Departures

SCOTT!!! Little inside joke!

Anywho... this is my sister preparing to board our flight to Edinburgh! You can tell she is over joyed at the fact that I'm catching her in this moment!

Waiting…

Airport lounges seem to be the most dull and least invigorating places in which travel can land you.

Internet has to be paid for
Washrooms are dirty
Its noisy… perhaps a little bit smelly

But honestly there is more happening in these lounges then these abysmal realities. People are seemingly deep in conversation, anticipation of upcoming adventures are ripe within the air… and a little kid is insisting that he and his little posy of hooligans bounce their ball dangerously close to your laptop and hard earned and desperately needed caffeinated beverage! With their shouts of “you never catch the freaking ball” and “shut up or I’m going to tell mom” in my ear I become aware of the sickening fact that I still have 2 hours until boarding time and if these kids mother doesn’t call them back soon I’m going to have a minor freakout! Furthermore, as I sit here, unable to stop snickering (and perhaps growling) a little at the poor boy who hasn’t grasped the concept of catch, my sister is displaying her extremely annoying ability to zone out anything around her! But never the less! I’m super excited!!! Edinburgh in 8 and ½ hours!!! YAY!!!!

Update!

The holy terrors with their bouncy ball of doom have now been recalled to their base!

Moment of Terror!

There are two flights up on the board at the moment! Exeter and Port of Spain… That means that there is a 1 in 2 chance that the hooligans might be on my plane…. Help!

August Haze

I can't believe that I only have a day and a half until I will be in Edinburgh! And to be honest, this trip could not have come at a better time! The past few days in Ontario have been the hottest of the entire summer and I (being a cold weather person) can not be happier to be escaping! I'm so excited for the cold weather that in my typically stubborn nature, I went to starbucks (in 30+ degree weather) and insisted on ordering my typical "grande non fat vanilla latte!" Even with the barista attempting to dissuade me I persisted on with my decision! And you know what!?! I enjoyed that latte in my cool air conditioned car regardless of the relentless heat! HA!

Any way, all I can say is that it best be cooler in Edinburgh or I am going to be severely disappointed!! Well not really! I honestly can not wait! I'm practically jumping off my seat writing this!


Oh, and another thing that I learned yesterday is that if you have a starbucks card you can register it online and save something around 50 to 70 cents on each purchase! I was dually informed that if I had had my card registered I could have gotten the vanilla in my "grande non fat vanilla latte" free! And that it works out to a free drink every five purchases! So don't be like me and not register you card!

Take Me Away!

I was watching Departures (a fantastic Canadian show by the way), and all of a sudden the yearning to travel creeped up on me! And unfortunately this yearning has turned into a dull ache the past few days!!! All I can say is that its a good thing that I only have 6 days until Scotland!

13 Days

There is something about impending travel that always gets m

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e nervous and excited! Perhaps it is the potential unknown adventure of entering a place that is entirely alien to you or, on the other hand, it may be due to the unavoidable trips through customs isles and interactions with persons who glare down upon you as if you are a suspicious specimen doomed to reak havoc through international airspace... I have no real inkling as to the real explaination but being 13 days off of my long anticipated trip to Edinburgh just has me practically bouncing off walls!