First I packed and tied up numerous loose ends in preparation for our Big Trip. Tomorrow we drive to LA. Saturday we fly out of LAX to Madrid. After 3 nights there we take the high speed train to Barcelona for 3 nights. Then onto a cruise ship for 2 glorious weeks. After stops in Cartegena, Gibraltar, Madeira, Tenerife and LaPalma, we have 7 -- count them: 7! -- uninterrupted days at sea before docking in Miami and flying/driving back home.
Getting ready for a Big Trip always stresses me so much that I find it impossible to get excited. Maybe that's a good thing. Anyway, I've a bunch of cooking-related reading to take along. And a couple of beading projects so, hopefully, I can get some Making Stuff accomplished. I certainly won't ever be bored. I'm curious to see if we have any fabulous, inspiring food on the trip. I'll let you know.
My other Big Adventure is that I will be serving on the Board of Directors of North County Humane Society next year. I've volunteered and worked at NCHS off and on for many years. I haven't had time to do so the last couple of years because we've been so busy with house construction. Now I live just a couple miles from the shelter. I've long planned to get involved again once we were in the new house, but I never thought I'd start that re-involvement by being Vice President of the Board! I'm excited. The Board is great. The staff is great. The cats are great. We do great work in our community on little or no money. (We're totally privately funded.) I attended my first Board meeting tonight, although it's still the "old" Board. I was so impressed. I love these people and their devotion to the animals.
Well, now I'm just babbling. For the time being, adios. I'll blog if I can while away, and I'll be back to cooking in 3+ weeks!
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