Category Archives: Travel planning

Like it or not, Paris, here I come.

Posted on September 9, 2010 by

I got my French visa exactly one week ago today.  So I guess it’s really happening.  I am moving to Paris!  Well, for a year at least. I haven’t written about it all summer.  Partly because I wasn’t sure if … Continue reading →

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Exhausted

Posted on March 9, 2010 by

We’ve spent the past few days up at 6am and working until nearly midnight.  Cleaning, packing, moving.  And repeat.  I’m exhausted and have to be up in three hours to catch the plane, but I just wanted to say goodbye … Continue reading →

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The Packing List

Posted on March 7, 2010 by

I found a packing list on someone else’s blog a few weeks ago, and it really helped give us a jumping off point for where to start, so I thought I’d do the same here.  I can tell already we … Continue reading →

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drugstore cowboy

Posted on February 24, 2010 by

We went to get our vaccinations today.  I thought I wasn’t going to have to get any vaccines because of my Mexico trip a few years back, but it turned our it’s been 10 years since my last tetanus shot, … Continue reading →

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In the land of lasts

Posted on February 18, 2010 by

As we get closer to the date we’re leaving, we’ve started to enter the land of “lasts.”  It hit me this morning – I have a weekly tradition with my officemate Heather where every Thursday morning one of us brings … Continue reading →

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For really real

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

We bought our plane tickets tonight.  Took our new laptop up to Cafe Eclectic, had some dinner, searched for ticket deals, and then bought them.  The strangest feeling came over me… it was like a panic attack, only I was … Continue reading →

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What?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

I desperately needed to clean my room today, as those of you who have seen it recently can attest.  There were just piles and piles of clothes all over the floor, some of it laundry I had done over Christmas … Continue reading →

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When Having a Bad Day is a Good Thing

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Today was a seriously crap day at work.  It’s Friday.  I had already put in 40 hours this week by 10am, and I have to be back tomorrow.  Saturday, dear reader, if you are following.  By 4pm today everyone else … Continue reading →

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I quit! (papers fly through air)

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

We had a great event at the museum last night. It was an art scavenger hunt for adults… with copious amounts of wine.  (Will was kind enough to come in and bartend.) We were apprehensive about the turnout – the … Continue reading →

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The List

Posted on December 28, 2009 by

You know how much we like lists.  So tonight we made a giant two-page “To Do” list to help us get organized for the trip. It’s funny to see things like: __Clean out the garage __Buy plane tickets interspersed with … Continue reading →

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