Pure Craziness

That's life lately! It's just been crazy around here! We spent Easter weekend in Osage Beach, MO with my awesome friend Andi and her boyfriend, Gio. I was soooo happy to get to see them. I love Andi, and don't get to see her nearly as often as I'd like. We stayed at the Lazy Days Condos. Andi's family has been going there since she was a wee lass, and I've been there with her a couple of times before. It's nice to go somewhere familiar.

We shopped, we slept, we ate. It was perfectly relaxing. Somehow, though, we managed to come home more tired than we left. How does that work? We most certainly did our part to support the economy! Holy cow! We bought a ton of stuff. We found tons of awesome sales with tees for $8 and polos for $10. We stocked up since we won't be going back for a while. (plus, I got a new awesome purse!) And, the Jeep did brilliantly on it's first road trip. If ever there was a perfect vehicle for me, that's it!

Chris and I leave for Scandinavia in 9 days. Oh my gosh. It just hit me...9 days. That's all. Oh my gosh! I can hardly stand myself. Seriously....I was excited about it and aware, but saying it to myself just now really brought it home to me. This trip is already quite different from our last trip to Europe. Last time, we bought our airfare 9 months ahead. This time, it was 4 weeks. Last time, we knew exactly what we were doing & when....this time, I'm still trying to figure it all out. We're flying into Bergen, Norway, then on to Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn (Estonia), back to Stockholm, on to Aero Island, Denmark, and finally 4 days in Copenhagen.

It sounds like a lot, doesn't it? It is a lot. And there's still tons more we want to do than we have time for. We scheduled the trip for now because the airfare was significantly cheaper than even 2 weeks later. But we're running into problems. Nothing...and I mean NOTHING opens until May 1. There are a few things that are open already, but even those things aren't 100% open. On top of that, the things we want to do, like Norway in a Nutshell, are difficult to find out about. Rick Steves suggests reserving ahead of time, but I'm here to tell ya....it's not super easy! Never the less, I'm super excited! We may not be able to see all of the Fjords like I wanted to, but some is better than none, right? Yeah, you could say I'm excited.