vaginapagina | Delaying Period (Reply)

Hi -- I've searched for recent entries about this, but didn't really find an answer, so hopefully someone can still help me?

My long distance boyfriend is visiting at the end of November during the week that I should normally have my period. I am on OrthoTri Cyclen, so I came up with these 3 methods to delay my period... I just can't decide which is best or if one would be a really bad idea for some reason:

1) Do two packs of OTC back to back, skipping the green (4th week) pills. I've tried this before, but got some bad spotting during the end of my second pack, which would kind of defeat the purpose.

2) Skip the dark blue (3rd wk) pills, get my period a week earlier (?), therefore starting the new pack a week earlier and getting my period a week before my boyfriend comes in Nov.

3) Wait one week after my period ends to start the 2nd pack again, so my period in Nov is pushed back one week.

I don't have sex while away from my boyfriend, so I feel like it doesn't matter if I'm skipping a week of pills... it's more to stay in the habit than to be protected. But maybe I'm wrong? Are one of these methods better than the others, or does it really not matter?

Thanks for your help. :)