4 more days! 

So how does Terry spent his T-4 day?  Digging in the backyard. Unbelievable.  I'm sure we have had this pool related leak for months, if not years.  But with only a few days left it is TIME to SOLVE the problem. When I first heard from him (I was at work) he was digging in the backyard and waiting on Jon to come back from his place with some miracle instrument.  It's now 9:42 P.M. and hopefully the problem is solved, I guess I will have to get a more technical explanation but the dyke has been plugged, at least for the moment.

Our drive in tv is still with us, out by the curb.  It looks like people are not desperate or stupid enough, to try to lug it home.  A few people did, but they were unable to make it work so they put it back on the curb where it belongs. We may actually have to pay someone to lug it out of here if it doesn't get run over while we're gone. I think we should leave it there. It looks at least as good as some of the old clunkers that have graced the same spot. (not our clunkers...we like those).

We both decided to get a few new clothes so people won't think we only have two shirts to our name...that is supposing that someone actually notices what we wear, which is quite unlikely.  We do, of course, being our most intense critics. My mode of shopping is by time.  Grab all you can in 1/2 hour which included this pair of stilettos that I for sure will never wear again.  Terry will have to carry me around the ship.  I can barely walk two feet in them.  Why women torture themselves with these things I have no idea. Oh wait, I did buy them, didn't I.  I even tried them on.  I am an idiot. I would probably take that curb tv home.

Truly I cannot wait. It will be good to get away from the routine of work, problems and reality TV.  We have a week in Barcelona and then we will board this exquisite new-to-us Holland America ship. Our room is at the back, Deck 8 - Suite 8169. Stops at Marseilles, Monaco, Florence, Naples, Taormina, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Montenegro and Venice. Tours in every port.  4 countries and we won't have to unpack but once.  Food - probably too much of it, shows and lectures, and tours, tours, tours. I will be tired, but it is a different kind - a Happy Tired.

Nieuw Amsterdam