'Twas the Night Before Travel Day...Let the Roasting Begin! January 16th, 2015

The bags are packed and we're ready to go.  I do wonder if vacations really are as "relaxing" as they are intended to be. Or is it that all the preparations leading up to your departure just makes you feel so much more relaxed once you arrive to your destination, because you are so stressed out by the time you head to the airport?

Work with me here for a moment:

• Is it not true "restricted items in your carry on" is just a ploy between the airline and your credit card carrier for the moment your luggage has been "misplaced";
• For weeks, we've been watching the American dollar plunge to 1999 rates.  That alone has become stressful enough to give even the most healthy a heart attack;
• I think it's odd that a 20 kg checked bag seems like a fair standard, until of course when you have actually packed and weighed your suitcase - for the 3rd re-pack (and counting).  By the way, how is it that fellow travelers who are departing for 1 week get to take the same size and weight as those of us travelling for 2 weeks?
• Even though you know in your heart your career is likely not going to blow up just because you plan a vacation, somehow working to fit in everything you would have done for the duration of your absence, throughout the week prior to your leave suddenly seems rather silly.  Geesh, wish I would have seen that one about 40 hours ago;
• It does become disconcerting to realize you are wearing out your passport, just by the number of times you have checked, checked and double checked that you pack it.

Never-the-less, the bags are in deed packed, and this time tomorrow we will meet our travel-mates (all 16 of them), where we will celebrate our safe arrival in Toronto. Here we will begin scheming a plan to determine how best to leave our footprint on the journey ahead. Of course, there will be lots to celebrate over the next week.  Speaking of which, special thanks to the creativity of my cousins Melinda and Bill, who posted this incredibly creative birthday card for our Aunt Linda, who will be turning a young 60 while we are away.  Good work guys! 

Let the roasting begin!

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