First, a quick trip to Vietnam to take care of some personal business (just a week), then home for one night, and then off to the UK for ten days. The spousal unit has two major car-related events lined up to occupy him in England (I'll be bringing a quilting project to work on while he's off doing car things) (and maybe I'll visit Stonehenge again -- I loved seeing it the first time, many years ago), we'll take in "Spamalot" in London (the second time for me, the first for him), have dinner with one of the folks who used to be on my team when I was with The Company, perhaps have drinks with some of the other folks who are still at The Company, and we're not sure what else. We'll be picking up a car we've bought (in the UK), so we'll have a bit more flexibility than we might otherwise have.
In Vietnam, we'll spend some time in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon), and a couple of days out in the country, visiting family friends. It's hot there, as usual, with lingering thunderstorms and/or rain (oh, goodie), but we've been there enough that I think it won't be such a shock to our systems as it was the first time! It will be quite a transition when we get to the UK, where the temps are hovering in the mid-60s, with probably some scattered showers. So, we've got two piles of stuff growing on the dining room table: one for Asia, one for Europe. Such global wanderers we are...
We went and smacked the tennis ball around again this morning. My energy level wasn't what it should have been -- I just could not get myself to scurry around the court to get to the ball. Well, some days are like that, I guess. (I didn't totally embarrass myself, but just wasn't firing on all cylinders.) Ran errands, organized "stuff", blah blah blah... Just sort of futzing and putzing around. Not a bad way to spend Labor Day.
I should have roused myself to pay more attention to the Republican Convention, but I just can't get that excited. Every time I listen in to any Republican Party propaganda -- er, messaging -- I start getting a headache from increased blood pressure. I try, I really try, to maintain some distance and criticality in my thinking, but I just think the messaging is so very wrong for our country. OK, there you go -- I've laid it down for y'all to see... Yep, I'm so not a Republican. I do have a whole lot of compassion for whats-her-face, the VP candidate, with her family issues. Can't be fun, between her new baby having Down syndrome (no, there's nothing wrong with it, just added stresses and challenges) and her 17-year-old daughter pregnant (again, just more challenges that perhaps would have been better faced later)... I send many positive thoughts out to her and to her family, that they'll work their way through these issues. I'm sure they will -- seem like a pretty strong family.
Well, I really should move myself off the sofa, and start cooking dinner. I should, and I will, soon. Really soon. Going to grill some steaks, cook up some fresh corn on the cob, and maybe throw together a salad. Typical American fare... I love my little grill (a 14" one, mini-kettle type, uses charcoal), but I lust after a gas grill. I used one in Kauai a couple of years ago (there were some at the condo complex we stayed at), and was immediately smitten! Who knew I'd turn into a grilling gal! I like the way the food tastes, and it's really not a big deal.
OK, that's it. One, two, three... up I get...
More tomorrow!
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