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I leave for vacation - real, live, not-masquerading-as-vacation-but-is-really-work, vacation in two days. All I have to do for this vacation is pack and show up ready for a good time.
If I remember to, I'm planning to bring a couple of kites, in hopes the weather will let me fly them on the beach. Because one of my favorite memories of my maternal grandmother, before Alzheimer's or dementia took her, is a very hazy memory of flying kites on the beach - I must have been about four or five. She was not a sun-lover, but she did love the beach and the ocean (and she had a wonderful array of hats). I don't think she was ever really *at peace* anywhere but the beach. Hopefully, there is a beach where she is now.
I had the car checked over this morning, because I am driving and wanted to make sure my baby is okay to go, and they did a thorough check, state inspection, changed the oil. They also checked all four tires and told me the same thing as last year (and that I kept putting off) - I should probably get new ones before winter, but while they have wear, they are safe in dry and wet weather - but ice and snow may prove too much. I thought for sure I was going the shell out for new tires this time, but if I can put it off a little longer to after the Beijing trip, well, I am going to do that. Instead, they replaced a belt that was cracking, and I got new brake pads on the front brakes, and they cleaned up the back brakes. Bonus, I spent less than I expected to today - so I have a couple hundred to sock away for new tires in early December. In fact, I think I have almost enough already in my savings account to pay for the new tires, so anything extra I can add to my long term savings at this point is a Good Thing. Plus I am going to be reimbursed for the Maastricht trip, which will help to "prepay" for Beijing, since Maastricht will be completely paid for by the time the reimbursement check comes in.
What is it about an impending road trip that makes me so happy? Maybe it is the promise of the open road. Maybe it is the promise of friends, and no stresses beyond what to do each day, and relaxing by the ocean each evening. Ah, I can't wait to be on the road. ♥
If I remember to, I'm planning to bring a couple of kites, in hopes the weather will let me fly them on the beach. Because one of my favorite memories of my maternal grandmother, before Alzheimer's or dementia took her, is a very hazy memory of flying kites on the beach - I must have been about four or five. She was not a sun-lover, but she did love the beach and the ocean (and she had a wonderful array of hats). I don't think she was ever really *at peace* anywhere but the beach. Hopefully, there is a beach where she is now.
I had the car checked over this morning, because I am driving and wanted to make sure my baby is okay to go, and they did a thorough check, state inspection, changed the oil. They also checked all four tires and told me the same thing as last year (and that I kept putting off) - I should probably get new ones before winter, but while they have wear, they are safe in dry and wet weather - but ice and snow may prove too much. I thought for sure I was going the shell out for new tires this time, but if I can put it off a little longer to after the Beijing trip, well, I am going to do that. Instead, they replaced a belt that was cracking, and I got new brake pads on the front brakes, and they cleaned up the back brakes. Bonus, I spent less than I expected to today - so I have a couple hundred to sock away for new tires in early December. In fact, I think I have almost enough already in my savings account to pay for the new tires, so anything extra I can add to my long term savings at this point is a Good Thing. Plus I am going to be reimbursed for the Maastricht trip, which will help to "prepay" for Beijing, since Maastricht will be completely paid for by the time the reimbursement check comes in.
What is it about an impending road trip that makes me so happy? Maybe it is the promise of the open road. Maybe it is the promise of friends, and no stresses beyond what to do each day, and relaxing by the ocean each evening. Ah, I can't wait to be on the road. ♥
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I'm ready to go. Wheee. Not long now.
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Though apart from rehearsals, I did as little as I've *ever* done at Pennsic this year.
(BTW, I'm caught up on Project Runway now.)