Well, today it became clear that I’m definitely getting older (as if the two kids growing like weeds in front of my eyes weren’t a good enough hint).
1) I got glasses.
2) My new credit card arrived and I got so excited it might as well have been a pony.
This seems like a good opportunity to recommend that anyone interested in visiting us (or just in traveling in general) get the Chase Sapphire Reserve card. This is obviously not an advertisement because I just started this blog and don’t have ads, so think of it as a public service announcement. Right now they have a 100,000-mile sign-up bonus after you spend $4,000 within three months, which is huge. Like, that could potentially get us more than 2 round-trip tickets home for Christmas (Rome to Chicago). Yes, please! There is a hefty $450 annual fee, but that is pretty well offset by the $300 annual travel credit. Basically, you get credited back $300 you spends on hotels, flights, taxis, etc. every calendar year — so if what others are saying is correct, you can claim that this year and next before you pay the second year’s fee. Anyway, there are a ton of other benefits if you travel a lot, but they are better explained by other people like The Points Guy
Anyway, I’ve been pretty pumped about it since it arrived.
I actually talked about it for a while with Julie-the-glasses-lady while she was trying to figure out how to make me look the least ridiculous in glasses. I swear this was a totally normal conversation (she brought up frequent miles when I told her about our upcoming move), but you could be forgiven if you weren’t convinced that I’m the best judge of “normal conversation” based on that trip. The reason I went in the first place was because I was worrying that my depth perception was off.* I was trying to explain this to one of the assistants by telling her about hitting a car in a parking lot, and about having trouble catching fireflies with Owen this summer. The point of this lightning bug information was that I was worried my vision was changing because I noticed a big difference from one year to the next. Apparently this was not well communicated, because while I was waiting I overheard quite a few comments:
“What is she, an entomologist?”
(Indistinct)
“So she just likes catching bugs?”
(Indistinct)
“Ok, but it isn’t for work?” >
Nope, not embarrassing at all.
*For the record, he thinks my depth perception is pretty much fine but that if I notice it seems different it could just be normal changes. “You know, people talk about turning 40 but I swear that I was 29 when things started declining …” I’m 29. Thanks, doc!
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Send a picture with your glasses on and I will critique your assessment of how you look! Be careful with that credit card. Most people who are flying home for Christmas have already gotten their tickets by now. Using miles at that time is usually difficult. You may have to wait until they post to your account and it may take about 6 Weeks. So see if you can check a few airlines for mile seats. I am assuming this credit card is for all airlines. Check Alitalia because , if available, you may be able to fly out of Catania and connect in Rome to Chicago. My friend. Fr.Kehoe, just did this and he flew ORD to Rome and Rome to Reggio, Calabria on same ticket with No extra points for connection.
Hi Granny! I’ll post a picture after I get them … maybe. Haha.
I would have liked to already bought our flights home (especially when there were some on Aer Lingus for like $500) but we are concerned about booking before he’s even started the job and figured out what is possible in terms of time off. I also have some points being refunded from our Mexico trip we aren’t going on, so we might use those =-)