{"id":2707,"date":"2021-07-28T23:23:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T06:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2021-07-28T23:30:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T06:30:09","slug":"getting-out-the-house-my-20-day-trip-0-day-trip-that-never-happenedyet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/getting-out-the-house-my-20-day-trip-0-day-trip-that-never-happenedyet\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Out The House: My $20 Day Trip<\/s> $0 Day Trip that Never Happened\u2026Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It turned out to be harder than I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ll remember from my last Getting Out the House (GOTH) excursion<\/a>, I had been experiencing some FOMO from all my cheap trips. So, I opted to spend a little extra cash, only to discover that more money spent didn\u2019t exactly equate to more fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that weren\u2019t enough, it left me with zero dollars to spend on my next trip, as the GOTH rules require that I spend no more than $20 each trip. Spend less, and I can use what\u2019s left over to expand the budget of my following trip. But, if I spend more, I have to subtract it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I ended up going so far over on my last trip that I was not only left with no money for my next trip, but I have like only $16 to spend on the one after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that\u2019s why this GOTH adventure has to cost me zero dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, I was really excited to take this no-spending, day trip on. Afterall, I like a challenge. Plus, there are a lot of free things to do \u2018round these parts. I could go to the beach, go to a museum, go for a walk in the park, you know, stuff like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only problem is, you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a lot of places you can get free food, yet food is all around. I mean I don\u2019t think they\u2019re giving out free samples of freeze-dried ice cream at the science museum.  Going to the beach, I run the risk of seeing people having picnics, and if I\u2019m lucky enough to be spared of people eating on the sand, there\u2019s a bunch of restaurants I have to pass to get to and from there \u2013 not fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I was going to do this, I had to think of something that would be quick, and fun. Get me out of the house (or apartment in my case) and get it over with. And hey, why not, let\u2019s throw challenging in there.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got it \u2013 the Culver City Stairs<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hold up! Wait a minute! What was I thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember when I was working in a high rise building in Atlanta and they sprung a surprise fire drill on us, forcing office dwellers to exit the building using the stairs. We were on something like the 7th<\/sup> floor.  By the time me and my kitten heels got about four flights down, my legs were jelly, I tell ya, jelly \u2013 and I was a good 16 years younger and 35 pounds lighter.  Did I mention I was coming DOWN the stairs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I moved to New York and had the bright idea to check out a fifth-floor walk-up while searching for a room to rent, I had to rest on the third-floor landing before I braved the last two flights. That too was many years and many pounds ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what, prey tail, in the hell made me think I was going to go up 715 stairs, I think it is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I blame the YouTube videos I watched where I saw people of all different shapes and sizes scaling those stairs dutifully. I also saw that they had landings where you could step aside and rest for a while before continuing on to the top.  There were even videos of people\u2019s entire trip \u2013 I think like 15 minutes up and 15 minutes back down. They made it look easy. I thought, not too bad<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then came the day I was supposed to go, and I couldn\u2019t \u2013 more like wouldn\u2019t \u2013 get out of bed. I mean it\u2019s one thing to watch it on YouTube and tell yourself, I think I\u2019ll give that a go<\/em>. But it\u2019s another when the day arrives and you actually have to do it.  There was just nothing appealing to me about getting up, getting dressed, driving over there, walking up all those stairs, just to turn around come back down and go home without getting food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So needless to say, I\u2019ve been putting it off. I\u2019ve actually rescheduled several times and have yet to so much as muster the desire to tackle this trip.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I\u2019ma go, ya\u2019ll, I\u2019ma go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, if one day you see me huffing and puffing on the Culver City Stairs just know this \u2013 I\u2019m hungry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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