Sunday. 28th. Roast chicken with all the veggies for dinner. 19:15 is bed time right?
Monday. Ok sleep. Noone screamed over the proxy upgrades. Got stuck into some other work that needs doing. Spent the entire evening organising one day in Milan and Cremona. Just when I thought I was done I found out that Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is in Milan. And that tickets are nearly impossible to get. And that the only day that you could get tickets in the next two months was the day we were going to be there. For 26 euros I thought why the hell not. And rearranged our day around it.
Tuesday. The start of the proxy problems. Well really just one problem (two actually but the other one was an easy fix) that manifested itself in a bunch of different ways. I was dealing with the first of them when I started getting hassled by other people about the second. Which of course made my brain explode. Stoopid proxies are big fat poos and hate me. Oh yes, there was another problem with memory leaks and crashes. Sigh.
Wednesday. Without people hassling me I had a look at aforementioned second problem, and was able to resolve it quite quickly. I work so much better when I can just tinker away at stuff without people hassling me. Had to redo the plastic sheeting around the beam the birds were eating because it had come loose. The sweetie got bacon and eggs for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and Chong Co feast for dinner (I cooked the first two). In the evening I was closing off travel browser tabs in Chrome, noting anything useful in them if need be.
Thursday. Woke up at 4:20 stressing about All The Things. And an awful day at work fighting with the proxies. So not much planning in the evening. Watched a bunch of videos on Italy (a few on typical scams - which is really just common sense stuff for any city). We also started watching Super Cub, which is a bit like Laid Back Camp in that nothing much really happens but it's still lovely to watch.
As I feared, the birds discovered there's another beam at the other end of the balcony they can get at. So this time I wrapped tinsel around it. So far so good.
Friday. Had an early night and slept ok, but was super stressed out about All The Things and even ended up in tears before I'd even logged on to work. The stoopid place in Ortona I'd booked responded to my question about getting a taxi from the station with "ok". wtf??? So I asked them again. I couldn't get SSL in Eudora to work on the laptop, even doing everything I did for this computer. The kitchen was a disaster. There were no clean plates or cutlery left in the house but the dishwasher wasn't even full. The day didn't improve. Well, until I declared POETS, had my last music practise for a while and had chicken kiev for dinner. Watched some more Super Cub in the evening.
Saturday. Slept like crap. Sigh. Woke up some time after two stressing about All The Things, and didn't get back to sleep til probably around four. Had a bit of a sleepin (til 6:38!!) but still tired. The place in Ortona didn't even bother to respond, so I cancelled it and booked somewhere else. If someone can't even respond to a super simple question, then there's no way I can trust them to respond to any sort of problem should it arise. Then just holiday planning all day. The new place in Ortona I booked got back to me about a taxi - no such thing in Ortona, but they'd be happy to pick us up from the station. Only problem is they charge an extra 15 euro to make up two beds for two people, even in a three-single bed room for two people. A bit dumb. If I ever rate it it'll lose marks for that. Started writing up a "brochure" for the holiday to get me excited about the trip (and to make everyone totes jelly) which was a bit of fun. Roast pork and veggies for dinner and more Super Cub.
Sunday. Slept a lot better. Finished the holiday brochure. Puttered through the todo list. Had a go at packing my suit case. I wanted to see if I could fit my fully loaded backpack into it. Turns out I can! (a lot of places won't let you take backpacks, and so on quite a few days we'd be needing to leave our bags either at hotel reception or stations. So I wanted to be able to lock my laptop away inside the suitcase).
This is pretty much everything I want to take.. yipe!!
Believe it or not I actually travel fairly light. This is the suitcase fully packed - heaps of room!
And this is with my fully loaded backpak inside! Winning!
Our last overseas trip was much much harder to pack for, in that in addition to summer and winter regular clothing, we also needed a stack of formal and smartwear. This trip will be sooo much easier!
OMFG I will be going overseas again this week!! Link in blog :) And OMFG I'm going to miss the sweetie. Like in Dresden in 2016, I'll probably feel it most acutely in places I've been to with him - probably in Neuschwanstein this time.
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