the top thing i don't understand

[bertine]

i don't understand people that take vacation and don't go anywhere.

except my dad because he gets one day off for every pay period and has like 6 months of vacation saved up. he just takes every other thursday off.

Comments

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Going places costs money, hon.

I'm more boggled by people who don't take their vacation, ie, Me!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

yeah, i won't even go into my rant about how vacation is fun and worth it and there to use!

i use every second of my vacation and work it so i can have even more. also, i want today to go faster so i don't have to sit here pretending to care about this place. today my mind is already gone.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

me neither. the second i realize i even have a full weekend with nothing important scheduled, i start looking at travelocity.

Uhm

[moorelock.livejournal.com]

I just took the 3 days before labor day weekend off, I didn't do a DAMN THING! Sometimes people just need to not have an itinerary, when you go to places you usually want to get a set amount of things done, whether it be visiting people or seeing sites, whatever. Not going anywhere leaves all that time to yourself, and how you choose to use it is entirely up in the air.

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

I think that I need to get myself a sugar mama like Bertine of Jenni . .. then I can go to exotic places like Oklahoma . . .Oh, and Prague. And Hawaii.

Ok. Now I am officially jealous. The last time I took a day off I went to Albert Lea.

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

You better not be talking about next weekend!! I have a mack truck with your name on it.

Re: Uhm

[bertine.livejournal.com]

but that is what weekends are for!

though i tend to pack those full of thigns too. ok, maybe the hour between class/dinner/movie and you start your homework is for doing nothing!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY.

which reminds me, did you see the new deals at nwa?

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

ooh, is that next weekend?? i'll put it on my calendar.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

hey, don't diss oklahoma.

last time i took a day off i um, went to florida. the one before that was to defend my thesis. hmm... i don't take a lot of days off, i like to save my vacation for trips!

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i saw something weird about using frequent flier miles to get a discount. HELLS NO. i'm saving mine for alaska.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

oh, fuck that, i am pretty close to a free ticket too.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

exactly. by the time we go to redeem them, they'll have bumped up the levels again. evil fuckers.

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

I think the last time I took a week off to get on a plane and go on vacation for an exteneded length of time was 1998, I went to mexico.

I have done several 3 day weekends in the last year or so (Vegas, DC, New York, Orlando, Palm Springs, Chicago, Albert Lea, Brainerd, Elk River, Forst Lake, Hudson)

BUT, can't afford the time or money to be gone for a week. DAMN IT!! I NEED MORE MONEY!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

then we will have to take one of those crazy trips people do just for the miles.

TODAY NEEDS TO GO BY FASTER

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

I suspect both of them make enough to have BOTH of us as kept men.

Assuming you're willing to share, of course...

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i am trying to think of where i have been on a plane since 1998:

europe - 3 times
russia
florida - 2 times
california - 2 times
new orleans - 2 times
colorado - 4 times

um... i think that is it


three day weekends are good. this trip i am not taking any vacation for, i got here early anyways and i am into overtime as it is so i am just leaving early (well, after 8 hours).

[bertine.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOLOLOL


i have three cats to support, i can't keep yours too!

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i could shop in hong kong. i'm down.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

me too.

remember when sars hit and tickets to asia were so cheap. if i hadn't just gotten back from europe i so would have been there.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

But how can you turn down that face???

[bertine.livejournal.com]

aww....


i am such a sucker for a kitty.

[huckfinn.livejournal.com]

Sometimes there are a lot of things that need to be done around the house; the extra days off give a person (me) time to finish them.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

gate1 has deals on thailand and toyko again, too. sigh.

tokyo.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

hi, i can spell.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i wanna go so much. i just looked at them.

WHY DID I BUY A CONDO???

[bertine.livejournal.com]

true, true.

i tend to pack those into the evenings and the weekends. i didn't even take vacation to buy my condo.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

so i'd have something to destroy?

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

I am willing to share, but it could get crowded . . . my cat eats enough for 2.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

true.

that and being able to put my clothes away now.

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

Of course we could share . . . I really don't think I could keep up with these 2, reinforcements would be nescessary.

[huckfinn.livejournal.com]

Showoff!

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

Did I mention I am a small guy? I could probably fit in some luggage. You can take me with you. (After Oklahoma)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

my cats are all on diets. though they have a lot more room to run.

[jayp39.livejournal.com]

One of my co-workers is like that, she's off almost every friday. Some people who've been there a really long time earn so much paid time off that they literally could take 1 day a week off and never run out of time.

My boss, at this point, could take a whole year off if they would let her, and still have time left over.

If I didn't love to travel, I'd be all about taking random days off all the time.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

actually, i have this suspicion that i am becoming a workaholic.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

what? don't want to see tulsa?

or rather the 'burbs of tulsa

[bertine.livejournal.com]

that is my dad, he will lose the vacation if he doesn't take every other thursday off. in the winter he works four 10 hour days too, so every other week he gets a four day weekend.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

The best part is when someone yells out "Fire Drill" and we switch.

Worst case scenario? We get stuck together. That's not so bad. Then we can put out feet up, eat chips and watch the other two...

[(Anonymous)]

Watching the other 2 could be nice. We could sit eating the chips with our feet up and give color commentary.

OK. We need to get this set up.

GIRLS?

[short-angry.livejournal.com]

Watching the other 2 could be nice. We could sit eating the chips with our feet up and give color commentary.

OK. We need to get this set up.

GIRLS?

(And yes, I know I am a looser for the anonymous comment)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i do the anonymous comment thing a lot.

no comment otherwise.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Let me think, Since 1998:

2 Florida
1 Europe
1 BC

[sharya.livejournal.com]

Sometimes when I take time off for a vacation, I have intentions of going somewhere, but for whatever reason I'm too tired/exhausted, have too much to do to really enjoy the vacation, so it ends up getting cancelled at the last minute.

Having said that, I really really love my home, so I quite enjoy just spending time in it without the stress of having to leave to go to work.

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

In an average year I fly about 115,000 miles (6 trips to Japan so far this year). I usually put more miles on rental cars than I do on my car and truck combined. I stay in hotels 250+ nights and eat about 600-700 meals a year in resturants. For me the chance to stay at home, sleep in my own bed, cook a couple meals for myself and drive my car...well that is a vacation for me! :)

[mesawyou.livejournal.com]

awww prettyyy

[visual-insight.livejournal.com]

what do you do for a living? I want your job...

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

I watch TV and play with computers. :)