Woot!

Posted on December 12th, 2006 by Cas


Originally taken by pdenker

Woot for paychecks for freelance work that unexpectedly arrive just before Christmas when the bank account is at an all time low.

Woot I say!

Now I just need to restrain myself and put it all in the savings account and not go on a huge spree - though I did spend a happy fifteen minutes at work today comparing flight and hotel costs… Oh, for my holiday! I’m bigging it up in my head so much right now that when I finally do get to go on it, it is bound to be a huge let down. Because I doubt I’m going to get round to it till at least April and that’s four months of hype to get through!

But I don’t care. For the first time in ever I have (or am starting to have) disposable income. I have a job where I get holiday pay. I have no other ties. I really am in the perfect position to f*** off on my own for two weeks to some remote and far flung destination.

I just need to pick that destination - Montreal or New Zealand? Both have their plus points, both have their down sides.

But yes, Woot says I.

Er, is it too soon to start packing? *angel*

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  1. Richard, on December 12th, 2006 at 11:28 pm Said:

    Everyone seems to be jetting off to New Zealand at the moment. It’s really odd. Why is it suddenly such an attractive destination? Or have I only just noticed, and it always has been?

    I’d like to go to Tokyo, personally. I might even do just that some time next year once I have some savings! It’s nearly ten years since I was last abroad. Far too long!

  2. neko, on December 12th, 2006 at 11:52 pm Said:

    Hmmm, Cas is a bit frazzled at the moment (no leave since April wasn’t it ?) Tokyo might be a bit hectic… Why not save by not going as far but book in somewhere really plush in the UK? Just you, a nice spa hotel and lots of books? Or in a cool city like Edinburgh?

    Just my two pennies :)

    N

  3. Old Surly, on December 13th, 2006 at 12:52 am Said:

    *cough* Minneapolisinjune *cough*

  4. Jay, on December 13th, 2006 at 4:53 am Said:

    Are we voting here? You know where I stand for a vacation spot! ;)

    Disposable income is awesome, I had a minimal amount some time ago… a long time ago, actually. :(

  5. Cas, on December 13th, 2006 at 7:15 am Said:

    Rich - yeah, Tokyo would be a good place to go, but I’d want to go with someone (if they spoke Japanese even better!) I have no aversion to traveling alone, but I’d much rather prefer if it was a place I could speak the language. And as for NZ, LotR has a lot to answer for, but I’ve always wanted to go even before the film. Honestly! I don’t know why I want to go, I just do.

    Neko - yup it was last April: Toronto for a week and straight back to work the day after I landed so what with jet lag and everything it took me TWO weeks to get over the holiday! Still, happy memories :D Just me, a spa, and books does seem very tempting to me right now. After Christmas I’m gonna have 5 days left of my leave for this year (the problem with starting a new job halfway through the year is only getting a portion of your leave :( ) so I might take that off in Jan/Feb and just sit at home for the duration sleeping or something.

    Sleep… *sigh* I remember what that was like.

    Surly - why June?

    Jay - Yeah, we’re kind of voting. So you think I should go to NZ then? ;)

  6. Moose, on December 13th, 2006 at 7:52 am Said:

    I think you need a pre-holiday holiday. You should do the UK/book thing Neko suggested, even if it’s just a long weekend. Go somewhere nice (and not home or the boat), just to re-charge your batteries. That way you won’t spoil your main holiday by spending the first week sleeping!

    Though if we’re playing the ‘I last had a holiday…’ game, my last holiday was a crazy 4 1/2 day cross-Canada road trip in June 2004. Fun, but exhausting. The last restful holiday I had was in April 2000. :sad:

  7. neko, on December 13th, 2006 at 2:06 pm Said:

    Poor Moose!

    I could play the same game, as with being at Uni and working my holidays all tend to be fieldwork! (or some other thing which is fun, like LARP events that I organise, so technically still working, just unpaid :))

    Pre holiday is good. I’m being dead serious Cas- you go somewhere with funky old stuff and culture if you felt like going out but really luxurious so you could also stay in- save the air fare and blow it on a 5* hotel!

    Surly, Jay- nothing against your side of the pond, but that kind of trek is something poor Cas will need a holiday after to recover!!

  8. Old Surly, on December 13th, 2006 at 2:32 pm Said:

    June is the wedding!

  9. Cas, on December 13th, 2006 at 10:13 pm Said:

    A pre-holiday holiday. Oooh, that does sound good. Possibly Edinburgh…

    Neko - that trek to the other side of the pond is exactly what I’m considering: Montreal, NZ, and now Minneapolis in June…

    Ok, I need a better job! I know I said that I had disposable income now, but not THIS much!

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