The cost to go to Oz is creeping up each day as it gets closer to the holiday/vacation/summer season (yep, it's almost summer Down Under!). If I bought a ticket from Longview, Texas to Melbourne today, it would be $200 to $430 more than it was when I got my air fare last week. The new law in AlanWorld is to always get your ticket to Australia two months or more ahead of time...remembering that the fares change daily and sometimes it's a crap shoot to get the best deal. It's about $130 cheaper on average to fly out of Longview than out of Shreveport! And the two places are only 45 minutes apart! Go figure.
I managed to get out for a run on the trail at the Stoner Boat Launch during lunch, knocking out about 30 minutes in the woods running along the maze of trails along the Red River. I estimated that I got around three-and-a-half miles and it was a lot easier than when I did it last week....I'm just gettin' in shape!! My bike racing team had a meeting tonight to get ready for next year and the racing season that's coming. New uniforms, money discussions, and schedules took up most of the time. I'm done with racing for 2006 and will wind down my riding until I leave on my trip. Then it's off the bike for about 3 weeks before I have to deal with the cold winters of Louisiana....and they can be very cold!
Made some progress on a couple of jobs I have on hand. Hopefully I'll get them finished in the next day or two...I could certainly use the money! Free-lancing in Shreveport-Bossier City is a feast-or-famine kind of thing. Right now I'm teetering on the fence. Not the first time I've done that in the 21 years I've been doing this but it gets more tiresome as I get older. I hope to someday start doing my own artwork to sell instead of relying on agencies and individual clients for work. Of course, the sooner I do that, the better off I'll be. So I better get started, eh? Daddy needs spending money for his trip!
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