Sistah Pat

I was figuring up some prices yesterday.  Just a basic deal on Expedia for round trip airfare and two weeks in Honolulu and it was refreshing to see some low prices.  I could do it for $1,200.  Of course, it’s never just me.  I always wind up paying a fortune for a group of us to go.  Then I got to thinking….the twins have been dying to go back to Hawaii but they’ll be 21 next summer.  Grown men.  And they can pay their own way if they want to go.  Then I took it a step farther and decided that DH, who avoids overtime like the plague, could pay his own way, too. 

So I announced, yesterday evening, that I’m going to Hawaii next summer and anyone else that wants to go is welcome but I’m not paying for anyone but myself. 

Interesting reaction.  Everyone kind of got the Hawaii fever and started thinking about ways that they could come up with the money.  DH, who’s used to me grabbing every minute of overtime I can get and working like a dog to do my job, teach ESS and homeschool hospital bound students, said, “There’s no way!  We can’t afford to go next summer!”

And I said, “I know.  WE can’t afford it but I can.  You can come, too.  You just have to earn your own money.  If you think about it, you can save $10.00 a day by giving up smoking.  Just doing that, would give you $3,500.00.”

I’ve nagged him and nagged him about it and he usually just brushes it aside but I could actually see the wheels turning and he said we’d talk about it today.

He’s scheduled for eye surgery in a couple of hours.  He had his right eye done a couple of years ago and this is for his left eye.  Deterioration due to diabetes.  The lasik really helped his right eye and I hope he gets the same results with the other.

I fixed the Last Supper last night.  Haven’t had a fried green tomato all year and DH wanted fried pork chops so I fixed fresh collard greens and picked some corn from the garden.  Served it all up with sliced homegrown tomatoes and told everyone to enjoy because I’m back on a diet starting today.

I did 80 laps in the pool yesterday and I’m planning on doing the same today but I’ve got to get off here and get DH to the Outpatient Surgery Center first.