W. to the T. to the F.

Okay so everything has worked out so far that I can go to London on thanksgiving... no sweat..

Now Christmas... wow... so I emailed dad yesterday to tell him that the only weekends i would be available to go to london for christmas were 12-14 and 19-21... no big deal, last year we went on the 15th or something... now, they are on vacation during both of those weeks... I have plane tickets booked for the 26th, non refundable of course... and we cant go on the 25th because cracker barrel (jesus can we not go somewhere else just once since my grandmother is in an assisted living weve gon there every thankgsgiving and christmas) is closed. Now, dad emails me back and tells me to cancel my plans for the 26th and to leave the following monday... i didnt tell him the tickets were non refundable... we are gonna have to go during the week or im gonna get screwed out of about 400 bucks... damn... why does this crap have to happen to me... i tell them about plans a full month off and I get screwed.

I love my family and all, but why do i have to compromise and lose money, when we could just go during the damn week.