Our bags are packed and the itinerary is set. In an hour from now, Susan and I will be heading to the airport to begin three weeks of vacation! This time just Susan and I are going and the kids will be staying at our place.

With assistance from drugs and alcohol, I’ll be taking two flights today — one to Charlotte, NC, and a second to Heathrow Airport in London. We’ll be spending two nights there before zooming off to Paris for another two nights. Next is Barcelona, where we’ll spend a day before boarding a cruise ship and spending the next fourteen days leisurely cruising back toward Miami, making several stops along the way. I’m not sure what ports we’re stopping at but the one I’m the most excited about is Bermuda because, hey, Bermuda Triangle.

While Susan has been “over the pond” before, I never have so I’m looking forward to seeing something new. I’ll try to update the blog during our trip and of course we’ll be posting lots of stuff to Facebook. With everything that’s going on at work it’s probably not the best time to take a vacation… which on the other hand makes it the perfect time to take a vacation!