Trip planning--especially planning for fairly major trips--is always something that somewhat fascinates me. The planning always gets more difficult the less time that is spent on the trip, or so it seems to me. There's always so much Neat Stuff, and too little time in which to plan it. Planning for major trips is always the wort, unless the length ( Read more... )

...but the half-life is much too short ( Read more... )

Leaving in about 11 hours. Not quite fully packed yet. Shouldn't've stayed up this late ( Read more... )

So it's been a decent start to 2006, at least. I went to church on Sunday, then went out in the late afternoon to watch The Producers, which was easily one of the more fun comedies I've seen for a while. It's translated well from screen to stage and back again. Besides that, really mostly a "sit around and do nothing" sort of day ( Read more... )

Drowning in depression, loneliness, and work stress. I suspect the third is helping mightily to contribute to the first two. Multiple 12+ hour days in a 'short' week will do that to one ( Read more... )

Head exploding.

Hawaii out. Cheapest tickets sold out, and I can't afford the extra $1K. Just as well, since it's supposed to rain in Kona all week next week. Stupid tropics.

Considering other possibilities, including just taking a day or so of vacation and vegging on my back balcony.

I'm looking at taking more vacation in the first week of 2006 than I took in all of 2005.

Hawaii is looking mighty attractive.

Well, I was going to do it, then my weekend plans got changed at the last second, then I went through a lot of debate about what to do for the weekend instead. And, in the end, I'm still going off to Asheville for a little bit of fun.

Sorry, lilisonna. I'll bring you back some pictures, though ( Read more... )