dogs in a small town in NE Georgia and prefers the mountains to the beaches any day. She struggles with the travel bug and is doing her best to help each of her kids as their finish schooling and become independent (but it’s hard!) She has run her own consulting company for almost twenty years! Hope began sharing her journey with the BAD community in the Spring of 2015 and feels like she has finally in a place to really focus on making wise financial decisions.