Packing, packing and more packing

I feel like I've been packing all day.  Maybe because every time I put something new in the suitcase, Punkin would find a way to hop up on the bed, snatch it OUT of the suitcase and run away with it.  Argh.  After we had a good-bye lunch with Bren (who is SO sweet, BTW!) my mom came and gave Punkin a bath, then took her back to her house so I could get some packing and cleaning done.

I think I'm almost done.  I have a couple more shirts, my bathing suit and some snacks for Punkin left to put in the bags, but then I'm done.  I'm going to my BodyFlow class at 6:30, coming home to get Bo, then heading over to my parents' house.  I'm hoping to have both Punkin and I in bed by 8:30 since it looks like we'll be getting up around 4:30 to leave for the airport at 5 to make our 7 a.m. flight.  Ugh.  Just saying that makes me tired!

The countdown is almost over!

We leave on the cruise tomorrow, but today is the day that Amanda gets into town. She's been sending me a countdown every morning since we were about 50 days out and it hardly seems real that the day is here! We're at Mom and Dad's house and even Kurtis is here since it's his birthday. We're going to have hot ham sandwiches for lunch, then Kurtis and I are going to go to the airport to pick Amanda up (I should probably let him know he's coming with me) and then we're going to come back here to celebrate his birthday with homemade pizza and cake and ice cream. I'm so excited that we leave tomorrow - I need this vacation! I need to pack, though. Julianne is all packed but I still have loads of clothes in the dryer that need to make it into the suitcase. And I need to find my bathing suit - what's a cruise without a bathing suit?!?