Right now, I am so ready to take two or three months off and just drive around the country. The several major obstacles preventing me from doing so are, 1) My Health. I don't recall if I posted about this or not, but about 7 months ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. In the time following, I have undergone numerous tests. At this point, the diagnosis has changed, and we no longer believe it is cancer. However, one of my doctors still wants to run a few more tests, because he thinks one of the biobsies that I had may have been healthy tissue, and still thinks I may have the cancer we originally thought it was. I still have a lot of testing to undergo.
The second reason I can't just pack up and go is due to money. I don't have any, like I used to. Back in 1997, my gf and I took a month off and just drove around the country. I had plenty of money back then. Of course, I was paying a rediculously small amount for rent, and now I have a motgage. I also have about $7K left on my credit card to pay off... considering what it was two years ago, though, I'm doing pretty good with that! But gas prices aren't helping. The funny thing is, I don't really care if gas prices go up, and I would still take the road trip. I don't complain about our gas prices like most Americans. The Europeans pay almost double what we do, and some countries pay three or four times as much. I don't think we have the right to bitch about it, except in a manner of supply and demand. No, it's a combination of many things that cost more WITH the fact that I'm not making as much in this piece of shit office where I'm working. And, unfortunately, I can't leave there until my health improves, either!
So... no road trip for a while.
The second reason I can't just pack up and go is due to money. I don't have any, like I used to. Back in 1997, my gf and I took a month off and just drove around the country. I had plenty of money back then. Of course, I was paying a rediculously small amount for rent, and now I have a motgage. I also have about $7K left on my credit card to pay off... considering what it was two years ago, though, I'm doing pretty good with that! But gas prices aren't helping. The funny thing is, I don't really care if gas prices go up, and I would still take the road trip. I don't complain about our gas prices like most Americans. The Europeans pay almost double what we do, and some countries pay three or four times as much. I don't think we have the right to bitch about it, except in a manner of supply and demand. No, it's a combination of many things that cost more WITH the fact that I'm not making as much in this piece of shit office where I'm working. And, unfortunately, I can't leave there until my health improves, either!
So... no road trip for a while.