I'm back from my trip to Phoenix for a meeting with my OES committee. I don't mind going to the meetings, but it seems to be a lot of travel for a 1-hour meeting. (In my case, at least. It's 10 hours round trip for me. I think the next farthest away has a 5 hour round trip.) The WGM insists that we have at least 2 face-to-face meetings a year, which really isn't all that many, so it's doable. But in this age of internet, really, do we absolutely have to have face-to-faces? Other than to prove we're really people?

That said, the drive was actually very nice. The weather was lovely, the traffic overall rather light (Phoenix on a Saturday noon is never light, but that's the big city for you) and I only had one time I had to stop for some reason on the interstate in the Phoenix area. The biggest problem with having a 7 hour drive in one day (I had made it partway there the night before) is that I would get sleepy behind the wheel, which is a Very Bad Thing. I pulled over four times (that's double what I'd normally do) just to get out and move around so that I could get rid of the sleepies.

Also as usual when traveling, I messed up my eating pattern, which messed up my blood sugars, and this morning, after several days of low blood sugars, they were way too high. So breakfast this morning consisted of two boiled eggs, no bread, but a small amount of apple juice (so I could take my meds). I'll be checking my Post-breakfast sugars in about 40 minutes, to see if I corrected enough.

I'm kinda sorta planning a short trip this summer so I can attend a gathering, though I won't be incredibly disappointed if it doesn't work out. If I do go, it'll probably end up costing about $1500, what with travel, food, and lodging costs plus possible buying and emergencies. Not to mention either boarding my cat or finding someone to keep an eye on him. I'll see what my finances look like after I pay my taxes.

If I can't afford it, oh well. I can have just as much, if not more, fun just visiting relatives and friends in the (relatively) nearby areas. It sure would be nice, though, to be able to travel as much as I liked, without having to worry about such mundane issues as where I'll get the money to do so.

Anyone have a rich uncle who could give me, oh, say, 100 grand, tax-free?

Heh, didn't think so.