The End is Near

Gawd.  Well, at least the end of the beginning is near.  Tomorrow we leave and I am darned ready to go.

Weeks preceding vacation are crazy like this to make you appreciate finally getting on the road.  Bye bye worries: see you in December. 

Packing tonight caused a brief panic attack when our checked-bags appeared to be grossly overweight.  It turns out we were using the wrong limit.  We actually have extra limit which immediately caused Diane to glance affectionately at her warehouse of shoes.  Me?  I'm just glad I don't have to take anything out (full disclosure: my bag weighs more than Diane's).

Tom showed up on our doorstep yesterday afternoon, calm and confident.  My calculation says that he must have surfed the curves of the space-time continuum to make it in less than 24 hours.  He just says that he drove straight through, pausing only for a couple of naps at 2:00 AM and again at 5:00 AM.  He did mention seeing cows listening to loud music out in the middle of nowhere, so his trip was not without 'issues'.  Anyway, he is here as friendly and wonderful as usual.  It is great to see him.

Our mortgage refinance documents rose from the grave at 4:45 PM today and we had to rush down to a local bank to sign some stupid document some other way.  The Title Office closed at 5:00 PM.  Very cute of them.  Time to skip town.

Anyway, all is well.  Going to sleep a normal night, wake early, drink some coffee, mail my Absentee ballot, back-up the computer databases (why do I feel the computer is about to crash irreparably?), putz around the house a little and go to the airport. 

Next stop Istanbul.

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