I have a vacation! My job ends this Friday, and my new job doesn’t begin until Monday, September 24. In between, I have two weeks off. I think I’m going to go away somewhere. I might drive down to UVa for a couple of days and visit the one remaining friend I have there. I’m also thinking I might find a cheap airline ticket to someplace in Europe — Prague or Berlin or Rome or Vienna. Unfortunately I have to be back here for the start of Rosh Hashannah on Monday night, September 17, so maybe I’ll go to Europe next week and then take a short car trip to Virginia (or Boston or wherever) after Rosh Hashannah.

If I buy a plane ticket I’ll have to increase my credit card debt. But money isn’t everything, and I’m young. It’s the cost of a little more debt versus the value of getting away and seeing new things.

I’ve rarely been on vacation by myself, though. Being alone is nice for a short time, but it gets lonely. It would be nice to go with someone, maybe. Or perhaps I’d meet some handsome stranger who could show me the sights. Who knows.
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