Au revoir

I haven't taken time to blog for the past week because...I've been too busy SHOPPING! I've been a shopping maniac.

Did I come into some money? No.

Win a mall spree? No.

Have a bunch of Christmas gift certificates to cash in? Yes, but that's not WHY I've been shopping.

Then, WHY, you ask?

Because, I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow! That's right, PARIS!

It took Brian twenty minutes to pack tonight; it's taken me two weeks.

But if you were to ask Brian if he had, say: a raincoat, waterproof shoes, umbrella, or could find his swim trunks for the European spa we may visit, he'd say no. Whereas I have had all these things carefully stowed away in my suitcase for quite some time. Of course, once again, we come back to the point that I typically spend twice the amount of vacation time preping and worrying about the vacation--perhaps defeating the point of vacation--while Brian simply jumps into the plane/car/boat and enjoys the vacation. Whatever. We both have our passports so we're both winners this time.

Brian's aunt and uncle have been living in Paris this past year, and half of the family is flying out to celebrate his uncle's 60th birthday on February 4th. The 4th just happens to be the same exact day as my 30th birthday. Thirty in Paris! Not bad, right?

We're bringing the wheelchair because my leg can only keep up for an hour or so of walking (I've been training it with mall-walking, ha!), and we'll have a lot of sightseeing and museum touring to do.

I do think it's pretty funny that of the two birthdays being celebrated it's not the 60-year-old, but the 30-year-old with the cane and wheelchair. But I bet the old guy doesn't have a "modern" new haircut and freshly manicured nails!!! Yeah!

Au revoir!