Manila-bound in a couple of days, after 4.5 years! My laundry list of to-do's (in random order):
1. Eye check
2. Teeth check (I feel like a race horse)
3. A good ol' shiatsu (ooooooooooh!)
4. Hair cut at Eve's
5. Bank
6. Visit grave of EBC, mentor at old law firm
7. Tagaytay
8. Time with mom shopping
9. Time with mom eating, eating and more eating (plus cooking!)
10. Time with mom chillin'
11. Eating, eating and more eating
12. Trip to P&F law firm re potential work; and an appointment with a government agency involving a case.
2007 has been crazy and hectic. I've travelled around so much and been in Chicago about 10 days total so far,... it's been just one huge paperchase after the other. This week has been worse as I juggle work (including midnight overseas calls), plus personal errands for the coming trip. When I come home, I do more work, and plop on the bed when I can do no more. I barely have time to catch my breath. I don't feel good about myself that when C calls I am usually catching the bus, at the courier's, in the middle of another call, about to run out to the next place .... there's always something, and we seem to end up "blitz-talking", just firing away quickly on how our respective days have been. But, that's life, and I will make it up to him (soon, honey!). For now, I've pretty much crossed-off every thing I need to bring with me. Packing begins tomorrow. I always travel light... it's the best way, if not the only one, for a clumsy, skinny woman like me.
The jump from Chicago-freeze to Manila-hot is going to be major (read: drastic). There is also the humidity to contend with. But I so look forward to this trip, and will keep you posted in the days to come. Now, where's my camera....
(Photo: View of backyard. Vancouver, CA. January 2007)
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