I am Jack's Lucky Duck
Jun. 18th, 2009 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rickvsBecause a perfectly flat roller coaster would be boring...
Monday morning, about three a.m., found Rachal and me in the E.R., because her lungs hurt too much to sleep. She eventually was sent home with a diagnosis of bronchitis and a couple of prescriptions, and has been improving since then.
Tuesday morning, I won a trip to the Universal Studios parks in Orlando. Apparently, all expenses except for food will be covered.
Wednesday, I took my car into the shop, because it had been threatening to stall out, even when I turned the AC off. Eventual diagnosis: a laundry list of things that will cost more than half the value of the Universal Studios trip.
Today, I confirmed that the trip can't be cashed in with the station to help cover the vehicle costs. Nor sold on eBay (although I'm a little curious about how they could enforce that one). Use it or lose it, is their theory, and I can't quite bring myself to shake my fist at anyone for making us take a vacation.
We've got a little more than a year to make use of the prize, and Rachal's health has been trending upward, so it'll be worth doin'. And the car can be fixed in stages, so that situation is getting resolved.
In talking about what we might do and see while in Orlando, we may stick our heads in over at Disney World. I didn't realize that their high-end hotels offered in-room childcare service, but it brought up a nasty hypothetical question from me and my mean streak:
Would a set of parents for whom money was no object ever punish a recalcitrant child by flying the whole family to Disney World for a week, then leaving the naughty kid in the room while they went on all the rides? ("You're grounded -- to the Princess Jasmine suite!")
Monday morning, about three a.m., found Rachal and me in the E.R., because her lungs hurt too much to sleep. She eventually was sent home with a diagnosis of bronchitis and a couple of prescriptions, and has been improving since then.
Tuesday morning, I won a trip to the Universal Studios parks in Orlando. Apparently, all expenses except for food will be covered.
Wednesday, I took my car into the shop, because it had been threatening to stall out, even when I turned the AC off. Eventual diagnosis: a laundry list of things that will cost more than half the value of the Universal Studios trip.
Today, I confirmed that the trip can't be cashed in with the station to help cover the vehicle costs. Nor sold on eBay (although I'm a little curious about how they could enforce that one). Use it or lose it, is their theory, and I can't quite bring myself to shake my fist at anyone for making us take a vacation.
We've got a little more than a year to make use of the prize, and Rachal's health has been trending upward, so it'll be worth doin'. And the car can be fixed in stages, so that situation is getting resolved.
In talking about what we might do and see while in Orlando, we may stick our heads in over at Disney World. I didn't realize that their high-end hotels offered in-room childcare service, but it brought up a nasty hypothetical question from me and my mean streak:
Would a set of parents for whom money was no object ever punish a recalcitrant child by flying the whole family to Disney World for a week, then leaving the naughty kid in the room while they went on all the rides? ("You're grounded -- to the Princess Jasmine suite!")
