adventure!

Still waiting for my stupid bonus Aeroplan points to be deposited in my account, which is taking an inordinately long amount of time. I've gotten so many answers about how long it should take, none of which have been correct so far, including three different, equally incorrect answers in one phone call with one agent. The latest version says I should expect them to arrive within 3 to 5 business days of my last statement, which was Sunday, so by tomorrow or Friday or so. If they do arrive in that time frame, there's still a chance that maybe - maybe - I'll still be able to book my flights to and from Saskatchewan.

I'm looking at around Friday, November 5th or so to leave, and coming back the weekend after or so. I can be somewhat flexible, since we have a holiday during the week (November 11th, Remembrance day, while not a happy holiday, results in most places being closed here in NL anyway, including us), and I'll only need 4 days off for that week, which means I'd use just 5 vacation days if I take another day off. I've already cleared it with the office, so that's done, just need to get the frickin' points so I can actually see if it's possible to book anything or if it's too late.

Anyway, whether or not it'll happen isn't the point of the entry. The point is, while talking to my friend who I'll be staying with up there, I loaded up Google maps to see where we can go. We've made several jokes about maybe going to Gimli, MB... ok, I've made several jokes, hehe, but realistically that's almost 11 hours and remains just that, a joke. But there are many, many other options out there, which is pretty cool. It's a great feeling, thinking about all that open road and country that I've (mostly) never seen before, and getting to drive around and explore a little. It's different than going to, say, New York City and exploring a huge city, in that it's so much more geographically speaking, and hopefully so much less financially speaking. XD We can go to Calgary, I have some friends there I could see, or Edmonton, know a few people there, or the Rockies, or as far as BC, or down into the US, or to Winnipeg, or, well, lots of places. Which mightn't sound all that exciting, I guess, but to me it really is, just the driving to and from and the sights and travel itself, it's pretty exciting.

Whether it'll happen or not is another story, but for now it's been nice just to think about the possibility of it all, which is a nice reverie. :)

adventure!

Still waiting for my stupid bonus Aeroplan points to be deposited in my account, which is taking an inordinately long amount of time. I've gotten so many answers about how long it should take, none of which have been correct so far, including three different, equally incorrect answers in one phone call with one agent. The latest version says I should expect them to arrive within 3 to 5 business days of my last statement, which was Sunday, so by tomorrow or Friday or so. If they do arrive in that time frame, there's still a chance that maybe - maybe - I'll still be able to book my flights to and from Saskatchewan.

I'm looking at around Friday, November 5th or so to leave, and coming back the weekend after or so. I can be somewhat flexible, since we have a holiday during the week (November 11th, Remembrance day, while not a happy holiday, results in most places being closed here in NL anyway, including us), and I'll only need 4 days off for that week, which means I'd use just 5 vacation days if I take another day off. I've already cleared it with the office, so that's done, just need to get the frickin' points so I can actually see if it's possible to book anything or if it's too late.

Anyway, whether or not it'll happen isn't the point of the entry. The point is, while talking to my friend who I'll be staying with up there, I loaded up Google maps to see where we can go. We've made several jokes about maybe going to Gimli, MB... ok, I've made several jokes, hehe, but realistically that's almost 11 hours and remains just that, a joke. But there are many, many other options out there, which is pretty cool. It's a great feeling, thinking about all that open road and country that I've (mostly) never seen before, and getting to drive around and explore a little. It's different than going to, say, New York City and exploring a huge city, in that it's so much more geographically speaking, and hopefully so much less financially speaking. XD We can go to Calgary, I have some friends there I could see, or Edmonton, know a few people there, or the Rockies, or as far as BC, or down into the US, or to Winnipeg, or, well, lots of places. Which mightn't sound all that exciting, I guess, but to me it really is, just the driving to and from and the sights and travel itself, it's pretty exciting.

Whether it'll happen or not is another story, but for now it's been nice just to think about the possibility of it all, which is a nice reverie. :)