Landed

After about an hour delay leaving DFW, my flight took off and I made it to London! Apparently there was bad turbulence over the Atlantic, so our original aircraft was taken out of service. They had to locate a new one and get it cleaned and the catering loaded. We left an hour late, but we arrived at Gatwick only about 30 minutes later than originally scheduled.

I told Cass - it was like all the planets aligned. I got off the plane, was one of the first few in the passport control line, then my bag was the first one off. I headed toward the train for the South Terminal, and jumped on just as it was leaving. The same with the Gatwick Express - I jumped on and it left 2 minutes later. My first big wait was waiting for a Circle Line train at Victoria Tube station.

I got to the hotel, and Cass made me eat breakfast. Cyril and Yury were there, and I'm sure they were impressed with my tired, no-makeup, jet lagged (and xanaxed), just off the plane look. Miguel and Simon arrived as well, so we had quite a gathering. Finally they left for their work thing, and Cass took me to his and Mark's room to crash. Mark was still asleep, so he got up and showered. I was completely unconscious until about 2 pm when Cass burst in and woke me up go to change to the new room he checked into today. I think the cleaning people had let themselves in while I was napping, then left when they saw me. I was so dead that I couldn't even speak.

In the room, I got a cup of tea, got a shower, and got cleaned up. I've been hanging out watching British game shows (which I love!) all afternoon. Cass just finished (8pm) the work stuff, and I think we're going to go eat.

Takeoff

I'm leaving for the airport in about 45 minutes!

Auf Wiedersehen!

Update

Check.

Check.

Check. (scored some good meds!)

Check.

Check.

That leaves....
- go do Thursday Folders for Logan's classroom (on Thursday morning, obviously)

Woo hoo!

Just bear with me....

....while my head explodes!

There is so much on my To-Do list and so little time to get it all done before Thursday when I leave.

- go to the grocery store and get Luke Orange Lavaburst Hi-Cs (the only kind he will drink, not to be confused with Tropical something-or-other flavor, which are also packaged in an orange color!)

- get the girls off to school in the morning, then

- immediately drive to Endodontist (through Austin and rush hour traffic!) for emergency dentist appointment - don't want to be caught out of the country with a root canal problem - does anyone else remember Lewis Grizzard's story about that? I will be disappointed if pain meds aren't prescribed.

- when finished at Endodontist, take Luke to preschool .... late (but approved by the Director)

- pick up Mom and Aunt from the airport

- get cash (not from this neighborhood bank that got robbed Saturday, but the one right across the street from it)

- go do Thursday Folders for Logan's classroom (on Thursday morning, obviously)

Oh yeah, somewhere in there I should finish packing. And sleep.

I won't post the To-Do list I'm leaving behind for my Mom. ROTFLMAO! Well, it's really not a to-do list, more like a schedule/list of anything that might come up in our household kind of document. It's 3 pages long.

Just about 48 hours until I leave for the airport! ~*KABOOM*~!!!

6 Liberty Bowl tickets, 2 hotel rooms, now I need a brain

I can't believe I'm considering going to the Liberty Bowl to see Mississippi State play Central Florida.

The last time I was there, it was 1991, we were playing Air Force, and Jackie Sherrill (still my personal all time favorite coach) was Head Coach. Ahhhh. I remember getting into the stadium with my student ticket, making my way to my seat, and turning around to see Scott Carroll pull a case of Miller Lite out of his coat. Good times.

So, there I was at 8:29 am this morning, waiting for the MSU website to update and put the tickets on sale. Yes, the MSU Ticket Office has finally joined the 21st century and gotten online ticket ordering - as of today. At 8:30 am, there it was, and I clicked.... and clicked.... and clicked.... and clicked again. They want to make damn sure you want to order those tickets before they process your order! We've got 5 possible bowl-goers, so I got 6 tickets. 'Cause, you know, we're old and we need our space. I had already reserved 2 rooms in Southaven on Sunday. This is my second post-season MSU event this year (we went to the CWS in June) - it's getting to be old hat or something.

I'll also tell you that as I was sitting there ordering tickets, I had deviated from my regular morning routine. I had to get those tickets ordered before I left to take Luke to preschool. On my way home from dropping him off, I realized that I hadn't packed him a sandwich in his lunchbox! ACK! I had to make a stop at the Pflugerville Wal-Mart Supercenter (brand spankin' new), and pick up my groceries - along with bread and turkey for Luke's impromptu lunch sandwich. I ran back up to the school and stuck it in his lunch box.

At least my priorities are in order. LMAO!

Must have order

Just some examples of Luke's little idiosyncrasies:

If you come along and turn one of the Cars backwards, he immediately has to fix it. (not that I do that or anything - lol!)

I had the presents bunched up under the tree. Luke had to straighten them out for me.

This is the most recent (from T'giving holiday) - Cass bought him M&Ms at the store. I think he was eating them according to color.

On the mend

I think Logan is recovering. She's on Day 4 of her antibiotic, and her horrible cough is almost gone. Her fever is gone as well, thank goodness. She went back to school on Tuesday, so she only missed 3 days, thanks to the Thanksgiving break in there.

I'm starting to feel better, too. That's a very good thing, because I've got to start getting ready for the trip.

Cass leaves for Seattle on Saturday. He's flying from there to London on Tuesday, I think. I'll leave on (next) Thursday afternoon, arriving in London on Friday. We leave on Sunday night for Frankfurt. 2 nights in Frankfurt, then on to Berlin. 3 nights in Berlin, then back for a stopover at Gatwick in London on Sunday, then on to Dallas.

Cameron's got her science fair proposal done (due Dec. 6), and her book report done (due Dec. 13). She was supposed to take them to school today. Let's hope she remembers to turn them in.

I realized the other day that when I return on December 15th - I will have done NO Christmas shopping, and I will have NO Christmas cards anywhere near ready to send out. Yay! Plus, I'll have all 3 classroom parties to get stuff for, teachers to buy for, and Luke's Christmas program (please, PLEASE don't let him have a part!) - I think this all happens on December 20th.

OK, I better stop thinking about it. I'll make myself sick again.