Holidays with the In-Laws....
1. The Perfect Line has been kind enough to take care of the house and cats for the first few days of our yearly East Coast trip. Perfect all around considering the 24-Hour's of LeMons car is in a house ONE BLOCK AWAY. He and the rest of the "Huey Newis and the Loos" crew are working all hours and around the clock to get the car ready for it's first and ONLY shake-down run the night before the race. I drove by to check in on their progress last night and experienced incredible jealously in spite of all their labor and so envious of their opportunity to race! Next time, Next time for sure....
2. Packed for our trip....I got this packing thing down bitch!...and it's only taken 6 years to get to this point. Of course, cold weather destinations have a way of bulking up suitcases with thick clothing, but my goodness, every Christmas my wife and I CHECK an average of 100 LBS of luggage in 2 massive suitcases...basically, we're talking the limit here. We've committed ourselves to going smaller and subsequently have been super-mindful about every item we've packed into our bags. My wife picked up a new mid-sized luggage piece yesterday and it ROCKS. This thing has casters from an office chair and it quietly glides along with barely a push. Anywayz, we've dropped the total poundage down from two 50 lb. suitcases to two 32 lb. bags....success! We've even imagined doing away with checked luggage on our Christmas Trips!...but then reality sets in. Our Christmas Trips are two weeks long and our bags also carry Christmas gifts. We are invited to formal events as well as casual events, we bring hiking clothes as well as running clothes, dinner out wear and long drive attire, snow clothes and rain gear. There is no possible way we can bring it down to a Carry-On. In fact, I despise people whose only bags are Carry-Ons, I HATE THEM....I still have to break that emotional response down to its constituent components, but rest assured, I can't stand these people.
3. Chicago connection. Midway temp: 0 Degrees.
4. Philadelphia temp: A balmy 11 Degrees. Thanks to the GM for his expedition gloves. My pants are frozen.
Gotta go!....
2. Packed for our trip....I got this packing thing down bitch!...and it's only taken 6 years to get to this point. Of course, cold weather destinations have a way of bulking up suitcases with thick clothing, but my goodness, every Christmas my wife and I CHECK an average of 100 LBS of luggage in 2 massive suitcases...basically, we're talking the limit here. We've committed ourselves to going smaller and subsequently have been super-mindful about every item we've packed into our bags. My wife picked up a new mid-sized luggage piece yesterday and it ROCKS. This thing has casters from an office chair and it quietly glides along with barely a push. Anywayz, we've dropped the total poundage down from two 50 lb. suitcases to two 32 lb. bags....success! We've even imagined doing away with checked luggage on our Christmas Trips!...but then reality sets in. Our Christmas Trips are two weeks long and our bags also carry Christmas gifts. We are invited to formal events as well as casual events, we bring hiking clothes as well as running clothes, dinner out wear and long drive attire, snow clothes and rain gear. There is no possible way we can bring it down to a Carry-On. In fact, I despise people whose only bags are Carry-Ons, I HATE THEM....I still have to break that emotional response down to its constituent components, but rest assured, I can't stand these people.
3. Chicago connection. Midway temp: 0 Degrees.
4. Philadelphia temp: A balmy 11 Degrees. Thanks to the GM for his expedition gloves. My pants are frozen.
Gotta go!....
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