Nine. Nine? Nine.

Okay, I have $9,000 and it is really hot outside. What am I buying? A pool, for crying out loud! A very cool, pool for $800 and I will sit in it until I am wrinkly! Ahhh...

Then, I'm going to Argentina. Why? Beause it's chilly in the southern hemisphere right now. In fact, to make sure I get very, very, chilly, I'm going here to this glacier park. Yes! And, it's only $348. Of course, leaving tomorrow morning, the airfare is going to run me $3,243. Eh, so be it. It's hot out and there are glaciers waiting to be seen!

Then, for $500 each, I'm buying Quong Hang's "Monkey Hat" and "August" paintings. I love this artist. I saw one beautiful painting he did, hanging in the now-closed Menagerie (oh, dear vegetarian tapas, I miss you so) restaurant. It was an iron fence and a forlorn girl. It was $1,200. It's also now mine! (Seriously, I have had dreams about that painting. I love it.)

And, with the $1,500-ish left, I will treat myself to a really nice, luxurious hotel room to start by book tour (One week away!), and a really nice, luxurious hotel room to end it.