Frenzied

Chris and I are totally frenzied right now. We leave for Norway on Thursday. Thursday already. I can't stand it! There's still so much to do. Reservations to make, packing to do (lots of packing...we haven't started yet...at all). Right now, I think I'm more frenzied than Chris (no surprise there, LOL!). Work has been all-consuming for him lately. It's truly been crazy. Pure craziness. I'm excited to get him out of the country where they totally can't get ahold of him. One of his off-shore people (that would be a guy in India) called him in the middle of the night just to talk. I was actually still up, but I don't require nearly as much beauty sleep as Chris. The stress level has gotten totally ridiculous. Seriously.

Anyway, we have a lot of getting ready to do. I usually spend the night before a big trip staying up all night, taking care of all the little details. I've already made (well, really decorated - fancied up) our journals. Chris got me some awesome Moleskine journals for Christmas. I used two out of the three-pack. They're just perfect. Not to big, not too small, and enough pages for the whole trip, but not enough that you feel guilty for not filling it up.

I am a little worried about how much we're taking. Actually, though, I don't know yet how much WE're taking. I asked Chris to make a list of what he wants to take so we (I) can start packing tomorrow. Here's what I got:

• Socks



• Boxers



• Long sleeve shirts



• Short sleeve shirts



• Warm-up pants

Not really what I was looking for in the way of a list! Cracked me up. I even printed off Rick Steves' packing list! No biggie, we'll just do it together. We'll probably get everything out and put it in piles (maybe even actually put it all in the bags) and then go back through and weed out some stuff. I'm just really trying to avoid a sleepless Wednesday night. Although, maybe that would help me sleep on the plane from Memphis to Amsterdam. Nah, probably not. I'm terrible about sleeping on planes. I'm thinking about taking something to help with that this time. We arrive in Bergen, Norway at 4:35, so there will still be time for a little sightseeing, and I'd rather not be falling down sleepy!

On a non-travel note, my little Scooby isn't feeling so well. Poor baby. His allergies are seriously kicking up. Poor little guy. He's got lots of fleghm and is constantly trying to cough it up. We've given him some Benadryl, and it's helped, but not 100%. He's even got little globs of snot that dried around his little poo-bear nose. He needs lots of love right now. Poor guy. If he's not any better by Monday, I'm probably going to take him to the vet. I wonder what giving him Mucinex would do? That stuff really helps me!