Hey all,
So I've been thinking about my schedule, and spending the airfare to get out to California for a weekend seems, on my budget, like a waste. So maybe--just MAYBE--we can meet up over the holidays? I'll already be out there, and since many of our families live in California, maybe we could just go camping in the Santa Monica mountains or something. Now, I know this has some potential drawbacks, namely:
1)potential cold/wetness
2)coldness of ocean
3)Ariel may not be able to make it down/everyone may not be planning to be in Southern California for Xmas.
So obviously, if this doesn't work, scrap it. But I do propose picking another date (hell, we can put this on the back burner till 2011 if you want). I'm just not sure that I want to put all that effort and money into what will be a three- or four-day weekend. If everyone else still wants to make it happen, go for it, but I don't think I'm gonna make it out for end of June/beginning of July anymore.
So, other date options:
--Holidays (new year's?)
--August?
--2011?
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Man, things sure are hard to pull together when we're coming from all corners of the country. A few points on my availability:
ReplyDelete1. If it is this holiday season we are talking about here, then I will not be able to make it for more than a day. It is near impossible to get time off at my work during the holidays unless you've requested it 6 months prior(no kidding).
2. If I get accepted into an out-of-state grad school this spring then I don't imagine coming home for more than a week next winter (time off of school=time to pick it up at work and pay off some damn loan interest). But, again, I could probably make it for a day if it were local.
3. Summertime is always better for me, even if it is only 3-4 days. Could we make it a yearly event maybe? Maybe we could do west coast this year and north east next year (umm, next year and next-next year?)? Or more simply have a weekend trip while Vicky is down this winter and a week-long trip still this summer? The idea of seeing you all in a couple months sounds heavenly, even if it is just for one day.
what do we think?
Jenna you're going to grad school?? What are you going to study? That's exciting! You should tell me all about it sometime [soon:)].
ReplyDeleteSo, I guess I am/was responding to the general sense I'm getting that no one really wants to take on the planning of this thing. A top concern should, I think, be whether or not everyone can make it. I have time in the middle/last half of August, and would be more than willing to go out there for a week then, but Ariel said that she probably won't be able to make it then. What's making this extra hard to decide on is the apparent hesitancy to comment/commit from most of us. This should ideally be an ongoing dialogue, I think, with everyone's input. I'm still willing to plan things, and even to get my butt to CA this summer, but I need to know what everyone else is thinking/if they are even onboard. So this is my plea for responses, because so far it seems like only myself, Alisha and Jenna really care when/where this happens.
So, IF the general will to do this trip this summer is there, then I want to get on board. If not, then I don't want to spend that time, energy & money on it. Does that make sense? I promise I'm not trying to draw a line in the sand or be mean or accusatory in any way, I'm just trying to be honest about what I'm feeling so far.
I think people are having a hard time responding/planning for something that far in advance. Maybe we just need to bring it up again in the Spring. I know its nice to reserve things early, but I have a hunch that even if we did pick a date now, half the people would end up needing to change it later.
ReplyDeleteI'll be home for xmas, but not for very long and I'll have to be with my family for the entirety.
As far as summer, I have zero idea where I'll be, so any date has the potential to be free or booked. But I would make this gathering a top priority. Not helpful, I know :(
Let's not get bummed. Let's poll everyone in the Spring, maybe make phone calls, and not get stressed about stuff now. That's my vote.
Well, the point (from my perspective) of planning early was that everyone COULD make it. It won't get any easier to coordinate dates the closer we get to summer, in my opinion, so I thought if we just pick one, then we can plan other things accordingly. But, sometimes things come up (like a summer class you want to take) and then the dates don't work anymore--I get that. But my interpretation of total silence is a lack of interest, and that is what is bumming me out, not the difficulty of picking a date.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to jump to that conclusion though (lack of interest in project)because I don't think it's true of those we haven't heard from yet, so I guess we'll just do what you suggested Alisha. Although personally, since I'll need to fly out if it's in June/July, that may make it impossible for me to find cheap tickets=impossible to come. So from that perspective, it's better for me if we plan at least three or four months in advance.
And I'd like to point out that I'm not asking for down payments on a cabin right now or something like that, I'm just asking if everyone is interested/thinks--THINKS--she MIGHT be able to make it this summer.
Yeah, I mean, I can plan early. I can say yes to the dates put forth. I just wondered if others were having a hard time getting into it cause it seemed so far away. But it might also be that they're just not reading this or the emails. I'm in.
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