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Back in the States!

May 27th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

My trip to England is already over! I can't believe it; it seems like it went by in a matter of hours. On the other hand, it feels like I've been away from work/home for years; my head is all dazy and I can't seem to focus on any particular tasks. I know I'll get over it in a couple days! I took some photos and will post those on my blog as soon as we get around to downloading them.

Financially, doing OK. We actually stayed within budget despite some scheduling and itinerary mishaps! On the downside, our laptop crashed within an hour of returning home, so we'll probably have to use some money earmarked for debt and get that repaired. Another fly in the debt-repayment ointment is that our leasing agent in the UK informed us of some upcoming charges regarding the flat we own and rent out. That may slow down my throwing of extra money at the last remaining UK credit card. Darnit! So my 12/31/09 credit card payoff is looking less certain. But not less likely, I hope--for every obstacle we usually see unexpected windfalls as well, so hopefully we'll get some of those in the next 1.5 years.

On the way back they asked if we would volunteer to give up our seats for a day, and we'd get a hotel for the night and $1000 each in travel vouchers ($3000!) We said heck yeah, but they ended up not needing us. I'm glad because we'd have been even more tired and out of it, but at the same time I'm groaning, because that would have covered airfare for our next three vacations!

Our trip coincided with the part of the month where there's not much money coming in or going out, so it was super-easy to catch up on my spreadsheets and everything.

Anyway, I'm still catching up on everyone else's blogs, but I wanted to say "hi" and that it's good to be back on SA.com!

4 Responses to “Back in the States!”

  1. Petunia Says:
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    Welcome back! Good work staying within your budget.

  2. koppur Says:
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    welcome back! where in England did you go?

  3. ceejay74 Says:
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    Thanks guys! Koppur: We went to Exeter for a wedding; made brief sightseeing stops in Windsor, Dawlish and Dawlish Warren (and saw Stonehenge from a distance as we drove past); and then hung out in Oxford with friends for about four days. It was mainly a social visit (to see inlaws and friends), so nothing too touristy, but I tried to take some pretty pics to post on here!

  4. koppur Says:
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    I can't wait to see the pics. I've always wanted to move to England. I've been twice; Once I stayed in London and once I stayed in Bath and London. I think if I was going to live over there it would be in Glastonbury, though.

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