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Hi all, I'm a bit sad as I won't let myself go to my aunt's funeral this Saturday. The airfare is just too darn high! Instead I'll mark a moment of silence around Noon: the start of the ceremony.
To balance my disappointment, I'm going to donate $300, $100 each for my mother, and 2 aunts who have died in the last 6 months. And I'll work for the social good for a few hours, considering my layover time was close to 5 hours for the round trip.
Will share this decision with my brother and cousin (it's for his mom) tomorrow morning. Began putting back the items in my staging box.
I'm going to keep the shirt I got as it will always remind me.
What I might have done, in retrospect, was bought my tickets right away with a travel/ticket change insurance rider for $170. This would have locked in the price and allowed me some assurance I could make changes should some last minute detail shift (say, the memorial needed to be held in a different day).
Side-sight I guess.
Oh well, R.
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