I Gots Skillz Yo

Or not. Most probably not. Why in the world did I think that buying something that gives me fairly free reign over a huge area would be a good idea? I can't decide what I want for freaking breakfast or whether to take a shit or blow my nose first. Now I have 60 cities and god knows how many freaking flights to choose from?!?! I thought picking a car to buy was bad. At least then I had a few picky constraints that made for some available parameters. (stick, no white or silver) Now, geez, I won't be able to fly home to use the bathroom no matter what and the country is full of garlic, so everything else is pretty wide open. Even if I could decide upon a geographical feature, the options are still numerous. Beach? Sure, yes, I want the beach. International or national? East Coast or West Coast? Northern or Southern? Ocean, bay, inlet, river or lake? OK, OK, forget the beach. I want desert instead. Phoenix, Vegas, or Southern CA? Canyons or no canyons? Fine, forget it, I'll just go to the stupid Winchester Mystery House like Ian wants. San Jose airport or San Francisco? There's nothing else to do in San Jose but it's an hour closer than San Francisco and all the cool stuff in SF is an hour in the opposite direction of the airport and the house. Oh wait, flights into San Jose are very limited, uh, one 9:45 PM arrival and 10:25PM departure daily. Fffuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkkkk!!!

Then there's the whole how well will Ian cope thing to consider. While I may find a several hour drive after a cross country flight to view National Parks like Zion, Yosemite, Yellowstone, etc. to be well worth the trip, will he? Vegas is awesome, but will it be too much for a hyper little kid? And if we do Vegas, we have to do the Grand Canyon, but Vegas is so overblown and the Grand Canyon is so freaking huge and the trip in between is most likely nothing, will the contrast be too much? Will his head explode? Will my head explode? I think mine may before I even book another flight.