One month until I get to see my pterodactyl! Oh, and my best friend. And a little less than 2 months until I move up there to close the distance with him (and go to college).

Over the weekend I went to Anime Central with my current college's anime club. I bought him some stuff as presents for when we both get to Washington. I like to shop when I am at anime conventions and there wasn't a whole ton that I wanted so I bought him a hoodie and a Goku figurine. I already spoiled the surprise for him and showed him just in case he didn't want them, then I could return them while still at the con, but he loved them so he gets to keep them. He won't be able to wear the hoodie for awhile but I'm sure it'll get used.

And in comes the rant. The planning of the first initial trip is getting rather frustrating to say the least. My best friend and I have wanted to do a road trip since high school, and a road trip to Disney was just the thing. It was canceled because her boyfriend, who wanted to tag along, didn't budget or save up for the trip and got fired from his job and thus has no money for the trip. She doesn't want to go without him so we're not going now. So... plan B. She told him he had until May 19th to line up a promising job interview and/or get a new job or else we were completely canceling the trip. If he lined one up he'd just use his credit card and pay off the charges once his money came flowing back in. That didn't happen, so onto Plan C!

I proposed that since she still has $700 saved up for the trip and I have $1,000. And my boyfriend has... whatever he has. Why not get a hotel room near downtown Seattle for 2-3 nights and sight see around Seattle for a few days? We have more than enough money for 3 days in Seattle. She agreed it was a good idea. Last time I visited we never went sightseeing together (because her boyfriend didn't think much of it since he lives there...) and my boyfriend has never been on the west coast, and obviously not Seattle, so why not? We started searching for hotels and found one that charges $90 a night. Not bad. With taxes and such each room comes to $318 (I told her I wanted my boyfriend and I to have our own room so we could have some alone time). So that's $382 for 3 days in Seattle for her, her boyfriend has offered to use his credit card for himself, and $683 for me (still no idea about my boyfriend). Still doable! A lot of it will probably be visiting museums, Pike Place, and going out to eat. I am willing to cover some expenses such as gas, museum tickets and a dinner if need be.

But still, she is now acting skeptical and hesitant to go through with the plans. The problem with our last trip plans was that she tried to book our hotel through a third party website and it automatically charged her for the entire cost of the hotel. And it is non-refundable (we're trying to sell our room online). She is worried that will happen again (even though we're booking directly from the hotel...) and she doesn't want to reserve our rooms. She keeps saying she wants to consult her boyfriend every time I try to talk to her about it. That or she doesn't respond (despite actively updating her Tumblr and Facebook) I feel like she isn't valuing my opinion and knowledge here. That or she feels like I am trying to dictate the trip. I've booked many hotels and coordinated many trips. I do so every year for my college's anime club and I do so at least once a year for myself and other friends. I'm not trying to have my way I'm just trying to make sure everything isn't just up in the air and a bunch of maybe's.

Another concern she has is if he finds a job between now and the trip. Will it interfere with his work schedule? She doesn't want to schedule our stay in Seattle during the work week so that he can be included in our plans. HE GREW UP THERE. He didn't even go with us last time! She had lived there for 5 years and NOT ONCE had he taken her to Seattle! Is he honestly all that interested in going now? I somehow doubt it. As far as I'm concerned, he can stay home and go to work. Unless he's covering a major cost such as my hotel room or the majority of my food, he should have no more say than I do! Gosh, for someone who has a sassy little Miss Independent attitude, it sure doesn't seem that way. She was totally willing to let my boyfriend sit alone in the hotel room all day while we went to Disneyland but her boyfriend has to be included in everything like some angsty teenager who doesn't really find what we're doing interesting but wants to be included out of principle.