With the price of plane tickets on the rise and me pointing out to Alan that the longer we wait the more expensive it’s going to be, he finally gave me the ‘go ahead’ to purchase plane tickets for him to come see me in a couple of weeks. He’ll arrive in Charleston at 11:50pm on June 25th and be here until July 5th when he leaves at 6am. I can’t wait…it’s been a very long five months and I’m ready to be in his arms, see his face and be able to spend time with him; this is what I need, and I’m finally able to say I’m going to get it!

However,  I must say that planning for any trip is very hetic. I had to wait around for awhile because Alan wasn’t sure when he’d be going back to work and didn’t want to plan anything in case he happened to get called back which I completely understood but with the price of gas and oil on the rise, tickets are inansely expensive. I mean…when I originally started looking they were around $260-280, and that was about two or three weeks ago; the trip is still 3 weeks away but the other night when I looked it had gone up to $300+. Granted, we could have saved about $30 by going with an air carrier other than Northwest, but we decided to spend the extra $30 so he could fly straight through on an air carrier we’re both familiar with and like. But even in the time that I was given the ‘go ahead’ the price jumped from $338 to $353…and thinking it’d keep climbing I bought them last night only for them to drop back down to $338 today.

But you know…$353 may seem like alot of money, and really when you think about it - it is a good chunk of change and even I cringed at the thought of spending so much…but I hate seeing large amounts of cash come out of my bank anyways because I’m such a frugal spender. However, $353 is well worth it considering I haven’t seen Alan in five months and I’m ready to be in his arms again! I can’t wait - 3 weeks and counting…AND HE’LL BE HERE FOR FOURTH OF JULY, which I’m REALLY excited about - fireworks and romance, yay!

Tags: Alan, Trip

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