snippet of a conversation

"...I have a free ticket on Southwest that we can use, and we can stay at that really nice hotel I was telling you about with the world class spa."

"Uh huh..."

"...and, AND it's a weekend, so we wouldn't have to take time off of work."

"Why don't we see if it's going to be somewhere closer later in the summer?"

"But it WON'T be! It's going to be back in New York in July, and it doesn't ever come this far west, not ever!"

"Honey..."

"Please? PLEASE???"

You'd think I was talking about some traveling show, and you'd be right. More on this later.