Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Leavin' on a Jet Plane




     A black crow sat in the bare tree outside the bedroom window this morning and cawed its dark opinion of the world. Rain is spitting against the glass and the temperature is a grungy fifty-two degrees. And my perfectly balanced washer decided it would be hilarious to cha-cha this morning’s load of wash around the basement. 
 
 Not the most auspicious beginning for a Big Trip. 

At this rate, it makes me wonder if a tasseographist might find in my tea leaves the shape of a mountain (a signal of a journey marred by hindrance), or if a Babylonian haruspex (thank you, Google) would be likely to discover something hinky in the liver of that day’s unlucky sheep.

Still, I’m all packed, the timers are on the lamps, the neighbor’s picking up the mail, and the newspaper’s been stopped so I guess there’s no backing down now.
We’re off to Yurp, refugees and terrorists be darned. We’ll be floating down the Danube some of the time and hiking around over cobblestones the rest. If nothing else, judging by the stern requests for contact numbers, this trip has proven that my kids are officially adults and I need to stop thinking of them as perennially 12 years old with scrapes on their knees. 

 I’m not sure whether or not I should instruct you to watch this space. My blogging ability and/or motivation is hard to predict at this point. A lot will ride on a delicate balance between the availability of wine and Wi-Fi.

14 comments:

  1. Have a great trip! I suspect I'll be seeing something here before you return and if not, plenty after you do. You sure made me smile with that opening paragraph. Stay safe and have fun! :-)

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  2. plenty of time to blog on your return. relax and have fun. about 10 years ago my husband and I decided to take a month long driving trip up to Seattle and back down through the four corners area. we decided to get our first cell phone for the trip much to the relief of our son and daughter who were acting like concerned parents at the idea of the folks being incommunicado for a month.

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  3. Have a good time, take lots of photos so we can live vicariously through them.

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    1. The tricky part will be remembering how to blog away from my usual technical support.

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  4. We have scheduled a Danube trip next year and terrorism and climate change be damned. We will go with the flow, if you pardon the pun. I do not have difficulty blogging, but rarely have time or energy when I go from sunrise to sunset sucking up every last minute of fun.

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    1. So I'm basically on a scouting mission for you. :o)

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  5. What a fabulous itinerary. Have a wonderful trip. Forget you even have kids, until you get home.

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  6. Wonderful visual of your washer cha-cha-Ing all over the basement. Mine does that, too. Have a wonderful time in Yurp!

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  7. Hopefully you got all the gunk out of the way before the trip. I admire your determination in today's uncertain world. Have a safe and wonderful trip.

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  8. I hope your holiday is as wonderful as it sounds :)

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