the beginning of the scotland adventure

well, three more hours until becca and i leave work to head to the airport. we leave houston at 2:00, arrive in chicago at 4:30, leave there at 6:00, and arrive in london at 8:00 a.m. (2 a.m. houston time) tomorrow morning. from there, we take a bus from heathrow to cranfield, meet up with karen, i get a quick tour of the cow pasture or cornfield or wherever it is that karen works (tee hee). a couple hours later, we hop in the little purple car and karen drives to edinburgh while becca and i crash, exhausted. for the next week, the three of us road trip around scotland and try to avoid arguments and other disasters. ;) becca and i return to houston at 9:00 p.m. on sunday the 15th.

 so that is the plan.

(10:53 a.m.)

with all this talk about tropical storm fay threatening the texas coast and the clouds beginning to gather ominously in the sky, i hope our flight to chicago gets away on time! i have this nagging feeling i'm forgetting to do something before i leave...how bad is that?!? agh!

but i'm sure i have everything that's absolutely necessary. last night as i was on the phone to my mom i realized that i hadn't put my passport in my purse. now that would be interesting. "well, yes sir, i'm trying to go to scotland, yes, i do have a passport, no, i forgot to bring it with me..." ha. it's weird that i almost forgot it to begin with, because i love it so much. you know, with its pretty stamps and such.

anyway. this page likely won't be updated for the next week and a half. i may be able to check email once at the beginning of the trip and once at the end (when we're in cranfield), but i think the purpose of that will be only to let my worrying parents know that i'm still alive.