oh airfare

[foxtongue]

Taxes: On hiatus while out of country. Should be filed by the end of next week.
Employment: Had a successful phone interview yesterday. A follow-up in person interview is being scheduled for next week.
School: Currently taking preparatory practice tests. Acing everything but math, which is not a surprise.
Driving: Pat has offered to pay for Young Drivers of Canada classes, which I will set up once back in Canada.
Giant Mirror: Julie has kindly agreed to trade it for sewing Kyle's wedding cravat.
Painting: Out of my hands. Being done while out of the country.
Print Sale: Took and sold a number of pictures yesterday, one a commission.

Total Tally: Not too shabby.

My mother is driving down to meet us in Seattle this weekend. As a joint Mother's Day and birthday present, Tony snagged Kooza Cirque tickets for the three of us for this Sunday. Spangles, tumblers, feats of incredible beauty? I'm dreadfully excited. Our very first date was to Teatro Tzinzanni, a dinner-theater circus in a spiegeltent, and then for every other Saturday that month we went to see Circus Contraption as they performed their very last shows ever. We went again to Teatro on Hallowe'en for our six month anniversary and won Staff-pick Guest of Honour at their costume contest. To go to the circus for my birthday ties it all together so nicely it makes my chest hurt.

Part of the reason I desperately want my print sale to work is so that I can gift him back with something equally as splendid, if not more. He takes care of me in ways that I never even dreamed of, so though there are a few things I could fundraise for, what I have particularly in mind is a weekend trip to see the Funundrum, the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus show celebrating the 200th anniversary of P.T. Barnum's birthday, playing Jun 17 - Jun 20 in Vegas, as they're the apex of American circus culture, elephants and all. The show is coming to Seattle as well, but in August, the same dates we plan to be away at Burning Man. Plus, in Vegas we could stay at the Circus Circus, the most appropriate theme-venue possible.

It's not the hotel rates that slay me, though, or even the circus tickets themselves. It's the airfare. As far as I can find, the lowest there and back is more than my rent, more than my credit card limit. It is, however, only 25 - 60 prints sold.

Comments

[cloud-atlas.livejournal.com]

Airfare is that hight even flying out of Seattle? Have you trued Kayak.com? I booked airfare I found on there through a discount US airline (Air Tran?) for muuuuuuch cheaper than that in the fall...

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Last minute round trip for two during the beginning of the peak vacation season is what's jacking it up so high. Kayak is what I was mostly using, though a friend's just turned me onto another search that might take the price down a couple of hundred.

[keirandyl.livejournal.com]

Allegiant Air out of Bellingham (Quick shuttle goes there). We just went for 330 round trip for two. Just gotta check every day. It was peak season US as it was memorial day weekend. But it can be had at low prices.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Yes! Someone else just told me about them today. They didn't show up in any of my web searches, but they seem to be precisely what I'm looking for. Thank you!