I can't believe the time is going by so fast. One month before we leave and I have so much to do: redo all our Tabby Software marketing materials for our November conference, some client work, finish my trip report and photo essays from last year's trip, update the sections on SlowTrav that have references to lire (restaurant menu section, language lessons), decide on the classified ads software that I like best and install it and promote it (in a deperate attempt to make some money from SlowTrav - to justify all the time I spend working on it), dead-head the flowers in the yard.
Is it just me or is it because we do 5 week plus trips - but I always think I need to get my life completely in order before we leave on a trip. Oh, and get the books balanced for this year.
The Swiss agency in Gstaad happily changed our dates to be two weeks from Monday, September 1, so now we can just drive from Gstaad straight to Levanto and not have to figure out some interesting place to stop for the night.
The AutoEurope rental is booked and I got a 25% discount (instead of the usual 10% for booking online) because I am an affiliate. I did this last year, but had to rent the car in my name instead of Steve's, which makes me nervous because he does all the driving. This year I first changed our Affiliate info to be for Pauline Kenny and Steve Cohen, then booked the car in his name. Clever!
I got my books on Liguria, but have not opened them yet. I need to spend some time now getting organized, printing out materials, maybe getting new shoes - if I leave it too close to our leaving date, I will not get to it.
And get our International Drivers Licenses. The last month before a trip is always exhausting and exciting. No wonder I suffer from jetlag.
