T Minus 3 Days (4 Days?)  3 Days?
March 21, 2012

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This is Carlos laughing at me because I can't make up my mind.  Is it 3 days until I go, or 4?  Technically, I guess 4.  It's about 97 hours until the plane takes off, so 4 right?   But........Thursday, Friday, Saturday......and then I leave on Sunday.  Night.  3 days.  See............I can't make up my mind.  *giggle*  Laugh, Carlos, Laugh.  I am! 

Okay, so, with 4 or 3 days to go until I leave, I thought I'd best post an update.  The big news?  I've got a new passport!  YAY!  Probably the single most important piece of this whole puzzle.  I wouldn't be going anywhere if I didn't have a passport.  So I guess I'm glad I paid that extra $30 for the rush fee.  :P   So, it looks like we're on.  I'm going.  Ai Yi Yi.   It's real!  Belgium!  In 3 days! 


I have to say things are slowly coming together.  Finally.  Passport in hand.  Euros in my pocket.  Supplies purchased.  Piles of stuff in the spare bedroom ready to be put into the suitcase.  I need to alter my dress still, but that won't take long.   OH!  I got a gorgeous, gorgeous necklace for it today!  It's this amazing blue and I don't even normally wear blue!  But this was just so.......sparkly and perfect!  I love it!  I hope it looks okay when I put it all together.  *giggle*  I guess I'll know in a week!  (Don't worry, I'll do a dry run here!  What girl wouldn't?)

So, tomorrow I pack and get myself completely organized.  I took the day off and that is the plan.   I'm feeling rather calm at the moment, which is a bit strange, but I always do better with a looming deadline.  Always.  In work.  In life.  I pull it together when there is a deadline.  And I do a great job of it.  Usually.  So, there is a deadline of 3 or 4 days.....I have a plan and it will be executed and all will be fine.  Right?  Right.  Si, si Senorita.  :)   It's strange that this calmness is coming over me; I expect a freak out any day.  A big, hysterical tears freak out.  But maybe it won't come.   And if I does, I hope it doesn't happen at the airport!   EMBARASSING!   So, I'll keep you posted as I go along.  I don't want to say I feel 'better' but I am calmer and thinking maybe I can do this.  I can do it, right?   

I think we need a Belgian lesson tonight before I sign off.  I was told that beer is big in Belgium.  So, imagine........a Brewin Brewing Beer in Belgium.  :P   I don't drink beer.  I can't tell you the last time I had one.  But Belgium has 178 breweries.  I might have to drink some.  Apparently there is a cherry beer?  I might like that.  Something light and fruity that doesn't taste like beer.  Does such a thing exist?  Don't tell me to try all 178 until I find one I like!  LOL.    But maybe I should have at least ONE beer or half a beer when I'm there, right?    I'll think about it.  There must be something to it since so many people like it.   hehehehe

Oh!  On the topic off food - okay, we weren't really talking about food but close enough - a 13 year old boy gave me a hug today because I promised I'd email him a picture of a Belgian waffle.  The boy is crazy for waffles it seems.  LOL.  Okay, Mr. Kyle, deal.    And on the menu for my department lunch today was Mussels and Frites.  Yes, Frites.   I also know that is a Belgian dish.  Look at me!  How much I've learned since we started!   But while I might drink beer, I don't think you're going to get me to eat mussels.  :P   Yuck. 

Here's a map of Belgium for you to study.  Maybe see if you can figure out where I'm going to be.  :)   You can follow me on my travels.   (sorry, couldn't get the beer pic to load in the right spot!) 

Okay, Lovelies.  Nighty Nighty time for me.   Would you like an update tomorrow?  When it's T Minus 3 Days (or 2 days?)  Not that I have a clue what to blog about.   I'm about tapped out.   What else is there to cover off?  Suggestions?  

T. 
xx