Kansas City, Here I Come!

I hear they've got some crazy little women there and I get to visit some!

Hooray! I'm going home in exactly 10 days and it's one of these fun, spur-of-the moment kind of visits. (Well, 10 days is spur of the moment for a "planner" like me anyway!) I have 2 vacation days that I have to use up before May 31st (one left over from Spring Break that I never took and one that I'm taking early for Memorial Day.) It's great to have that flexibility!

Since it's a short, 4 day trip, I get to fly up and back. I really like flying. I've always loved the excitement of being on a trip, walking through the airport and wondering where everyone is going. No matter how many times I do it, I always feel like a kid on her first plane ride.

This is a trip that I'm taking by myself. My sweet, ornery husband will not be accompanying me and he will be sorely missed. But this will be a great opportunity for me to be with my family, one that I wasn't expecting and one that I really think I need right now. (I just looked up ornery to check the spelling and the official definition doesn't mean anything close to the way I use it. My sweetie is ornery in a Dennis the Menis kind of way. It's very hard not to like my JJ.)

Anyway, I feel really good about taking this trip. It's one of those times when I had an opportunity to seize the day and I didn't dilly-dally or reason myself out of it. I called my mom, checked on the dates, and booked the ticket. Very empowering. I'm constantly booking tickets for my boss (he does consultations all over the country), but it was really cool to be looking up my own flight options and following through on the plans for this trip for me.

And for those of you who are wondering where my little tickerfactory graph has gone, I have updated it for your viewing pleasure. Yes, I did finally reach my goal, even though it was a week late.