Hello All:

Well I have been home now for 2 plus days.. and have been crazy busy with work, and trying to get caught up from being gone for so long and then getting ready for my fun part of the travels which starts on Thursday.

I got home Saturday night around 6:00 PM. It felt so good to be home for so many reasons. The air was cooler, less humid and so much fresher. I got home and dragged my bags up the stairs, and started to unpack. We went out to dinner which was a trip. It was like I had never been out. I had dessert which is a first time in the last 2 months.. and the cost was back to the high prices that we are all used to.

I slept ok the first night.. actually have slept ok every night since I have been home. I haven't slept great but I think I have a lot on my mind and that could be part of the problem. Sunday I slept in til almost 11 which was great. I spent the day just doing nothing.. but did get a lot of personal things caught up which was great. I saw some of my neighbors and just looked around the house and took it all in. I also went to chorus sectional rehearsal Sunday night and saw a lot of friends from the chorus which was GREAT. I really have missed my Wednesday nights singing. I have missed my friends equally as much.... which translates into I have really missed my life while away. A bunch of us went to Knock and hung out. I got some of the scoop on some of the guys which is always fun.

Monday and Tuesday I have been trying to work old things, new things and get caught up on my vouchers. I have just one to submit and fax in... and then the 3rd and final part of the trip needs to be done.. but waiting on internal paperwork to start that. Hopefully it will get here by tomorrow.. if not I will do it when I get back from vacation. I am getting more personal things caught up and done for the present today which is good as well. so far I have been very productive on all fronts.

Tonight I am going to go running over at Kelly Drive with Stephen P and maybe a couple of others. I just need to figure out what I am going to do about Euro's for vacation but have a call into to my BFF Tom to help me out on that. Just need to start thinking of what I am going to take on vacation for clothes etc.. and get that planned in my head so I can pack in 5 mins which is what I am going to have for time I just know.. :)

Tomorrow I plan on doing some work, winding down some work, and then start to get ready for vacation... I leave Thursday for Boston at 5 PM and will be staying at Tom and Joe's house. We all leave on Friday evening for Paris which we are staying overnight 1 night there. The 4 of us.. Tom, Joe, Michael Goetz and I are staying at my neighbor's house (They have a house here and also live in Paris temporarily) which will be great to see Rosemary and Dave. Then on Sunday we are off to Greece. Our trip is going to consist of 1 day in Athens, 2 days in Santorini, and then 10 days in a great villa in Mykinos. I can't wait to just hang out with everyone, and relax, and do not work. We should have a great time. On our way back we will be spending 2 nights in Paris again. I am staying at Rosemary and Dave's again both nights. We all are going to go to the Paris Car show which takes place every other year. I am kind of looking forward to seeing all the new cars that I can't afford.. :) !

Then we get back to Boston on the 11th, me back to Philly on the 12th of October. I have 3 days then to regroup once again...... and I am off to Manila Philippines once again for 5 weeks. I can't wait on one hand to get back there. I have taken the positives where ever I have gone and will go and make the best of it..

Maybe one day cloning will be in effect.. and then I can do everything I want to do in a much shorter time.. Until then.. I need to keep moving....

So I will give you a heads up when I get to Greece.. which will be Sunday.. Until then where ever you are.. make it the best you can.