@hvert - Yeah, it is really tough to make any plans 2-3 months ahead at the moment, unfortunately. I am sometimes able to plan my week to have Fridays free, but it varies on the workload (some projects are more time consuming than others) and having no changes in my project schedule for the week. So, it's never a sure thing either.

As far as your trip, everyone has their individual ways of assessing risk and deciding how much risk they are willing to take. It sounds like you and your husband just have different points of view about this, rather than one or the other being right or wrong. Hopefully he won't be mad for too long.