Do It Again.

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Officially added a day to the birthday proceedings later this month.

Rates are high at most resorts that weekend (staying another night at Hard Rock would have cost as much as the previous four) but I found a good rate at Luxor for the Saturday night in one of the renovated Pyramid rooms, so I added that and then bit the bullet for a $150 one-way flight the next day on Spirit again. All told it adds $200 to the overhead but eh, this is my birthday trip, damn it.

The new job is going well and the time off has been locked in, and since this adds no PTO to the trip (would have been off on the Saturday anyway) it was really just a matter of sinking the extra funds into overhead and one more day's save, which, what the hell. Now will need $4500 for the full trip but I will have a couple full paychecks from the new job coming in between now and then to help absorb some of the blow.

Added one more "plan" thing, will be headed back to Town Square in the morning of the Friday after my birthday to see Avengers Endgame in IMAX. Figure it'll be a good recovery plan to stay away from drinking for a few hours the morning after and just mindlessly munch on popcorn while taking in what should be a good flick on opening day. Only 12 bucks, minus the cab to/from.

So now it's four full days to celebrate oldness. Three weeks out.

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