Who is totally bummed that we won't be flying directly into Tegucigalpa anymore? That was my roller coaster ride for the year! Since I have young children, Busch Gardens hasn't been on my list of priorities in the last couple of years, so this was my thrill ride!! Any flight that it's common to cheer after touching down is one to look forward to. Don't get me wrong at all...I am truly saddened by the loss of humanity due to the recent crash. That being said, I'm all for landing @ Toncontin again, rolling the dice a little. Let's be honest...what we do is already dangerous. We take American (insert naive and spoiled) teenagers, college students and able-bodied adults, most of who have never been out of the country (cruises to Mexico and the Carribean do NOT count) and take them to desperate, economically depressed countries, with a pocket full of Monopoly money. Only thru God's grace and favor has nothing horrible happened! Might as well throw some whip cream on top!! Anywho....
I'm getting really ready to go. I went through my clothes last night and put together most of the clothes I'll be bringing down. Every year I say that I'm going to leave the clothes that I bring down, there, but I never do. I spend the money to wash them and then I bring them home, wash them again, and stick them in the top of the closet until I get around to going through them and throwing out the ones that were permanently stained by the "poop mud" (BTW, I hate that term. It was funny the first time, but now, not so much) or blood, shed by The Carpet, when we did battle for the mighty spoon!! This usually happens 11 months and 1 week after I come back. Needless to say, I have 2 trash bags of clothes going to Goodwill today, and that doesn't include the stuff I had to throw away. Did I mention that we got a store called Steve and Barry's? Everything is $9!! Needless to say, I bought a few things and had to clean out the old closet!! Mind you, this was not an impulse buy. I've last some more weight, and had to get rid of the 38" waisted shorts and XXL t-shirts, and move into the 34" shorts and XL shirts. No offense to those of you wearing 38" shorts, I'm just over it. Even after I got rid of all of those clothes, I still have 15 t-shirts to bring!! That's just ridiculous!! Imelda Marcos thinks I have too many t-shirts (yes, I know her passion was shoes, but you get the idea).
I'm going to try and pack very light this year...not quite as light as Terry (1 bag for every occasion), but light. Have you seen Terry's suitcase? Doesn't matter if it's a weekend or 3 weeks, it's the same Alabama duffel bag. I think you can fit 1 large towel in there...I'm not sure how he does it, but he's always got what he needs. It's inconceivable!!
That's all for now. Hopefully more as we get closer. Pray that Bubba get's her job straightened out before Hondo. It's gonna be awfully hard to be the International Spades Champion from NashVegas. Later.
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Game On!!
Who says we're not flying into Teguce? Apparently they made exceptions for their favourite Canadians {obviously NOT b/c of their outstanding vball abilities, or lack thereof as the case may be!}
Several points here made me LOL:
Terry's duffle bag & the large towel
poop mud not being funny anymore
Bubba :)
and washing the same clothes to take back that you say you're gonna give away, again!
See you soon!! :)
What I MEANT was that we won't be flying in on anything remotely dangerous. We'll be coming in a 42 seat twin turbo prop island hopper. While these flights are always fun because most of the pilots secretly want to be stunt flyers or fighter pilots, it will not have the element of danger like putting a 757 down on the yardstick that is Toncontin. No biggie....we'll just have to find another way to get "the rush"...."Hey Loco!! Let's go for a drive!!"
Oh yes, the dustcrop plane that constantly whirls as the bottom drops out of the sky and you hit the runway... no, not a rush at all...
bpthbpbpbp!
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