I'm freaking poor

Well, I the last few days I had several thoughts of "I need to remember to blog about that" but, alas, I never did so, another alas, I can't remember what the hell I wanted to talk about.

So I'll tell you how I had an epiphany yesterday. It actually goes back to about a year or so ago, when I was crying to my dad about how there's no men in WF that I have anything in common with and will be doomed to be single forever. My dad told me very matter-of-factly (a tone I DIDN'T want to hear at that moment) that if I wanted to meet guys I had something in common with, I probably should be doing those activities. I totally blew him off and realized he was a man & in a generation that had NO idea what I was dealing with as a young woman in the 21st century.

Then my friend, Casey went out of town. Without me. What the hell?! Seriously it wasn't that big of a deal (she's spending her weekend pasting down pics of events that happened to her in 2005 & pieces of paper onto a bigger pieces of paper and then doing God knows what with the scrapbook), but I realized she's doing something she loves to do. I suddenly had a flashback to my conversation with doesn't-know-what-he's-talking-about dad and put 2+2 together.

Now, I don't know what Casey's chances are of meeting a man that shares her passion for Scrapbooking, but I realized I need to start "getting out there." I came up with a plan. I'm going to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.

I have a friend that goes all over the world & has climbed a ton of mountains. He told me climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro was not technical at all so that's why I decided on that one. You know, as opposed to Everest. Kidding!

Well, my dreams are already dashed : ( Since I have no friends that would want to do that, I started looking for organized trips. I only looked up two. The first one scared the hell out of me about all the pre-planning you have to do to get your visa. You apparently have to send your passport off somewhere. I'm not down with that. I found later where you could get a visa from any port going into Tanzania which made me feel a little better. This website clearly stated "no strangers in your group" which, on any other occasion would be fine, but I NEED strangers to be in my group : ) The second website looked pretty cool and was definitely a whoever-wants-to-sign-up thing. But it's a 17-day long trek that starts at....$7400!!!! I have the time to take off from work but I don't have that kind of dough! Holy crap there's no way I'd have that kind of money EVER! Well, no, I take that back, I might have that saved by 2019! I'll give myself a 10-year cushion. Man, this money thing sucks!

I feel like watching Moulin Rouge!