Several months ago, we booked a trip to Washington DC for the first school intersession in September/October.  I had researched hotels and found a nice one to stay at (used to be the Holiday Inn on the Hill, but has been bought out and is now called the Liaison Capitol Hill) and got a great rate.  It’s convenient to the Metro, the Smithsonian, and all of the other things we wanted to do.

We had planned to ride Amtrak up there so we didn’t have to mess with a car, but I hadn’t bought the tickets yet.  And of course our financial situation is way different than it was when we first made the plans, so it looks like we’re going to have to cancel.  I just can’t justify the train tickets (roughly $260) or the expense of food once we’re there, at $100 or more a day it will end up being an additional $400 or so.  Luckily I can get our money back for the hotel.  We’ll probably never get it at this rate again, but I guess that’s just something we’ll have to deal with.

I am unreasonably sad over this…it’s not like DC won’t be there in 6 months or a year when we can afford it, but by then we’ll have another baby and traveling will be even harder, especially trips like this that require a lot of going and doing.  This was really our only planned vacation this year, so it hurts even worse.  Yes, we had a long weekend in Gatlinburg, but that was more of a “going to see the family” thing.  I can’t even count that as a vacation.

I’ve held onto our reservations in the hopes that my husband would bring in some money before then, but with time starting to run out, I’m not optimistic.  He’s doing a great job of pounding the pavement but hasn’t gotten any clients yet.  We’re hopeful that it will happen soon, but not soon enough for the trip to go on as planned.  I hate it when the realities of life interfere with the fun stuff.