Regarding the youth travel team...
My youngest daughter played travel basketball the prior two years with a friend. All the tournaments were in the Midwest, so drivable, but did require a couple of night stays at times. Her friend's family treated every one of these tournaments as a mini vacation, while we typically would reign in expenses at times. They also thought it was completely insane that we dare miss a tournament for a "real" family vacation to Mexico or Yellowstone each of the two seasons they played together. At the end of the day, my kid doesn't want to play college ball and so far is ahead of their kid in the HS program, so what does it matter. And yeah, we did quite a bit of hotel lobby drinking to pass the time.  Previous Message ...and I let him just kinda choose what he wanted to do. That said, the hotel we stayed at had a team of travel softball players staying there. I think someone here was big into travel sports. The parents were fine / ok but I cannot at all fathom that being what I do on a regular basis. They also all seemed to get shitfaced every night and piece the night together in the AM. Previous Message you ain't much fun since I quit drinking. Previous Message I'm not drinking 4 tall beers at the airport bar on a flight delay. I'm not finding a cool cocktail bar or brewery or winery wherever it is I'm going. Unlike alcohol, there's only so much new food you can eat on a trip...like physically. Previous Message Previous Message ...that after a few days, I'd rather be at home. I've worked pretty hard to set things up pretty much the way I like them. I like to cook my own food. I like to drink my own coffee and sit in my back yard in the fog. I like to listen to my own records and noodle around with my guitars. After about 3-4 days I just wanna go home. Previous Message
This year it just made me realize how much I dislike my job and resentful of having to work and wishing I was retired or at least somewhere else.
Too bad the job market is a smoking hole in the ground for white collar workers, so there’s zero chance of getting another job anywhere, even taking a two level demotion and pay cut.
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 In the past, vacations recharged me and I came back refreshed - DT Yesterday, 5:42:55
- I will echo this in a way by saying you do not want to be looking for a job right now. - BradUnderwoodforprez Yesterday, 15:57:46
- I can't imagine disliking vacation or dealing with work during it. - Taz Yesterday, 14:16:39
- P.S. fuck capitalism, this system blows* - Jackie Yesterday, 12:41:54
- One thing I've come to realize as an older dude is how much of youth is focused on future career... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:58:01
- Real adult careers mean that vacation is procrastination. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 10:50:42
- I feel much better if I eyeball emails/calls once a day for emergencies - ghost_of_clt Yesterday, 12:17:11
- I used to try to keep up on emails and stuff on vacation - IlliniOllie Yesterday, 12:00:26
- Yep....doesn't matter if you're stateside or not - Jersey Yesterday, 11:35:32
- Agreed. This is why I never fully unplug for days on end during a vacation. I triage my - voiceofreason Yesterday, 11:04:27
- I basically do emails like once a day - biclops Yesterday, 11:01:32
- My current role has been an exception to this. I prep everyone before I leave... - Tuscy Yesterday, 11:01:23
- My preference is to go places with shitty cell service. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 11:00:11
- my job is neither real nor adult nor a career, but this has been my experience - Sammich Yesterday, 10:56:09
- 100%. I took a week off recently and it was fun, but getting back up to speed was rough. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:55:33
- This only applies if you work for yourself. If you are working for someone else, - longsnapper Yesterday, 10:54:32
- I take advantage of my family not wanting to wake up early and pushing stuff around via email - ATL Yesterday, 10:52:06
- Since this is the Eat Arby's thread, a really close friend of mine collapsed and died unexpectedly - Sounder Yesterday, 10:38:30
- Holy shit, I'm so sorry* - Taz Yesterday, 13:50:24
- JFC. Sorry dude.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:01:36
- Awful. Sorry* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 10:51:32
- Sorry, man. * - Tuscy Yesterday, 10:50:20
- mini's best friend's dad collapsed and died while returning a rental car in Santorini - ATL Yesterday, 10:49:29
- Sorry for your loss. * - doubledown Yesterday, 10:46:41
- That's terrible, sorry to hear. I've been thinking more about this now my dad is at the end. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:46:06
- Honestly, I don't super love vacations. I'm such a creature of habit... - haighter Yesterday, 10:29:04
- My in laws haven’t taken a vacation in 10 years. “I like sleeping in my own bed.”* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 12:28:56
- my only issue with vacations is that I am not on the same page with the rest of my family - biclops Yesterday, 11:00:27
- I prefer long weekend trips, 3-4 days. We are doing a 10 day vacation in October - DiamondDazzle Yesterday, 10:46:42
- I don't like to travel for work, but I love to travel for vacations.* - Illiniphil Yesterday, 10:44:44
- Same. * - Tuscy Yesterday, 10:41:52
- I'm home way too much, I get completely stir crazy - Sounder Yesterday, 10:41:50
- I also am a big fan of being home.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:36:30
- I often find myself checking out 401k/ira calculators to get an estimate of how much I'll have - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 9:46:13
- I’ve been spending my lunch hour every day relaxing by the swimming pool for a couple hours. - doubledown Yesterday, 9:36:29
- "soft retirement" is now 7 years away - Taz Yesterday, 9:15:04
- i have a colleague who is 'retiring' this week. he's like 45 - John Coctostan Yesterday, 7:48:37
- While work is challenging for sure, my bigger issue is a vacation with my 8 and 10yo isn’t relaxing. - tvillini Yesterday, 7:41:10
- May I interest you in some international retirement daydreaming? - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 7:22:02
- Eat Arby’s* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 7:21:11
- How close are you to retiring?* - longsnapper Yesterday, 7:19:45
- You and me both* - timmer Yesterday, 7:08:35
- Damn…you are grizzled* - Jackie Yesterday, 7:03:49
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on July 15, 2025, 11:08:05, in reply to "I just took a long weekend to Santa Cruz with my son...and we had a blast..."
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