Packing

All right, this is going to be my first official post. I just got home from Angi's surprise 40th birthday party, which, I might add, went surprisingly well (it was quite lovely). Anyway, the day of departure is quickly approaching--it's only one week away! That's right, for those of you haven't heard, I will be leaving on Sunday, August 20th on an 11:45pm flight out of SeaTac for JFK airport in New York rather than my original time on Monday due to the British terrorist mess check out http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/08/13/britain.terror.airports/index.html for an article on "snarled airline travel." So there's that. I spent much of this afternoon on www.swiss.com trying to fully understand what kind and how much luggage I'm allowed. I believe you can bring as many bags as you want, as long as you have no more than 273 cm worth of dimensions, and no more than 46kg in weight. And you can only have one carry-on, and it must weigh less than 8kg. I know, terribly exciting stuff. I still need to buy a few necessities, such as a battery-operated travel alarm clock. Actually, maybe that's it. Although I have dozens of things to do. I had many more sentences to write, but I can't seem to remember any of them now. I really need to start packing all of my stuff tomorrow; it sounds like a lot of work. And guess what! I'm finally almost going to turn eighteen. I've been trying really hard: after two birthday parties, I'm still only 17. And somehow Erin already turned 19. Next time I write maybe I'll actually have some exciting travel news to report.