Well y'all,
Keep your fingers crossed for me. I made my leave pitch to the bosses and didn't get the 8 weeks I asked for but was granted 5 weeks off. I would have been shocked on getting the 8 weeks but was quite pleased for 5 weeks. However, my Gramma texted me one morning while I was awaiting their answer and asked me "do you think you could get March 1-18 off? I want to take you to Africa."
I KNEW that it wouldn't be possible for me to do the trip with Gramma and my fall quail adventure. I talked with Roy (who was planning on taking the quail hunt with me) and he was like GO!!!! The quail will be here next year! Plus, Gramma will be 87 years old this year so my trips with her are limited.
I talked with the bosses about this new option and eventually they came back and told me 5 weeks is what I could have off and if I choose to do Africa, we have to plan that there MIGHT be a two week quarantine period after I get back so if I choose Africa, I have to plan (at least right now) for a two week quarantine and that is part of my time off. I thought about it and I knew that I would always feel bad about not planning on going with Gramma, even if the trip gets cancelled because of Covid. I talked with the trip company she has us set up with so that I could get the answers that my bosses needed and I made my decision...
in March, assuming Covid doesn't screw everything up so many crossed fingers are needed, Gramma and I are heading to Africa. We will get to see Victoria Falls (something that is actually on my bucket list) and we will also be visiting the Okavango Delta, Kafue National Park (why we are going on the trip because that's on Grammas bucket list), Hwange National Park, and Chobe National Park. The quail trip will have to be put on hold.
Which is possibly just as well because Belle is at the orthopedic dr this morning to have a periodic gimpy back leg checked out. I am hoping this isn't the case but this could possibly be a partial CCL (aka ACL in people) tear and if that's the case, surgery is pretty much the only remedy.
So keep y'alls fingers crossed that overseas travel becomes a possibility again in the next seven months!
Dani
Keep your fingers crossed for me. I made my leave pitch to the bosses and didn't get the 8 weeks I asked for but was granted 5 weeks off. I would have been shocked on getting the 8 weeks but was quite pleased for 5 weeks. However, my Gramma texted me one morning while I was awaiting their answer and asked me "do you think you could get March 1-18 off? I want to take you to Africa."
I KNEW that it wouldn't be possible for me to do the trip with Gramma and my fall quail adventure. I talked with Roy (who was planning on taking the quail hunt with me) and he was like GO!!!! The quail will be here next year! Plus, Gramma will be 87 years old this year so my trips with her are limited.
I talked with the bosses about this new option and eventually they came back and told me 5 weeks is what I could have off and if I choose to do Africa, we have to plan that there MIGHT be a two week quarantine period after I get back so if I choose Africa, I have to plan (at least right now) for a two week quarantine and that is part of my time off. I thought about it and I knew that I would always feel bad about not planning on going with Gramma, even if the trip gets cancelled because of Covid. I talked with the trip company she has us set up with so that I could get the answers that my bosses needed and I made my decision...
in March, assuming Covid doesn't screw everything up so many crossed fingers are needed, Gramma and I are heading to Africa. We will get to see Victoria Falls (something that is actually on my bucket list) and we will also be visiting the Okavango Delta, Kafue National Park (why we are going on the trip because that's on Grammas bucket list), Hwange National Park, and Chobe National Park. The quail trip will have to be put on hold.
Which is possibly just as well because Belle is at the orthopedic dr this morning to have a periodic gimpy back leg checked out. I am hoping this isn't the case but this could possibly be a partial CCL (aka ACL in people) tear and if that's the case, surgery is pretty much the only remedy.
So keep y'alls fingers crossed that overseas travel becomes a possibility again in the next seven months!
Dani
