In about sixteen and a half hours, we’ll be getting on a train and heading up to Seattle for the holidays. My wife is on vacation, and we’re pulling David out of school a couple of days early. I can’t really ever sleep before traveling, so today is going to drag on a bit..

My laptop is packed already, so I won’t be able to do a proper post until about 11pm tonight. To make up for this, I’ll try and post a series of bite-sized morsels leading up to the beginning of our journey.

I, of course, am fully packed. My two companions have yet to do likewise. Probably it has more to do with exhaustion than a dearth of excitement. David is getting over his fever, and Flor had been working herself to death, trying to get everything perfect for our grandson’s 2nd Birthday Extravaganza (although, to be fair, compared to last year, his party is almost entirely reasonable).

I have to run out and do a couple things that I’ve been putting off, as I won’t be back until 2015. Still, I’m pretty sure I can take a nap, both at home this afternoon, and once again this evening after we change trains.

-Tex