And So Far…

I have my speech all done and on cards. A bit later I will get Fred to listen to it and time me again but I am not really worried about the length of it. There are a couple of words I stumble over that I need to rehearse more but, basically, it is done and I am ready.

I went up to the travel agent to get my ticket sorted out and forgot my folder so I had to come home. But since I live just down the road, that wasn’t a big problem. I decided to go ahead and get full medical coverage as well as lost luggage, canceled flights etc., you know, all the usual stuff. The price was more than she had told me over the phone but she apologised because she had given me the 30 days or less quote and I am going to be there 42 days. So, I wrote a check for the tickets and gave her my debit card for the insurance and came home. Only then did I realize that I had totally forgotten to tell her I wanted aisle seats. I really detest having to climb over people to get to the bathroom and since I have long legs, I am much more comfortable sitting on the aisle where I stick my feet out to trip every one. She went ahead and did that for me on the domestic flights but she said she would have to call Air Italia because normally they assign seats but, she said, they would take requests over the phone. She also apologized that she didn’t ask me. Well, it would have been nice if she had, but basically I feel it is my responsibility to let her know where I want to sit. Anyway, she said she will send me email when all this is done.

My new resolution is to stop spending money!

QUOTATION: If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it!

Jonathan Winters

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Pat

April 30, 2007

Good luck on that resolution. It would be near impossible for me to keep that one! I hope you wow them all with your presentation! The class is almost over!

darlingnikki

I need to stop spending money too. *sigh* Good luck on your speech!

Lily47

Me too. I always ask for an aisle seat.

TheWoodsprite

I hope you get your aisle seats on all the flights! I hate having the window seat too. And I hope you have a lovely rest-of-the-day! hugs, Weesprite

Flyte

I am still very excited about your trip and can hardly wait to hear all of your updates about it when it does happen.

Now that you have your tickets it must seem more real to you. Good luck on your presentation. I know you will do fine!! Hugs, M

Violet

LOL! I go through phases where I spend money like water, and then I trim back for a while. Funny how that goes. ryn: I’m definitely re-thinking a pc upgrade, at least until the Vista bugs are worked out. I’m hearing more and more about programs that don’t work with Vista. Can’t have that!!!