Am I justified? Or just a total bitch?
Here's the situation...
We're going to SXSW in March. "We" means my business partner, myself, our friend who's helping us with promoting/publicity, and another friend who worked on the film.
Here's the dilemma. Our friend who is going (the one that worked on the film) - well, this is going to be quite a financial stress on her. She'll be on vacation, so not losing pay, but the flight, hotel & film badge are spendy. This is not a cost that 4 Track is picking up, simply because we can't. So, while my partner & I's flights, film badge & hotel are paid for; hers are not (the promoter is fending for himself, and this is fine with all). So, I could offer to share my hotel room which would defray her costs a bit....but I kind of don't want to.
I've LONGED for several nights in a row, sleeping BY MYSELF. No babies, no husbands, no light, no sound, no nothing. I want to be able to get up when I want, take a shower when I want, sit around in my undies while watching WEEDS on Netflix on Demand at 1am should I so desire. I want to be ALONE.
So while I know it's stupid for me to be petty about this, I'm kind of feeling petty about this. I KNOW I should offer to share a room. That would be the GOOD and RIGHT thing to do...but I want my alone time. I crave it desperately.
So am I justified in this? Or am I completely selfish bitch?
I vacillate.
We're going to SXSW in March. "We" means my business partner, myself, our friend who's helping us with promoting/publicity, and another friend who worked on the film.
Here's the dilemma. Our friend who is going (the one that worked on the film) - well, this is going to be quite a financial stress on her. She'll be on vacation, so not losing pay, but the flight, hotel & film badge are spendy. This is not a cost that 4 Track is picking up, simply because we can't. So, while my partner & I's flights, film badge & hotel are paid for; hers are not (the promoter is fending for himself, and this is fine with all). So, I could offer to share my hotel room which would defray her costs a bit....but I kind of don't want to.
I've LONGED for several nights in a row, sleeping BY MYSELF. No babies, no husbands, no light, no sound, no nothing. I want to be able to get up when I want, take a shower when I want, sit around in my undies while watching WEEDS on Netflix on Demand at 1am should I so desire. I want to be ALONE.
So while I know it's stupid for me to be petty about this, I'm kind of feeling petty about this. I KNOW I should offer to share a room. That would be the GOOD and RIGHT thing to do...but I want my alone time. I crave it desperately.
So am I justified in this? Or am I completely selfish bitch?
I vacillate.
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i will say, i shared a hotel room with another sustainability coordinator at my last conference: to save money and resources. i thought it would suck, but in the end it was no big deal at all. i think you will still find yourself 'alone' in bed, as you could get a room with double beds.
i could argue either way here though!
By the way, our plans are in the works and I think Bridget will be staying home with grandparents, but I will be there either way!
Where are you staying?
We're staying at Embassy Suites - I have a king suite and there's a pull out in the sitting room so it's most likely that I will offer her the couch. I think it'll be more fun if we're all together, even if I do kind of wish I had my own space (well, I will, sort of...). Besides I think there's a one-or-two night business trip scheduled in April so I can get m y alone fix then I guess.