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[flea]

mr. flea and I are on IM trying to work out what travel we will do to see our families in the next little while. We are caught in the trap of living far away from our families, so car travel isn't a practical option. We have 4 people who need plane seats, plus we pretty much need a spare car available at our destination, or a rental. We live 90 minutes from the nearest airport. We have very little vacation time. mr. flea's family wants us to go to Ohio for Easter, at $350 per person, 8 hours travel time (4 in the air, plus travel and check in time at both ends). For a total of 36 hours with his family. We are supposed to go to my half-brother's wedding in NH in May, similar issues, though it is far enough out that we can probably get nonstop flights at a decent price, more like $230 each, and take more time, because of Memorial Day. And my mother threatens to sell the Cape Cod house if we don't come this summer, so we're talking about going the last week of June/first week of July.

I'm just overwhelmed by it right now, and miserable. Imagine if we lived within a 3-4 hour drive of all our family members. Our lives would be so different.

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[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, I know that feeling. ((tacklehug)) I am so sorry.