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 July 15, 2025, 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 July 15, 2025, 15:57:46
- Yeah, it is terrible - DT July 15, 2025, 20:32:02
- Even tho I find the concept of a job laughable, I will tell you that - Stu July 15, 2025, 20:17:00
- Word…..I was close to an offer in June and after 4 rounds of interviews - TarheelIllini July 15, 2025, 18:28:26
- The only thing worse than having to go to a job... - KingTalkyTiki July 15, 2025, 16:56:48
- Say more. What’s going on?* - opossum jenkins July 15, 2025, 16:24:09
- Wish I knew - BradUnderwoodforprez July 15, 2025, 17:02:28
- I can't imagine disliking vacation or dealing with work during it. - Taz July 15, 2025, 14:16:39
- P.S. fuck capitalism, this system blows* - Jackie July 15, 2025, 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 July 15, 2025, 10:58:01
- Real adult careers mean that vacation is procrastination. - uofi1998 July 15, 2025, 10:50:42
- I feel much better if I eyeball emails/calls once a day for emergencies - ghost_of_clt July 15, 2025, 12:17:11
- I used to try to keep up on emails and stuff on vacation - IlliniOllie July 15, 2025, 12:00:26
- Yep....doesn't matter if you're stateside or not - Jersey July 15, 2025, 11:35:32
- Agreed. This is why I never fully unplug for days on end during a vacation. I triage my - voiceofreason July 15, 2025, 11:04:27
- I basically do emails like once a day - biclops July 15, 2025, 11:01:32
- My current role has been an exception to this. I prep everyone before I leave... - Tuscy July 15, 2025, 11:01:23
- My preference is to go places with shitty cell service. - EffinIllini July 15, 2025, 11:00:11
- my job is neither real nor adult nor a career, but this has been my experience - Sammich July 15, 2025, 10:56:09
- 100%. I took a week off recently and it was fun, but getting back up to speed was rough. - Warrin'_Illini July 15, 2025, 10:55:33
- This only applies if you work for yourself. If you are working for someone else, - longsnapper July 15, 2025, 10:54:32
- I take advantage of my family not wanting to wake up early and pushing stuff around via email - ATL July 15, 2025, 10:52:06
- Since this is the Eat Arby's thread, a really close friend of mine collapsed and died unexpectedly - Sounder July 15, 2025, 10:38:30
- Holy shit, I'm so sorry* - Taz July 15, 2025, 13:50:24
- JFC. Sorry dude.* - KingTalkyTiki July 15, 2025, 11:01:36
- Awful. Sorry* - uofi1998 July 15, 2025, 10:51:32
- Sorry, man. * - Tuscy July 15, 2025, 10:50:20
- mini's best friend's dad collapsed and died while returning a rental car in Santorini - ATL July 15, 2025, 10:49:29
- Sorry for your loss. * - doubledown July 15, 2025, 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 July 15, 2025, 10:46:06
- Honestly, I don't super love vacations. I'm such a creature of habit... - haighter July 15, 2025, 10:29:04
- My in laws haven’t taken a vacation in 10 years. “I like sleeping in my own bed.”* - Carl Spackler July 15, 2025, 12:28:56
- my only issue with vacations is that I am not on the same page with the rest of my family - biclops July 15, 2025, 11:00:27
- I prefer long weekend trips, 3-4 days. We are doing a 10 day vacation in October - DiamondDazzle July 15, 2025, 10:46:42
- I don't like to travel for work, but I love to travel for vacations.* - Illiniphil July 15, 2025, 10:44:44
- Same. * - Tuscy July 15, 2025, 10:41:52
- I'm home way too much, I get completely stir crazy - Sounder July 15, 2025, 10:41:50
- I also am a big fan of being home.* - Warrin'_Illini July 15, 2025, 10:36:30
- I often find myself checking out 401k/ira calculators to get an estimate of how much I'll have - IlliniSax05 July 15, 2025, 9:46:13
- I’ve been spending my lunch hour every day relaxing by the swimming pool for a couple hours. - doubledown July 15, 2025, 9:36:29
- "soft retirement" is now 7 years away - Taz July 15, 2025, 9:15:04
- i have a colleague who is 'retiring' this week. he's like 45 - John Coctostan July 15, 2025, 7:48:37
- While work is challenging for sure, my bigger issue is a vacation with my 8 and 10yo isn’t relaxing. - tvillini July 15, 2025, 7:41:10
- May I interest you in some international retirement daydreaming? - Carl Spackler July 15, 2025, 7:22:02
- I've been there and would highly consider going back to avoid the concentration camps!* - KingTalkyTiki July 15, 2025, 10:54:52
- I have my eyes on Lermoos, Austria - timmer July 15, 2025, 9:05:45
- Spain and Portugal are looking extremely good to me right now.* - Warrin'_Illini July 15, 2025, 8:56:30
- I’ll likely stay in the US for various reasons but I would definitely like to spend several months - Tortillini July 15, 2025, 8:54:29
- I’m definitely more seriously considering an early retirement, but I’m in for at least 5 years - DT July 15, 2025, 8:16:44
- Spain is on top my short list as possible "retirement" destinations.* - longsnapper July 15, 2025, 8:11:10
- Eat Arby’s* - Herman Blume July 15, 2025, 7:21:11
- How close are you to retiring?* - longsnapper July 15, 2025, 7:19:45
- You and me both* - timmer July 15, 2025, 7:08:35
- Damn…you are grizzled* - Jackie July 15, 2025, 7:03:49
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