Travel Planning, Goal Planning

I have $1000 and a whole bunch of goals I want/need to complete in the next few months.  First off, the hubby is sooo sweet to keep $500 of our tax return for whatever he wants to spend it on and give me $1000 from the return for my goals.  Considering that all of the income for the past year was his, that is extremely generous of him!  Sooo, here's is the plan for the next few months:

February

• Goal: Lake Mead Hike.  Cost: $0.  I'm going with the Around the Bend Friends hiking group this Saturday and there is no charge to tag along.
• Goal: Go on an Around the Bend Friends hike.  Cost: $0.  Fortunately I can kill two birds with one (free) stone by going with this group to hike around Lake Mead which is on the goal list.
• Goal: Go to a Cirque du Soleil show.  Cost: $130.  Fortunately this is already paid for, unfortunately, even though the tickets were $99 for two tickets, the taxes and fees were an additional $30(!).
• Not on the goal list but stuff I still need to do: do one more volksmarch.

March

• Goal: Get a concealed carry permit.  Cost: $200.  Although the class is offered for free, there is a cost for the firearm rental and ammo as well as the permit application.
• Goal: Go to a concert.  Cost: $70.  I really really want to go to a Pat Benatar concert this March in Las Vegas.  I went to her concert way back in the '80s when tickets were around $20 but apparently prices have increased quite a bit!
• Goal: Go ice skating.  Cost: $10.  This should be simple as there is an ice rink in Las Vegas so I just need to make time to go.
• Goal: Go to a Reddit meet up.  Cost: $10.  Our local Reddit group plans occasional meet-ups so this month I will make a concerted effort to join them.
• Not on the goal list but stuff I still need to do: meet up with a friend who is coming to Vegas, do three volksmarches.

April

• Goal: Go to family reunion in Vancouver, WA.  Cost: $300.  The cost for this is just airfare and a bit of spending money.  We will be staying at my friend's house and using her car for the few days we are there.
• Goal: Walk a marathon.  Cost: $600.  The weekend after the reunion there will be a volksmarch marathon in Victoria, BC.  The cost is for hotel, transportation and spending in BC, and transportation home.
• Goal: Send a box of books and school supplies to the Philippines.  Cost: $200.  I still have a bunch of space to fill up in the box and the cost of shipping is $70.
• Goal: Go roller skating.  Cost: $50.  I want to take my nieces skating when I am at the reunion.
• Not on the goal list but stuff I still need to do: go on the Ellen show, meet up with another friend who is coming to Vegas, do a total of 100k in volksmarches this month.

May

• Goal: Go on a cruise.  Cost: $1000.  There are cruises going from Los Angeles to Vancouver, BC this month.  This would position me for the next goal.
• Goal: Bike from Canada to Mexico.  Cost: $3000. This is a big big goal on the list and there are still a lot of details to work out (I don't even have a bike yet and how to get hubby from Canada to Mexico NOT riding a bike but with me on the trip are among the biggies).
• Goal: Visit San Francisco.  Cost: $0.  San Francisco is both a stop on the cruise and right in the middle of the bike ride.
• Not on the goal list but stuff I still need to do: do 100k of volksmarches (there are many along the bike route).

All of those things add up to about $5500 so $1000 will barely make a dent in the cost of achieving all of these goals but like the saying says, "go confidently in the direction of your dreams" and the rest that I can't remember has something to do with 'circumstances will align to help you reach your goals even when the going looks impossible'.  Which it does now but still I have faith that I will be able to achieve many of these things as planned.