Quick trip

Someone asked the other day if we liked travel.  Uggh.  I get all up in knots on the day of the trip.
 
And that day is today.  I am off to Brazil and Peru this week, back Saturday morning.  Two of the six nights will be spent on planes.  Saving hotel costs.  Fortunately I can sleep on planes.  This will be the first time back in Peru, and the only thing that really will have changed is the color of my hair.  Work related, we spent a lot of time supporting the Obama speech in Cairo, getting it carried live in many countries around the world.
 
We had some bad news for the kitty this week.  What we thought might have been just an infection, turns out to be some kind of cancerous growth.  The vet gives her 3-8 weeks.  She's got a swollen jaw.  The vet gave her prednazone, so the one thing she really likes to do (eat) she will be able to do and with a vengeance. 
 
John had lunch with his college classmate this week, and it was like old times.  Coulda talked for hours.  Scott has a nephew by marriage who is a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns - Brady Quinn.
 
It's been raining, every day this week.  And it always seems to start just as I begin my walking commute.  No fun, and people saying how much we need the rain doesn't help much. 
 
The rain did not deter Mary and John from going to sit on the lawn at Wolf Trap for a John Prine concert.  A lot of fun.  Annie and Margaret went the next night when it was a glorious day.
 
Kathleen came down for the weekend before she heads off on a long adventure.  She stopped work, will go to a 4-day concert in Tennessee and then to China for a few weeks.
 
Annie is making plans to go to China.  She's had a week of dance and exercise and waking up late.  Enjoy now.
 
Soon vacation. Anyone else have travel plans for the summer?

Mary is winding down with school - only two more weeks.  Can't wait.  Love from down here.