Project: Home for the Holidays - Vol VI

The big day is close!!!

Upon putting energy into lowering the flight cost an amazing thing happened.  I found out that one of my friends have a bunch of things called "Buddy Passes".  These are basically discounted passes for the friends and family of airline employees.   I didn't realize that my friend work for an airline until yesterday.   He agreed to sell me a buddy pass for $110.  I scheduled my flight for Dec 19th -27th.

I did it!!!     Got there!

The buddy pass allows me to fly the Albany on standby.  I show up at the airport and if there are any seats available then I can get on.  I'll let you know how standby works out in my future posts.

Now on to the vehicle situation...

Out of the blue a client I had back in Albany contacted me after seeing THIS blog.  I created a computer consulting company back when I was living in Albany.  She told me that she was excited to hear I was coming home for the holidays and wanted to know if I could fix her computer system.  After catching up and letting her know about this project she was eager to know how she could help me.  I told her she could contribute by either letting me borrow a car for the week or donating money.  She then proceeded to tell me that her husband had passed away and she has an extra car sitting in her garage.   We made an agreement that if I fixed her computer systems she would allow me to drive the car while I am in Albany.

Stage 2 is now complete!!

Isn't the natural laws of the universe amazing?   Things fall into place as long as you have faith in them.  A general teaching of the worlds religion.

So that leaves me with only 1 thing left and that is getting cash for Christmas.  I haven't actually came up with a fixed amount that I will need yet.  After thinking about it a little longer I feel that $500 is more then enough to get me through this trip.  This amount will allow me to get some specific Christmas presents that my consumer family will love.   I would prefer to make Christmas presents but unfortunately my family is heavily traditional. 

I'll put energy into this visualization this week, and more importantly when I arrive.  Getting there and seeing the atmosphere will allow me to create a crisp visual. 

More to come...