Bit Behind

 - I am just thinking, it's just five weeks till the Danube cruise and I am still a lot unprepared. Normally by now I have thought about everything but I frankly am behind - or am I getting too comfortable now not to plan or lay out everything? I have a general idea of what my "look" will be for the trip and I have a little but of execution from it, but still have a long way to go. As years go by, though, I find that I am a whole lot smarter about everything. Gone are the days when i would over pack, for example. I bring just enough - the playing safe in me may bring a piece or two in excess, but no more overload. I have just learned about that the hard way too many times. Okay, now that I am writing about this I am getting more excited... and just a little bit scared that i am behind in my preparation.

Ye Olde Life

 - I haven't written here, and I wish I knew why. Fatigue? Apathy? Maybe a bit of both, nor not. All I know is that I had the urge today. Maybe I will do it a weekly thing - a "week that was" kind of update. I just finished watching on Blu-Ray "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," and it touched me. It's kind of about September 11, and of course it made me think about ye olde life. I have been thinking about that lately, anyway. I go through waves of it, I guess. It's melancholy, but then it's not. I sometimes think what life has yet in store for me, if any. I was very pleasantly surprised with Sandy Bullock on the movie, by the by. I write her off by default, but she delivered here. The movie also made me want to see out Jonathan Safer's book - I am sure there is much more depth and texture to this story.

- What A Difference a Speaker makes. I have been using these rinky-dinky $10.00 iLuv speakers for a while now, and when I play music from my Iphone, it actually runs interference and there is this noise/buzz that comes out on certain songs. So I went in search for new speakers, and found some Altec Lansing ones on Groupon for cheap. I really wasn't expecting too much, but it is marvelous. It's a wonder what real speakers make - I sometimes feel like I am hearing songs for the first time. I am so happy with this purchase, you have no idea.

- Vacation in about five weeks, and I am excited/scared/anxious as I always am whenever a trip comes up. I just hope there are no delays, no problems. I have a six hour layover in Heathrow, so I am hedging my bets. I hope it won't be too bad, and there are worse places in the world to be stuck, if it happens.

Kiki and Kim