Our financial state is pretty scary right now, and we’re all watching our spending pretty closely. So what’s the one thing Americans are willing to shell out for in this economy? Costumes, decorations and entertainment designed to scare us even more.
The news of late has been filled with stories of how Americans are horrible at taking vacations–that we carry with us our Blackberries, our file cabinets, our guilt. Well, dangit, I’m gonna prove ‘em wrong. WiP is on holiday–really on holiday–for a week. Back 9/5. Cheerio.
I’m about to take a holiday. If you can call it that. For the first two weeks in April, my sister and I are going to visit our very ill mom in Japan. It’s a 24-plus-hour trip, and factoring in (our kids’) jet lag, we’ll have maybe one good week of doctor visits, housecleaning and [...]
