Looking Ahead

Self,

I know it's November and not even Thanksgiving at that. However its really not too early to be thinking about plans for New Years Eve, particularly if those plans include the possibility of traveling.

For the past few New Year's Eve, I've spent the last night of the year having a blast in New York City, with my brother/friend, Schehimazade. I have had such a great time that I decide that I wanted to go back again this year. So I start working out how to get all my ducks in a row so I can go.

Step 1: Figure out how many birds I can kill with one stone. All I mean by that is who else in the general area could I get to see while I'm on the East Coast. Not to say that these people don't deserve a trip of their own....but since I'll already be in the area why not enhance my experience to include their bright smiling faces. I'd like the icing on my cake extra thick! So in no particular order I went through my list of folks I wanted to see. I let NYSuitor know that I was planning an appearance and that I was expecting to meet his boy, Sunrise. When I heard that Jerzey Reality just bought a house I told him that I would want the grand tour when I got to the East Coast (why did he laugh and think I was kidding?). I figured that if I was going to cross statelines to see him that PA aint that far and I just HAD to go see Darktomahawk. I consider the idea of swinging on down to DC too....but figured I would play that by ear. Okie dokie I got several birds ready to be shot. Check.

Step 2: Submit Vacation Request at work. Well actually this is really step three. The first step was to make sure that Schehimazade was going to be in New York at that time. I mean if you are going to plan to stay at someone's house it helps if they are going to be home...but really I could beat him up, snatch his keys, and stay at his place even if he was going to be on the dark side of the moon. That's why the first step of the process is the vacation request. ;-p Filled out and signed the 5 x 7 bluish form and gave it to my supervisor. Check and Check. (One check for the form, the other for Schehimazade.)

Step 4: (Yes step four, we already got three check marks - keep up! lol.) Inform my mother that I plan to skip town for that particular holiday....but assures her that I will be here in Cali for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yes, I let my mother know I'm leaving town, that's free housing for Thunderbolt, that won't accumulate parking tickets. Plus it's also free transportation to and from the airport. And it's first class service. Check.

Step 5: Investigate airfare. This I can do in my sleep practically. Virginamerica.com: $800 - WHAT THE F*CK! AA.com: $760 - HUH! cheaptickets.com: $580 Oh this is ridiculous! Expedia, hotwire, and Orbitz are all about the same. OK So let me come back to this. And while I'm sitting at work searcing for a decent airfare, my Supervisor walks over to my cubicle and lets me know that basically my vacation request has been denied. So there's really no point in continuing my flight search.

Ain't this a Bitch! It seems that the universe has conspired against me to keep me from going to New York for New Year's Eve. It's not that going is exactly all that big of a deal...but it's just as I see things, its just another situation where things isn't going to work out the way I hoped/planned. Disappointed.

I'm sure there's a reason I'm not suppose to be in New York....lol I don't think it's necessarily for my benefit, but there's still a reason. However,I found out that Prince Esquire is planning to be in Los Angeles for New Year's. So, I'm sure the reason the Universe is bringing him home to Cali is for my benefit.

I have a suspicious idea that the reason that I won't be in NYC is for Schehimazade's benefit. When we talked about my trip proposal, he informed me that Road-Husband, the guy he's been dating that works for a touring Broadway show, will be on hiatus during that time and they'll be "playing house." Don't get me wrong I was cool with that, it was in part what gave me the idea that I could use time to see folks, like Darktomahawk, outside New York State boundaries. However maybe the Universe is keeping me out of the City so that they can have the freedom to have that time together with out me in the way. I guess that's alright.

Sincerely,
Pharaoh