Done for the day

strausmouse likes my efforts at “real-time” blogging and he thinks I should keep it up, but I would like to have a vacation, too. To that end, I’m going to be boarding the plane in a little while. It’s an 8 hour flight to Munich, so you have at least an 8-hour reprieve from my [...]

Roll out the Red Carpet

The car was at my house at 1:20 PM and shortly thereafter, we were on our way to the airport. The car was brand new and one of the nicer town cars that I have been in. There was no traffic and it was a quick drive to the airport. Halfway through the drive, I [...]

July 2, 1997

I was thinking that this is my first trip to Europe and that I can remember, when I was younger, wondering when I would end up getting there. So I decided to look back through my diaries and see what I was doing 10 years ago today, July 2, 1997. I don’t think Europe was [...]

Bridled and sadled and ready to go

Well, I’m all set. With the exception of a few things I can’t do until I leave the house (lock the doors, turn off the computers, etc.), everything on my checklist is now complete. This morning, on the advice of kruppenheimer, I scanned my passport and sent it to myself in email. I already have [...]

Bad allergy day

I can already tell today is going to be one of those bad allergy days. I’m all itchy. I took a ClaritonTM a little while ago, but I’m itchy enough that I also just took one BenadrylTM. That’s pretty extreme for me, since it has a tendency to make me a bit sleepy, but I’ll [...]

Pool-side playlist

I put together a relaxing pool-side playlist for those days that I don’t feel like doing anything except sitting by one of the pools on the ship, sipping umbrella drinks. For those interested: Beyond the Sea (“La Mer”) — Django Reinhardt Dreamsville — Lora Albright Georgia On My Mind — Ray Charles Summertime — Ella [...]

Tequila!

Thanks to Pam for passing this along to me. She knows me so well…

24 hours

24 hours from now, I should be on the plane from Munich, Germany to Venice, Italy, an hour or so from my final destination. I did manage to get a few hours of sleep. I had the window in the bedroom open because it was very pleasant out tonight, no humidity, and a nice breeze [...]