Dread

photo-28Although I’ve known for months that I was taking this trip, taking action to make it real has been…well, dreaded, to be honest!  Each time I would think of booking the airfare, I would get the dreads. It was kind of a tier of dread; the first dread was the sticker shock I knew I would feel upon booking an in-season ticket – it can be nearly twice what I am accustomed to paying for the just outside peak season tickets I usually buy. Then I dreaded the cost going up even more during my indecision to buy a peak ticket.   This dread only grew worse with the passing weeks, and I marveled over my ability to sit back in a state of inaction as the days passed. Read the rest of this entry »