I'm going away to Malta tomorrow (at an ungodly hour in the morning, don't ask!). The annual conference for Carmelite librarians is on there and I am starting to get quite excited now. Besides the usual getting ready gitters, the preparing to travel gitters, and the OMG I'm travelling gitters, of course.
So far:
I still have to pack.
I still have to dig out my passport.
I have some cash.
and new clothes.
and new shoes (although I wasn't meant to buy them).
And then all my old summer clothes which I had presumed went missing when we moved house, turned up unexpectedly in a friend's shed. Maybe they hid out there to avoid all the chaos. I don't know. But now I have extra summer clothes. Some of them quite suitable for a conference.
And guidebooks. I now have three. And a map which I probably won't need, but its nice to have it.
I must:
Pack Shampoo - forgot it when going to Washington DC and I will never allow myself to forget it when going on holidays again. Ditto, but not so much on nail varnish remover. Only my toenails are currently varnished.
Pack Notebooks - probably just taking one. Will surely regret it when I get there. Hmm, maybe should bring two - one for writing and one for work.
Pack Pens. Lots of pens. Hate the prospect of running out of pens.
Pack Batteries for the camera and the mp3 player. No I don't have a charger. Oh, and pack the phone charger, and adapter!!!
I must also move the pictures currently on the camera (mainly of the cat) onto the laptop leaving the camera free for lots of pictures. and this year I must take care of the camera. Last year I broke my last digital camera taking pictures in Krakow. I still maintain it got a fatal overdose of baroque carvings and goldwork.
I have four books to read (I think). I doubt I will need more. These trips are usually the only time I get to read something for more than two minutes at a go. Oh wait, I also have Ruins Metropolis and Flashing Swords Summer special. Lots of reading! Who needs sleep?
If I could just get the gin and tonic in as well, I'd be happy!
You see why I hate to travel? I have to travel with me!
One of the other reasons I am so excited about this trip is that the Carmelites came to Malta in and around the 1200s (maybe a little later) and were never suppressed there. And don't really know all that they have there. Just rooms, full of old stuff, piled up... Hmmm.....
Sorry, went off to a happy place there.
So this is a long post to say that after this evening I will not be around until next Saturday. I plan to beg![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
e_w_h to check my email occasionally, but otherwise I am dropping off the face of the blogsphere for a little while. Scary prospect.
Be good while I'm gone.
So far:
I still have to pack.
I still have to dig out my passport.
I have some cash.
and new clothes.
and new shoes (although I wasn't meant to buy them).
And then all my old summer clothes which I had presumed went missing when we moved house, turned up unexpectedly in a friend's shed. Maybe they hid out there to avoid all the chaos. I don't know. But now I have extra summer clothes. Some of them quite suitable for a conference.
And guidebooks. I now have three. And a map which I probably won't need, but its nice to have it.
I must:
Pack Shampoo - forgot it when going to Washington DC and I will never allow myself to forget it when going on holidays again. Ditto, but not so much on nail varnish remover. Only my toenails are currently varnished.
Pack Notebooks - probably just taking one. Will surely regret it when I get there. Hmm, maybe should bring two - one for writing and one for work.
Pack Pens. Lots of pens. Hate the prospect of running out of pens.
Pack Batteries for the camera and the mp3 player. No I don't have a charger. Oh, and pack the phone charger, and adapter!!!
I must also move the pictures currently on the camera (mainly of the cat) onto the laptop leaving the camera free for lots of pictures. and this year I must take care of the camera. Last year I broke my last digital camera taking pictures in Krakow. I still maintain it got a fatal overdose of baroque carvings and goldwork.
I have four books to read (I think). I doubt I will need more. These trips are usually the only time I get to read something for more than two minutes at a go. Oh wait, I also have Ruins Metropolis and Flashing Swords Summer special. Lots of reading! Who needs sleep?
If I could just get the gin and tonic in as well, I'd be happy!
You see why I hate to travel? I have to travel with me!
One of the other reasons I am so excited about this trip is that the Carmelites came to Malta in and around the 1200s (maybe a little later) and were never suppressed there. And don't really know all that they have there. Just rooms, full of old stuff, piled up... Hmmm.....
Sorry, went off to a happy place there.
So this is a long post to say that after this evening I will not be around until next Saturday. I plan to beg
e_w_h to check my email occasionally, but otherwise I am dropping off the face of the blogsphere for a little while. Scary prospect. Be good while I'm gone.
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Enjoy your trip. Sounds fantastic. Sunshine in the company of lots of people who love books. What could be better?
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Love the list, we'll be leaving on vacation July 17th. Ahhh, long days on the beach, where I'll be watching the sea and thinking of character's eye colors--NOT.
What is nice, is that the beach is really not the end of civilization and there is a summer trolley running pretty regularly into town.
Two winter's ago, some construction folk asked my hubby who was out for a walk where the foreman was.
Are you going to have any time to write or read at all once you start diving into all the piles of Carmelite stuff. I would probably have to be reminded to eat and sleep.
Have a good time.
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