travel preparations

Well, Beth has headed off to NYC to look at dresses for her bridesmaids, and I’m following on Saturday to spend at least a little time with Josh and Cathy before we fly out to Denmark on Sunday. I’m beginning to realize that I’ve done nothing in terms of preparation for the trip yet, so I should probably be getting started on that. I need to get some things to take over for my parents (stuff that’s hard to find in Denmark mainly) as well as make sure I’ve got all my laundry done and have everything packed.
At present I have only one suitcase with wheels, which I plan on taking. It’s rather huge, however, so I’m thinking that asking for a smaller wheeled suitcase as a birthday or christmas present would be very useful. This means I’ll be able to overpack terribly, of course, and bring lots more stuff than I can hope to use. So I’ll be bringing my running shoes and various things in an overly ambitious attempt to be physically active while there. The fact that there are no real hills does make the prospect of running somewhat more appealing, though.

I’m also debating whether or not to bring my AGOT RPG book with me. I’m trying to get things sort of set up for starting a game and would like to work on that some more as well. I’ll post some thoughts about that soon (hoping for helpful comments).

Oh, and it’s been unseasonably warm in Denmark lately, which means it’s been much more like a typical summer is over here. However, I don’t really trust that weather to last, so it’s perhaps just as well that I’ll be able to bring lots of clothes so that I can have a complete set of warm and cool clothes for the trip. It would be nice if it stayed nice at least for the part of the trip where Beth and her mother are going to be in Denmark though. Having them show up only to have it be rainy and miserable would be kind of disappointing.