Bon Voyage
Saturday, 8:34 pm
Jun
21
2008
So...after a very busy couple of days, I just said “Bon Voyage” to the lad. He’s off on a grand adventure for two weeks.
On Monday, he and his Dad fly to Barcelona to meet up with the rest of the family who have been cavorting about Europe for the past week. Sometime this week they’ll board a rather nice cruise ship (Crystal Cruises). For the next twelve days following, their ports of call will include Porto Venere, Rome, Sorrento, Katakolon, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Trieste, and Venice.
I am sort of trying to convince myself that I’m not envious. It’s not working very well, I must say.
On the other hand, the frugal energy nutcase side of me is horrified by the whole idea. The two sides will battle it out while the lad has a wonderful time. I’m pretty sure he will. He and his oldest step-bro have been texting each other madly today. Much excitement building.
Over the past few days, we’ve been racing hither and thither gathering up the papers he needs and documentation that proves he’s who he says he is. The funny thing (well, not so funny) is that most of these requirements are on the US side in order to get back into the country. I didn’t realize until the lad spoke (texted) with his step-bro today that US citizens don’t even have to go through customs in Spain. Go figure.
And, this afternoon, we went out and bought a bunch of cruise appropriate clothing because there IS a dress code. He already has the tux and the suit, but needed a couple pairs of dress pants and some nice polo shirts (all shirts worn on ship must have a collar) and a couple of pairs of casual shoes...not too casual, though. We had fun collecting the duds. He looked really cute in his jazzy attire.
Oh yeah, we also got his hair cut. The beard was non-negotiable and stayed. Trimmed, but very there.
So, Mom has a quiet house to herself again for a couple of weeks. At the moment, it seems a little too quiet, but I think I’ll adjust. My list of things to do while my floors are devoid of luggage and bags of stuff is quite long indeed.