Vacation IV: The Preview

This summer has been crammed with trips:

"Vacation" I: Technically a work trip, I went to Dallas in June for the PCA's General Assembly. But it WAS fun, and it was a trip, so I'm counting it.

Vacation II: To Virginia for John's family reunion at the end of June, their first in 17+ years. (They couldn't remember.) Took lots of photos, went tubing on the Shenandoah, and got to know John's extended family better, right along with John!

Vacation III: Just got back from my family reunion in Illinois. Got to see one of my Jensen cousins whom I haven't seen in several years! Took about 450 pictures (though I lost the competition - my cousin Philip took twice as many), played games, celebrated Grandma's 85th birthday, sat around and caught up with about 45 cousins, aunts, and uncles. The usual chaos. It was great.

Vacation IV: We leave tomorrow for our Mediterranean cruise, which leaves from Rome, Italy. John and I, John's parents, his brothers, and my parents are going.

Today I'm unpacking from the Illinois trip and packing for when we leave tomorrow. I haven't packed this much for a trip since our honeymoon! My goal is to NOT stay up all night packing. And dusting and vacuuming would be nice too, but we'll see.

Signing off for 2 weeks!