Headin' up North

I think I need to go on a vacation.

J and I are heading "up north" and I am so excited I am realizing I need to schedule more fun time in my life. I finish my last class in December and it is pretty common for people to take a vacation when they finish grad school. I haven't considered it, but honestly, now that we have a little inheritance from J's dad, we might just splurge and give ourselves a vacation. We'll see if I can bring myself to spend money that frivolously. We will see.

So, we're heading up north to do a few things, some happy and some sad.

I need to say good-bye to my Grandma. She's got a week or less to live, or so the doctors say (they've said stuff like this before and she bounces back). I feel like I have been saying good-bye to her for many years, and I have. I'm sad, not for the 96 year old that will die soon, but for the grandma she was for me. I am so sad. So, we're going to stop at the nursing home so I can say good-bye and give her one last kiss.

Next we'll go a little further north and check in at the casino where we will be spending the night. Disgusting waste of money those places are, but when I realize how excited I am to just go away for a night, I can accept that disgusting-ness.

After we check in we have to go even further north to a steak fry in my brother's town. I haven't ever been to a steak fry, so this should be exciting!! My dad will be there, which is the primary reason we are going - to visit. I have to take every opportunity I get in order to see my Dad. Between my introversion and his introversion, we don't see each other very much. The steak fry and visiting should be fun.

Then we'll head back to the casino for the night and hopefully not lose our asses :)

I'm packing up my bag for an overnight and realizing I haven't had one of those since last August. And I am going to enjoy it.