The Last Minute...Not So Last Minute Trip to MOO

Alright already...I'm going!!

For the last year, I've wanted to go to MOO. For no better reason than I just wanted to. I want to feel the inspiration that I know an IM race will deliver. I want to be there to cheer on my friends.

For the last year I've come up with excuses that finally just made no more sense. I think for a long time, I just couldn't wrap my head around making the plans to go. I always wanted to go, but for one, I didn't think I'd be able to afford it. And on another hand...I've been traveling lately. A lot. Who wants to travel even more when I don't have to?

Apparently, I do.

I've been thinking about everyone going for quite a while, and I've been jealous of everyone that's been going. And I kept telling myself that it would be really great to go. Then a few other people told me that I should make the trip...and still, I resisted.

Then, in a moment of procrastination, I checked into flights...in greater detail that I initially had. Huh...I could actually afford that. And look at that...there's actually still a cheap hotel room available. Hmm...

And still...I kept thinking to myself that it would be really great to go. And for some reason, I still resisted.

It's not like I don't have the vacation time.

And I can afford it.

And after the last month I've had, I deserve a little time off.

And I wouldn't have to work while I'm there.

And I really want to go.

All of a sudden...this little voice in my head said "so go."

So I'm going. At the end of the day...I know it's going to be a really short trip, in which I'm not really going to get to relax. But I know that I'm going to regret not going more than being a little more tired for a little longer.

So a couple of weeks from now, I'm going to wake up before the crack of dawn, trudge my way to my second home, the airport...and fly to Wisconsin to cheer on my friends and teammates.