.... mice and men......

so ive had this block of vacation scheduled for like months now so i can go to SLC and spend some time with the parts of my family that i never get to see. I've been really good about not dipping into the reserve. Due to the misfortune of unemployment among my live in family though it is looking more and more like i'm going to have to do some re-evaluating of my plans. Chances are i would have enough on my next check to afford to go, but that means little left over for things like groceries once the bills are paid. my tidy little plans of saving up a couple hundred in the months before went out the window with each rent check where i was covering two shares. I certainly don't mind pitching in to survive, but it does mean im gonna need to rethink things. Maybe the first of august i could go. Should have a bonus check by then.
Grrr though, Some of the family, like my dad, i haven't seen in a couple years now. I have a niece i've never met and she's over a year old. Sometimes it's really annoying living hours and hours away. I wish i could bring myself to live in SLC again, but even if i could talk myself into it, i doubt hubby would agree. I just miss some of my people soooo much. If only we had transporters... well i'll just have to change my plans and hope they are better laid than before.