Countdown to Europe! T minus 10 days

So here we go...

This is my first blog. Kind of a test blog of sorts.

I am wrapping up my preparations for the trip. I have already begun feeling guilty
for leaving the cat for so long (ie. "oh my poor little kitty" , "I hope my parents survive" etc).

I always like to get a head start on my worrying.

Along those lines I took out my passport the other day and noticed an air bubble about the size
of a dime over my picture and discovered areas where the lamination had begun to peel.

I had the passport processor at the DMV look at it and he advised me to get a new one.

"What?!" I screamed calmly. "I only have two more weeks!"

I had to make an appointment at a regional passport office, in Norwalk , CT no less, and
pay lots of fees to get it in time.

As I write I am nervously awaiting the new passports arrival. It's supposed to arrive today.

Other than that all is going well.

Please let me know if you received this. I plan on updating this blog almost daily during the trip.