Today was spent mostly preparing. I drove to Waterloo as I decided last night that I am going to need my Glenmorangie if I am to make it through this trip A.) alive and B.) somewhat sane. I went to the big Hy-Vee that is out by the mall (for those of you not from …
Yesterday was my first time riding a train in the US other than in a major city. I rode Amtrak from Chicago to Osceola, IA. Compared to all of the trains that I have ridden in Europe, it was a lot bumpier and rockier. I could only work on a dishcloth as the lace stole …
So, the past few days have been spent running around, eating at Jimmy John’s and Chipolte and friend’s houses. I’ve mastered two strollers. Well, ok, I mastered one of them and the other I’m pretty sure that I understand the concept behind. Anyway, Sarah and I have been bopping around shopping and running errands and getting …
10.) No one talking about either cricket or rugby. It’s not that I have anything against those games but I understand them even less than I do (American) football and thus find them incomprehensible. 9.) Cornhole. Best outdoor game for for folks who have been drinking ever (you don’t need to drink while you are …
I’m sitting here cooling my jets in the Dusseldorf airport feeling very glad that I didn’t have enough cash to get the Glenmorangie Scotch that I wanted to get. Despite assurances that from the airline representative that I had called specifically to make sure of this, I was made to go through both …
Last day here. Tomorrow I will be getting up ass-early to haul my sorry carcass out to Heathrow airport (at least it isn’t Gatwick which is even further) to get onto an airplane to go to Dusseldorf. I’m flying Lufthansa all the way there and United on the way home. I am so excited that …
So, in between trying to get everything as ready as I can for Tech Support while I am gone and trying not to spaz out from excitement I have been knitting on the never-ending stole. The hubby was originally kinda sad that he wasn’t going to get to see the end of …
Today, from 10:30 am until about a half an hour ago (4:30 pm) the power was out. We had received a nice little letter from the electric company about a week ago telling us that this was going to happen, so it wasn’t a total surprise. Still, it sucked. Luckily, the battery for the …
So, I’m just going to get this out in the open up-front. I know that this is my fault. It is my fault that I have the sniffles now and will have a full-blown sinus infection before I get on the plane on Thursday. “Why?”, you may ask. Simple. I am much too excited about …
7 days. 1 week. That is all that is left until I leave on the Travel Insanity Tour ’09. I can’t wait to see y’all!
Sarah Jane Humke 