All calmed down and booked

 So I have now bought 3 delta tickets in just as many days. But I officially booked my ticket and Lodging! I wavered a bit on staying until Monday or Tues. Staying until Tuesday was the better value but also $70 more. It's like buying the economy size when you only need 1 egg. 

So I just went with saving $70 dollars. It might be too hectic to go from a Tuesday arrival to...another day off haha... well I have to go to the dentist that day. So it'll be good to have the buffer day.

Anyway, I'm really proud of myself because yesterday was 3 teary session at 5 tears each. Boo.

I just felt stuck in my head with all my rules and themes and objectives. Aggressively saving is way easier because the answer was always no. I don't have firm values-based spending down quite yet because my values are a bit undefined. All I really have is #morefun. And that I like eating TV and watching snacks... well... I got that backwards, but you know what I mean. 

Sorry about yesterday's post or whenever that was, I just published without even a second look.

But today is good so far:

- Attended 2 meetings

- booked airfare

- cancelled old airfare

- downloaded Sonder app

- booked lodging

- verified ID

- put emergency credit card in wallet 

speaking of which i still need to call Bank 2 to remove the block.

- started 2 loads of laundry

- went into scary closet to get carryon (vs being afraid of scary closet and trying to squeeze everything into too-small backpack)

- my mood is lifted

- duh, finished my document updates for the day! Just have to upload into system and start workflow in a few hours.

- i gathered most of the trash from upstairs and swept up some debri from downstairs

- all i plan to do downstairs is wipe down the island with some clorox wipes and call it a day

- luckily yesterday i emptied most of the dishwasher (big girl moves!)

wow I did alot today! and i ate a banana!!

- I have a loose packing list... but spring weather is tricky; I think the key is layers. Which I'm just kind of recycling the wfh clothes I left out from when I moved in 3 years ago. 

This trip is too unimportant for me to care that much about a specific item of clothing. That being said, I really wish I had my fitted hoodie within arm's reach. Don't really feel like digging through bins for it. 

OMG speaking of travel. I just realized I might have a worktrip the same day I booked my one way ticket to Seattle! How funny!!!

Obviously I choose the free work trip. Hmm, I wonder what this means for timelines and producing content though. We shall see. 

Oh, funnily enough, when I went to pay for my Sonder booking, I didn't notice an icon for my credit card, but they took the payment anyway, and the charge already hit my card. 

Some notes from my recent distress:

- Yes, there's a good deal to Egypt right now, but it really is the most sound decision to just wait to travel outside the US (that includes a quick trip to the Caribbean) when I have a working credit card in the correct name! I'm talking Visa or Mastercard. Unless of course the deal is really good. I tried to look at what seemed like a good deal on the Cairo trip but for about the same number of dollars, I can stay somewhere nice and travel with a travel agency and have that built in support and less hassle. I choose the second one.

- I'm just going to think of these trips as taking a trip to my vacation/beach/lake house. Haven't found a  moniker that rolls off the tongue, but I love the idea of a summer house (as seen on Bravo). But why wait for friends. So this is my Nashville House? Vacation house? City house? Meh. 

----- I do this because this takes the pressure off trying to manage my emotions as the primary objective. I'm just going for an extended stay at my 'weekend house.'

Meh, I don't want to go back to the darkness right now, so best to move on. 

Today, there are a few things I'm procrastinating on, but I got the big stuff out of the way.

Today for the trip -it's laundry and figuring out outfits; tomorrow is taking the trash out; then wednesday, if i'm up for it.... I might get my hair done.