Now this is probably going to sound bad, so I appologise ahead of time for sounding like a jerk.. That is certainly not how it's meant... My step-mother's Aunt passed about six months ago and because my step mother is the only heir that means she and my dad are getting a large inharitence (somewhere around 1.5 million) in the spring after the estate is settled... Now as a result of that, they are giving me 35k$... I feel shitty being excited about that, but since I'm planning my trip for next August my options have just expanded ten fold! Yay?