This week has been extremely stressful for me. I seem to have come up with one problem after another, and I am so thankful for the weekend break. I am even more excited that I have but two more days of work remaining before I’m headed off for a much needed vacation. My plan originally was to go with my husband to Japan, but unfortunately we were unable to find a way to get there on an economically sound budget. We are trying to save money for a future investment and therefore are very cautious of our present spending habits. It’s a shame the Japan trip fell through because I really wanted him to have the opportunity at a first-hand experience in the land I dearly remember since my departure from there in 2004. I just know he would have loved it as I do. Now we are forced to rethink our vacation plan at the last minute. We have been bouncing different ideas about where else we could go. My husband thought we should find another foreign country to visit so we can use the passports we went through the trouble of obtaining because we had thought we would need them. He is not much of a traveller as I am and has never required the use or seen the need for one. It took months of poking and prodding on my part to get him to apply. My thought was to stay local and visit one of the neighbour islands right here in Hawaii. I’ve always wanted to see an active volcano and the Big Island provides that chance. Another idea was to visit one of the lesser known island countries like Fiji. Wherever we decide to go I’ll be happy regardless because at least we will get to go somewhere together. Who knows, maybe there is still a way to make it to Japan.