The week is just beginning for me. When I travel, I think of the starting day as the start of the week, even if it happens to be Saturday. Tomorrow I am taking of for a few days to Philadelphia, and these are some promises I have made to myself for this week:
- The Google Reader can explode exponentially, and that is okay.
- I will continue to celebrate the catharsis Eric and I experienced today. Seriously, I feel so much freer now, and I may post more about it later, once it’s not such a hot topic around here.
- Twitter isn’t working on my iPhone, and I am going to try to be okay with that.
- I don’t know if there is wireless where we are staying, but even if there is, I probably won’t plug in too often.
- I’ll look at pictures of the pups at least once a day, but we do that anyway, so it’s not really a promise!
- When I pack in the morning, I’ll remind myself that I am not traveling to the developing world–things will not implode if I forget toothpaste. Seriously.
- I’ll spend at least part of the trip dreaming about our next trip. If we’re not going to be nomads right away, at least we can try to travel like we are! Any fabulous recommendations that I can pine over?
After I publish this post, I am going to go take care of some of my packing rituals. What do you do the night before travel?
PS-I put the same pictures of the pups on the photo blog too, and maybe one on an upcoming dog blog post, but what can I say? I kind of miss them already, and these are some of my favorite pics of them of all time.
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Hope to see you & Eric here in Philly, and feed you some <a href=”Marra’s pizza” and Termini’s … cannoli di ricotta!
Aww, puppies! They’re precious. I hope you’re all packed and ready and excited for everything travel-wise. The night before I travel anywhere, I have to clean my home. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I don’t like to come home to a messy apartment, so I clean everything. Literally everything.
Aw, so sweet! Enjoy your trip and I can’t wait to hear about your new outlook. Hope all’s well!
Have a great time! Your pups are just so adorable.
I’m not that great of a packer, so I can’t say I have advice, but like E.P. I usually leave my apartment as clean as possible. That’s what I want to come home to.
Twitter stopped working on my BBerry for two days… I’m not gonna lie, I freaked the EFF out. You’re stronger than I
such sweet pictures! nothing is better than a dachshund curl.
Have a good trip!
Aww.. your doggies are so cute! Don’t know if I’ve told you this before but my parents have 2 mini daschunds too. You can’t say no to those faces! Haha
Have a wonderful trip!
Those are some great things to remember!
Which app are you using on your iPhone? I use tweetie and I <3 it!
I heart pictures of the pups.
Very cute! I need to get packing myself (as much as I love travel, packing is never fun). Enjoy your trip!
Enjoy your trip! and how precious are your dogs? Love those faces!
I love trips, and am much like you - a mind like a nomad, if not my feet anymore. *smile* xo bon voyage!
I am so with you on the toothpaste thing! I always freak out while packing, as if there would not be a store to replace anything that I managed to forget. I hope you have a wonderful time!
I wish there was a way to stop Google Reader from pulling in feeds when I’m on vacation. The hideously large number when I come home is overwhelming. We are leaving for 11 days on Friday and I can only imagine what it’s going to be like when I get back! In the meantime, though, I am going to fully enjoy being disconnected the entire trip.
Have fun in Philadelphia! Have some cream cheese!
As for packing rituals… I am an obsessive list-checker. I make my list and check it thrice, and continue checking it while walking through all the rooms until the taxi comes to take me to the airport (if there is an airport involved, that is).