The Spot

I'm nostalgic for Hong Kong this morning. My family went over in 2002 to visit Emilie: it was the best family vacation we've ever had.

I miss it, even though I was only there for maybe 7 days. I think I want to travel again.

It got me thinking, when will I do that again? When I'm being self-indulgent I dream about honeymooning in Paris - I really love that city. But maybe Hong Kong would be even better.

And maybe I should pay off my student loans before even thinking about spending that kind of money.

It's a tough reasoning process. I can be quite responsible: Dad was so thrilled when I went to McGill: he budgeted 10K a year for tuition + living expenses, and I came in well under that. No shopping and no travel.

Now I think that might've been a responsible time, but I might've missed something important. I'm capable of making sacrifices, but how can you be sure it's worth it? In 10 years, will I remember our honeymoon in Paris [or HK], or will I remember paying off my loans?

Well, the budget will dictate. For the record though, debt is the worst thing ever. Once you're spending more than you make, what's the difference?

In other news, my feet were actually, physically itchy when I started the post. I think it's psychosomatic. Our cat Sookie has been behaving oddly this past little while: she woudn't stop grooming an area at the base of her tail, to the point where she was getting a little bald spot. Last night we discovered what might be ticks.

As Dan put it last night, removing ticks from a dog is about 1000 times easier. We didn't have any luck getting them off of her and she's still pissed at us. Now I'm worried about ticks.

My feet itch.
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