And the ticket goes to...

... my mother.

What kind of prize is a single ticket to anywhere?

Since I have a family, since I am married with a lovely man with whom I want to share my life and more, travelling on my own made no sense at all.

Finally I had the possibility of changing the destiny to New York instead of the Caribbean. That was something.

Two weeks in New York.

Me, myself and I...

Walking the city, experiencing its people, visiting museums, going to the theatres, running in Central Park...

And I really, really, almost went for it.

But I couldn't.

How can I possible enjoy all this and more without C there with me to share it? Honestly, since we are together he's included in all my plans and viceversa. I need him, I want him, I love him and I don't want to be apart.

We discussed the possibility of a quick visit to NY for a week, meaning that arranging baby Angel to stay with my mother and G and B staying with their father, plus organizing all the domestic mundane issues, like someone looking after the cats, etc..

However, we finally agreed that we want/need to spend the money we have saved in the construction of the barbacue extension (which will cost us more than u$s 10.000) and after this, we should start saving money again for a trip to the UK to visit C's family and friends. (As this will be the most expensive travel ever, because we want to take the kids and baby Angel with us!).

At the beginning American Airlines didn't agree on traspassing the ticket and it obviously had no commercial value.

My aunt insisted on giving me the value of the ticket in case AA finally accepted traspassing it to her. Only then, I realized that if she was considering purchasing a ticket valued in u$s 950,oo to NY, she can eventually afford the trip and the accomodation. It occured to me that my mother would really enjoy this trip with her sister, and if I could pass her the ticket, then she would only have to pay for the accomodation, food and life there.

So I insisted, and insisted, and finally... they accepted.

They are arranging to travel next March! They are both very excited and my mum radiant as she will make one of her life time dreams come true.