Hi, friends, I felt the need to check in and say hi to you all so I thought this might be a good thread to use.
Since my father's funeral and getting back form CT I've been very, very busy with work. Finally, last night, I preached a big, big gig and now I can finally breathe. Alas, just as I finally get a wee bit of freedom, Gwen takes off for a long weekend. I'm proud of her though. She's going to Baltimore to be trained in animal rescue following disasters. She'll be working long, hard days between now and Sunday, but when she comes out on the other end she'll be prepared to be called up to go wherever she's needed. That's my girl. I know we have lots of animal lovers on this board so you all know what a great thing this is.
The kids and I will miss her, and our border collies are already feeling very needy. She's their packmaster and they are not so keen on sharing her with pigs, snakes, and whatever other animal life are hung up.
In the meantime I'm thick in the midst of preparing our August trip to AKL and I've never had it so good. We're staying concierge and all I've have to do is make those oh so hard decisions of whether we want to move from beside the pool on any given evening and then mail in our requests when we decide we do. Ah, that's the life.
So far we're taking both safaris, having our anniversary dinner at Victoria and Alberts, getting together with my family, who all live locally, at Jiko for dinner, making sure we get to the Adventurer's Club at least twice, and we certainly hope to hook up with any of you who will down there during our stay - including Orlando Mike! Of course we also want to spend at least one lost afternoon at Mexico's outdoor cantina, dashing back and forth between margaritas and fast past soarin rides.
Have a good one!