Have to admit I'm getting a bit stressed. Am not the most patient of people at the best of times. But here I am, daughter getting married in May, in Las Vegas, a whole other hemisphere. And I can't book our flights and all that stuff yet, because we are smack bang in the middle of selling our business and hubby doesn't want to book anything yet in case it falls through somehow. Which I know makes perfect sense, because if it doesn't get sold he will have to stay here and run the business. But this has been going on since about November, why the *&*^%^$%$^!!! does all this legal stuff take so long aaarggghhh!!! I mean, we had an offer, we accepted it, the buyers are keen to go, wanted to be 'in' mid January, and we were of course happy with that. So they paid their deposit, and then pffffft Christmas holidays are upon us, solicitors all go on leave and everything stops. Til this week. And it's like pulling teeth trying to find out where things are at. The buyers have rung us, still keen to go by the sound of things. Hubby is determined he's not ever going to call them, doesnt want to sound like he 'has' to sell, ya know. But he does get worried they'll get cold feet for some reason with all this delay.
So I'm in a quandary. Do I just book for myself for now? Because even if hubby isn't able to go, I'm going to my daughter's wedding dammit. He wants to go, he just wants to sell first. And it's driving me insane all this waiting waiting waiiiiiittiiiiinnnngggg. I dont want to book and then when we sell, find out hubby can't get on the same flight, and even if we can get on the same flight we might not be sitting together on the plane. That'd be weird!
And of course we've missed out on some fantastic international flight sales. They were advertising under $900 to the US just a couple of weeks ago, and now its around $1400 and climbing. Fingers crossed another sale will come up, just at the right time hopefully, but that's not terribly likely :(
Not that I care what it costs, I'm going! That's where hubby and I differ. Quite possibly a female thing. I quite like spending, enjoy it actually. Never really worry about it, if I've gotta have it well I've gotta have it. Now I don't just go spending $ for the sake of it, but when I need stuff I go get it. Within reason. It depends on the "need" factor. And this wedding is right off the scale, aint no other choice for me.
Then there's the accommodation. I want to stay somewhere nice. Hubby would be happy as long as there's a bed to sleep in. So I'm looking at all the 5 star places, and hubby's turning his nose up hahahaha! Ok I can do 3 or 4 star I guess. But I'm staying on The Strip, no argument (he doesnt know that yet, could be an interesting time, when we get to sorting the accommodation out!!). You see he has this thing about bright lights, having been a cop, he worked around all that stuff and saw a lot of nasty business. When working as a cop it went with the territory, and you just don't talk about it, he still doesnt, except to say the underside of all those bright lights aint so pretty. But I'm just living in ordinary-land, so I don't wanna know about any of that stuff, I just wanna go to Vegas, be around all the bright lights, stay somewhere really nice and fancy, and see my little girl get married!
I think I'll give it one more week, then I'm booking myself on a plane ... well maybe ...
Go for it! She's you little girl. I bet your husband could call the buyers and use a tactful way in asking what's going on that makes him simply sound like a business man not someone in need. Good luck! Have fun.
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