I've Been Missing You, It's True

I am totally, one hundred percent, blaming Jenny for getting this idea in my head. With tax season upon us, and more importantly tax returns just around the corner, I was excited to receive a hefty enough cheque from the government as a reflection of just how poor I was in 2009. Jenny has been lucky in the past couple of years to be able to put her return towards exciting vacations, and usually is jetting away to a random location about this time. I awesomely got a $7.00 return last year, and barely had enough money to take an exciting trip out to Coaldale.

So earlier tonight, while discussing our Easter plans, it was Jenny who suggested I take my return and go to General Conference. Initially laughing off the idea,but it wasn't long before I started formulating a plan to spend Easter abroad.

Thankfully with my real adult job, I get the widely uncelebrated Easter Monday, as well as Good Friday away from my desk. I thought about all of my Utah friends I could spend some time with (including you!), family I haven't seen in a while, and realized I could even bring some Almond Joys home for my mom.

So I sat down in search of some cheap flights between here and there. I seemed to find some flights that were pretty awesomely priced, until I realized that I would have a ten hour layover in Bozeman, Montana.With a more direct flight (I don't really want to go from Calgary to Vancouver to Seattle to San Francisco to Salt Lake.) and a car rental, my vacation was going to take all of my return....plus a little more. Hmmm...

I debated for a good long time, and even got pretty far in the booking process, before a little voice in my head reminded me of dying car and my goal to buy a newer one sometime this year. So sadly, my tax return is staying in the bank, for now. I am trying to not think of all of the exciting thing I could do on my vacation, or all of the people I will be able to catch up with (including my General Authority friends.)

Oh well, there's always October, right? Hey, throw a few bucks my way and maybe I'll reconsider my plan!

Love you all. (Have you thought about Easter in Canada? It's beautiful this time of year!)

As Always,