Thursday

[This was saved as a draft yesterday but I don't feel like editing it, so I'm going to post it unfinished]

What a crazy life this is. I crashed after sending my draft on Thursday. I got some Muchas Gracias and watched nearly all of Game of Thrones season 3. I intended to sleep for a long time, but couldn't. I don't know what is waking me up at night, but it's taking a toll. I got about 9 hours of sleep on Thursday and then only about 7.5 each night since then. Not enough. I'm beyond groggy in the mornings and am only sleeping about 7.5 hours. I'm sure I could keep sleeping longer if I didn't set an alarm or have anything to do, but that will have to wait until after October 4th.

I'm having an extremely hard time staying on task (or as the kids would say, a "super hard time"). I spent some time this weekend planning a trip for late October and decided that I might go to California for a week. It would cost me about $2,000 for the trip I want to take, so I need to make sure it's the best place for me to go. I had wanted to splurge on a really nice beach-front hotel with a great view and just sit on the balcony all day. But the town I'm looking at doesn't really have that -- it seems that the hotels are mostly sea-level, which means no views. The spa hotel was $1,500/night for a 4-person room with amazing views...that's just a bit out of my price range :). I'm considering compromising and getting a room rental through a house sharing site. The rooms are still ~$200/night, but that's not too bad considering.

On the other hand, it would be nice to buy an all-inclusive package somewhere cheaper, like the Caribbean. But with the hurricanes, I'm just not too confident that it's a good choice. And some parts of Mexico might be okay, but it makes me a little nervous.