Friday, September 8, 2017

And They’re Off…..almost

Just a quick post for all 4 of you that read this that Laura and I are leaving tomorrow for our Ireland adventure. We have been planning this for about a year now and I am so excited to go and see the country. Flying over there will be sort of a drag but I think I can manage since I know what lies at the end of the flight. Oddly, it’s the same amount of time to fly to Ireland as it is to fly to Hawaii. Go figure.

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I’m off work today as day one of vacay, packing and getting everything ready. Credit cards notified, phone ready. Clothes washed sorted and packed. (Oh, by the way, when I called my Nordstorm card they wanted to update my salary info and they raised my credit limit—gosh, thanks Nordstrom-also, the menu doesn’t include international travel. Maybe they don’t do that? Hmmmmm. Yes, they do.)

There are some updates though, since the last time I posted.

Happy is back in lockup after finding his latest pee spot on the dog bed—on my brand new carpet. He doesn’t like it and I feel bad but I feel worse for the fact I spent a lot of money on new carpet and I’m not going through that again. I do let him out for lap time in the PM, but probably while I’m gone he’ll be in his own room.

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I ran a relay race with my best racing partner Cathy—I ran the first leg which should have been about 6.5 miles but was actually over 7 miles. I thought that maybe I missed a turn somewhere. That’ll mess with your mind a little. And because I miscalculated the exchange, I parked about a mile away. Gawd.


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It was a little rainy but not bad. Nice cool weather. My hair is terrible. Did I mention my disappointing hair cut? I had this in mind--

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However, that’s not what happened. It’s way shorter and looks like a man haircut. That is really frustrating and I actually lost sleep over it. Oh well. It’ll grow but I was hoping for better for my Ireland trip. And yes, I had this picture with me and yes, I was explicit in how I wanted it and didn’t want it cut.

Anyway—after the race we went to Brothers and had our traditional after race bloody-

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We also went to Greekfest and toured the church

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So many icons…it was beautiful. I did ask if I could take pictures before I took pictures.

Dave got a new TV-it’s huge. And it has 72 dim zones. Don’t ask.

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Hard to see but old TV on top, big TV on the bottom.  Jack is not impressed.

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The box was good though

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So now we have a huger TV.

Lacey enjoyed the larger clearer image watching on her head pillow.

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So—that’s all the news.

I’ll be posting many pictures when I get back. And maybe throughout the trip on one form or social media or another.

Stay tuned.

I leave you with kitten pictures—courtesy of Laura’s fosters--

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If I was a foster, I’d have 20 cats. I already have a few too many

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