This morning I received an advertising message from Red Roof Inns (the motel chain we use whenever we travel to or from Florida). I nearly deleted it as spam. Thank heavens I didn’t. They are offering us a special 25% off deal until the end of January.

John and I are considering an extra trip to Florida to use our condo. We’d leave our Saginaw home December 18th (we’d arrive at the condo on the 20th). We’d need to leave Florida for home on January 14th to be home on the 16th of January. We would only stay home until January 26th and then we’d return to Flroida.

That means we’d be in Florida for Christmas and New Years.

It would shake up all our holiday traditions. Gone would be our freshly cut Christmas tree. Instead we’d take along a tiny artificial and a ceramic tree that was my mothers. (I’d probably drag along a few other decorations so make the place look festive.) We wouldn’t have the fire in the fireplace and the wonderful holiday dinner in Michigan. Instead, weather permitting, we’d spend part of Christmas day in the pool.

Last year we were in Kings Pont for New Years Eve but this year there’s a party planned at the South Club and that would be much closer and more convenient.

I don’t know if tickets are still available for the South Club party, but we can check.

Even John says, “Sounds like fun.” We’ll see. We’re still flexible.

We aren’t locked into either decision yet.