I Miss New York : Airlines, Stress and Inflation

 I bought my ticket and had my hotel room set. I even downloaded a Metro Card for transit. I had reservations for dinner and planned to get a ticket to take a boat. 

I was finally going to go to New York Labor Day weekend 2022. 

It was Easter, the reports started....airlines cancelling flights, sitting on a tarmac for six hours, and the stories started. 

Then the reports of shootings and muggings and how just unsafe it was to go anywhere. 

Then I started to look at menus and times and what I wanted to do became what I could afford to do. 

I did a "test" run in San Francisco. Could I survive in the City of New York on just $2000 cash? 

The fear media got me and honestly everything else did too...people were leaving my workplace. In fact the day I was suppose to take my flight another co worker turned in their resignation. 

If I was planning a trip that would have sucked the fun out of having a good time right out. 

So, I spent Labor Day 2022 at home taking a few afternoon sights in and just overall regretting the fact I wasn't spending the time in New York in an hotel room worried about bed bugs. 

I posted photos stating how " I miss you New York" I might get the chance to go but right now it just doesn't seem fair. 

Plus, the whole stress and media driven fear was really the nail in the coffin.