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Bummer, dude…

I’ve come to the realization that the EuroTrip I’ve been planning is a bit ambitious, particularly in terms of finances. I just completed a very generic summation of what it would cost to carry out my wonderful itinerary, and it was over $8k. Granted, I overestimated everything just to be safe, but it pretty much only included flights, hotels, and a few of the bigger train rides. Throw in meals and museum passes and other miscellany, and we’re probably looking at around (or even over) 10 grand, if we’re not careful! 

Unfortunately, we’re not quite in the position to go on a $10k vacation. …Yet 🙂

So now I have to decide where to cut. I could eliminate some portions of both France and Italy (but still get to see both countries), or just pick one country to see a little more thoroughly, and save the other for another time. I have anxiety that we won’t ever have such a great opportunity to fly over there again (until we’re old), but I need to stop being so paranoid about that. 

Dangit! I missed my chance at fame and fortune. Not that I claim to be “extremely hot hot hot”, but I can legit pole dance, and I live right in Wilmington.

Oh well! Would have doomed Chuck’s and my career prospects anyway 🙂

There are no Jack Kerouacs or Holden Caulfields for girls. Literary girls don’t take road-trips to find themselves; they take trips to find men.

“Great” books, as defined by the Western canon, didn’t contain female protagonists I could admire. In fact, they barely contained female protagonists at all.

It’s Frustratingly Rare to Find a Novel About Women That’s Not About Love – Kelsey McKinney – The Atlantic (via oditor)

Hadn’t thought about it, but it’s true.

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Friday Update

For those of you who were wondering, I got my speeding ticket reduced to 9mph over (about what it should have been in the first place), which means no points for me – even if I still had to pay. Seriously though, what a racket!

Anyway, the office closes at 12:30 today and I am ready for a fun weekend. Chuck’s family rented a beach house for the next week, so we will see them plus my friend Laura, who will be in town for the weekend visiting her mom. I think we’ll meet her and her fiance downtown for drinks Saturday night. I always love seeing Laura.

In other news, while hanging out at the courtroom all morning, I caught up on my Rick Steve’s Italy Guide and read all about Lake Como. Coincidentally, I also found a gorgeous photo of this scenic spot on Pinterest (which I promptly pinned to my Bucket List board, of course.) It is rather out of the way for my current itinerary, but now I want to find a way to work it in… it looks so amazing!

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Must look super cute by 8 AM tomorrow…

I was headed to enjoy one of my last paychecks by splurging a bit over lunch… and got a speeding ticket instead. Of course, I promptly turned around and swallowed the tragic fact that my shopping budget for this month is no more. It’s my second speeding ticket (ever, but both in NC), so I feel like it will be pricey. 

To make matters worse, my mandatory court date is scheduled for after my move to Georgia… so the County Clerk said something about showing up at 8 AM tomorrow. Maybe that means I can just pay it then and get it over with? I don’t even think I was going as fast as the cop said I was… or my odometer is about 7 mph off!

So depressed….