Traveling Again...

So... I finally found my travel blog, figured out the password and am now updating. I figured the whole traveling across country would be a great time to resurrect this. I decided to bring my laptop-makes uploading photos, checking my work email and blogging much easier. Thank god for Ken who fixed my computer with wireless login to the work network. I could work from home now... if there wasnt so much to do in the office.

But it is October. This month is going to be difficult. I can feel it already. The weather dropping, the worst day of my life looming... i have never needed a vacation so badly. It is like... 80 degrees in Florida, the first stop on the trip and i am going to enjoy sunbathing.

I will miss Deacon very much. It will be the longest time without him since he came to live with me. We have a very set routine and i know he gets very anxious if i am gone too long. It is nice to have such great friends I can trust to take good care of him and my house while gone though. I am such a paranoid mommy though-are they going to remember to lock the doors? Will he have enough cuddle time? Will he miss me? I hope he eats and doesnt vomit while i am gone-he is very sensitive. poor baby.

So.. jessie said i should write. that there is a certain freedom in a blog where anyone could read it. that i should just put it out there. i am just always so careful and guarded. i guess this is a good start right?

But today is Monday-i fly out Thursday night. Every single day and night until then is basically jammed packed with a large to-do list. CASTINGS meeting and haircut today, McCarver meeting, pest control and dance class (or trapeze) tomorrow, Wednesday i have TEA, deposits, my appt, Jessie's family picture and girls night and Thursday i have a dr. appt, payroll, dinner with a friend and flying out of town. I still need to pack, make the last wedding shoot into discs, check the camera equipment, do laundry and clean. And I am missing so many CASTINGS meetings during the trip too-i hate missing things right now since everything is so pivotal and new and exciting.

Micheala is coming over now to go over all Deacon's needs. Ill feed her wine while boring her with all my little deacon rules. And girl talk. Then back to editing for a tiny bit more before finally sleeping. please please let this week go by FAST. god knows i need a vacation.

8 days and still no flight!

hmmm. eight days til i leave. still havent booked my london to paris flight. online trying to find it now. wrote down my itinerary i have so far.. but still have more to do. almost done with my thank you notes from my graduation-ive been busy! but they are coming as soon as i finish them all which will be before i leave.

me and hahnah are planning on shopping before i leave tacoma too. i need to get a camera lens (dont worry i know where and what im getting), a skirt that doesn't wrinkle easily and a bra. but i know what im packing for the most part.

i got the most glorious sunburn ever last week. i met up with hahnah at the ocean and was lying on my stomach for an hour or two and burnt myself from the bottom on my swim suit bottoms to the tops of my ankles. it hurt to sit. ive never been so burnt! its getting better now, only the inside of my knees hurt sometimes. and i havent peeled yet! hopefully not at all..

anyways. i think writing this blog is furthering my procrastination of not finding a flight to paris. so im going to do it. hopefully ill find something under $150. sigh. wish me luck.

and PS: at doyles-irish band on thursday. it will be awesome. ill be there, call me if you are in tacoma and want to meet up with me.

lovejordan.

time is flying by so fast. 14 days til takeoff

hey everyone. I just realized i leave in 14 days. the to-do list i have is extensive. i just bought my plane ticket from london to paris and from paris to florence. ill arrive in florence then take a train or bus to siena and hopefully arrive in time for our first meeting in siena. i got really cheap plane tickets, i just hope everything goes smoothly.

Rebecca and I are going to meet up in London and stay together in Paris for the first night. I still havent booked a place to stay for the rest of the nights ill be in Paris, but i will do it very very soon.

Ive got my carry on bag from tjmaxx and a huge purse thing im hoping wont be too big to use as my second carry on. I still dont know if tripods are okay to carry on... i want mine there, but i dont want them to take it from me. so im either going to carry it on and hope for the best, or mail it to myself. Must check out prices for mailing from tacoma to siena.

mainly im nervous about my carryons. i dont check luggage and i dont trust TSA or any airport security people to touch my stuff. im not too worried about the other stuff.. which i think is a problem of mine. I never worry about the things i should. hahaha.

I really just cant believe how quickly this is all coming. and how unprepared i feel. Im sure ill figure it all out though. wish me luck! i need lots of it. haha.