Holiday travel- am I nuts to consider this?

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We live 8 hours from my 86 year old grandmother. We're not traveling to see her over the holidays, and really have no idea when I'll see her again. We'd talked about a special trip out there in February just to see her. 

In the meantime, my parents are coming here for Christmas, then leaving on the 27th to stay at my sisters, then continue on to my grandmother's on the 29th. My sister and BIL are coming here for New Years. 

It occurred to me today that DD and I could ride to my sisters/ grandmother's with my parents. Then have my sister pick us up on the 30th, stay at her house, and drive back to my house on the 31st. 

My only hold-back is that I work part time, and am not in on Mondays and Fridays. So already, between last Thursday and January 6, I was only going to be in the office 4 days. And now I want to cut it down to 2? Eeeshh... I do have a laptop and could realistically work remotely while DD naps. 

I could also work this Friday, while my parents are here to watch DD (since she wouldn't be in daycare). And then work the next Friday while my sister and BIL are here and could watch DD. 

Is this a terrible idea?

[Brie]

If you want to go, go.

You'll always remember special time with your grandma. You won't remember two days of work and over the holidays, frankly, I doubt you'll be missed.

[ECB]

Dec 22, 2014 18:54:05 GMT -5 Brie said:

If you want to go, go.

You'll always remember special time with your grandma. You won't remember two days of work and over the holidays, frankly, I doubt you'll be missed.

100% this. Go. I think it could be a fun trip.

[kershnic]

I'm not exactly clear on the length of the connections and therefore how inconvenient is it for your sister. Does your H care about you guys being gone for those days? If your sister and your H are on board then I would make it happen. Sounds like you want to see your grandma and have a feasible plan to do so. Maybe you could do one day's worth of work remotely and effectively be taking one day extra of vacation (or unpaid, whichever is your situation).

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Dec 22, 2014 20:43:34 GMT -5 kershnic said:

I'm not exactly clear on the length of the connections and therefore how inconvenient is it for your sister. Does your H care about you guys being gone for those days? If your sister and your H are on board then I would make it happen. Sounds like you want to see your grandma and have a feasible plan to do so. Maybe you could do one day's worth of work remotely and effectively be taking one day extra of vacation (or unpaid, whichever is your situation).

My house to my sisters is 6 hours. We drive through the town my sister lives in to get to my grandma's (another 2 hours). Then, on Wednesday my sister is driving through the town my grandma lives in for a business meeting. Then she'll turn around, pick us up, and drive us back to her house. It's all pretty much on the way.

I'm going to speak with my manager about it tomorrow. It's going to be a shit ton of work, but would be super fun!

[kershnic]

Sometimes the connections all come out easily and it's a sign you're supposed to do it! Hope your manager gives you the okay. S/he sucks if not!