Dang it! We wanted to board the dogs while we are gone but we have procrastinated on one of Smeagol's shots (Not one of the necessary ones, so nobody yell at me) and now we don't have the time or money to catch her up. So, Waffles will go to the puppy hotel and I guess Smeagol will have to come with us. It is not ideal in terms of stress...but she is a fairly good traveller.
Also, the motel we wanted to stay at in Sevierville does not accept cute, little pugs and all the other ones in that area that do are too expensive. So, I dug deeper and I think I found a cheapie hotel only 2 miles from the interview spot that welcomes dogs. So, yay on that...although I hope its not too too gross of a place. Oh well, if we couldn't find one we would have been sleeping in the car, so we're pleased about that.
I've been scouring the net for discount coupons for the Knoxville area for restaurants and things like that to make our trip a bit cheaper. Anyone have any good ideas about how to find good coupons or ideas to help do this trip on the cheap? (No kitchenettes in this motel, btw)
This is all SO MUCH WORK! Please, please God, let it work out!
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No need to eat out even if you don't have a kitchenette. Use a cooler. You can make sandwiches at home, tunafish, eggsalad, or meat, and they will be fine in the cooler for most of the day. Boiled eggs will keep a good while, too, as long as you keep the ice going. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. A hunk of cheese and crackers. Fruit. Cereal and a pint of milk from the store. If the hotel has a coffee pot, you can make oatmeal. If you want soda, get it at the grocery store and not gas stations. That's my suggestion. Or if you really want to save money, Paul could drive up alone and only stay as long as he needs to...taking naps in the car as necessary. No hotel. No boarding costs. Voila.
Damn, Cabol was full of good ideas. I have nothing to add. Other than good luck.
I would splurge for the hotel though. A good night's sleep the night before, a nice hot shower and the ability and comfort of getting spiffed up for an interview is worth the $40 you might have to shell out for a Motel 6. The investment IS your future after all.
And a local grocery store is great for food. We also often bring stuff like trail mix in the car since it's filling, packed with protein, blah blah blah.
I have to go with Paul, for reasons that are too complicated to get into. And our plan was to do most of our eating in the hotel room...some good suggestions on food there, though. I would have never thought of boiled eggs and stuff. Its a lot harder now that Paul is probably diabetic and can't eat everything. We have to be really careful and when he wants treats he has to get the expensive-as-gold sugar free ones. We'll figure it all out somehow though and thanks for the suggestions!
I believe all Super 8s have some rooms that allow pets?
Def agree with eating in your room and using a cooler. Ryan and I travel that way most of the time out of cheapness but also because restaurant food gets sick after a while. Pickles, a loaf of rye, kubasa and cheese never gets old ;)
Reba
Also - if one dog is already coming with you isn't it better to just bring both and save the kennel fees?
Reba
Good ideas from all of your friends, Jenn. I just returned from four days on the road and was limiting myself to expenses so I bought a box of crackers, hunk of cheese, cereal bars and krispie treats, which somehow have less carbs than the cereal bars, go figure and each morning, treated myself to a bag of beef jerkie to eat during the day so I could get the protein in me that I need to have. Also, fresh fruit to munch on, like bananas and grapes do well. For the sugar fix for Paul, the sugar free cookies are abundant these days, but the carbs convert into sugar for diabetics, too, so sugar free isn't always the best alternative. Compare the labels between the sugar free cookies and the oreos and see what I mean. It always helped me to give the sugary snacks to dad and have him dole them out to me or I'd pig out. Mom2
Yeah, Paul has been pretty impressed with the sugar free cookies, puddings, candies and the like. We tried the 'give the food to Jenn and have her dole it out to Paul in appropriate amounts' route...but it did NOT work. At all. Paul just got furious when I wouldn't let him have 18 Ferrero Rocher's at once ;P
And we can't take Waffles with us because A) the motel only allows one pet per room and, more importantly B) He would drive us INSANE IN THE BRAIN in the car with us for 4 hours. He is nutsy in the car. Nutsy. Smeagol is an old lady and just wants to sleep. Waffles is a puppy, a crazy puppy.
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We just got back from the store. We managed to get almost all of the food/snacks that we wanted with the change the we brought to Coinstar ($35!). We bought TONS of fruit and beef jerky and bread and cheese etc. So we should be good. Although, I LOVE going out to restaurants so I'm still hoping to maybe afford one meal out...although, in reality, that probably won't happen.
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