I’m typically a last-minute packer. It’s a two-step process that begins with a list and ends with the zipping up of my carry-on suitcase. But this time is different. Yes, there’s a list – an exhaustive one – but there’s also a few extra steps. And none of this is coming together last-minute (even if…
We are solidly within the two-week mark, and this should all be feeling quite a bit more real. Yet it still does not, and I’m thinking that’s due to our plans (or lack thereof). At the time that I write this, we have the following actually ‘planned’ (read: paid for): 2 one-way tickets from SF…
As this trip draws closer I’ve begun to encounter (with increasing fervor) a familiar comment from most everyone I run into. It goes something like this: “You must be getting SO excited for your trip!?!” I know it’s harmless – it truly is, but with each rendition my anxiety has risen another octave. Because the…
This all began with an email I flippantly fired off to Dave one Monday morning. It was semi-prompted by the look on his face late the previous night as he anxiously checked his blackberry for the sixth time – from bed. In that email, I proposed a hastily constructed list of ‘next steps’ for our…
Somewhere Seeking 