Last year, I ran out of vacation time at work because of dog shows. I had to take a couple of unpaid days for a scheduled family trip and use personal days at the end of the calendar year for a couple of shows.
I'm trying to be more planful this year - especially since I'll be taking 8 days of vacation for a family trip. It leaves little extra for travelling to shows.
Our club specialty is a priority for time off.
Plus "the girls" have a couple of fun show weekends planned that run Fri-Sun. Can't miss those - too much fun.
This year's PWCCA specialty is in Portland, OR and I would LOVE to go to that event. Not entirely sure how to swing getting a dog and myself across the country without putting him in the belly of a plane (which I do not want to do if at all possible!).
And then there's the husband and family factor - need to clear it all in advance to avoid conflicts with school events, and ballet, and piano, and chorus, and yoga....the list goes on and on.
So the calendar craziness begins.
Nice to see you blogging. Hope you get to go to portland. I lived there for 7 years...great town.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa. So very different from my last blog...but one led to the other.
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