Pack the Bags and Let's Go!
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canyonwalkerFlorida Trip Travelog #1
SJC Airport - Tue, 20 Sep 2022, 11:45am
Today we're heading off to Florida. We'll be at a resort-y hotel on the Gulf Coast for several days in celebration of our anniversary. Then Hawk flies homes Sunday while I drive to Orlando for a big trade show conference my company is running. I'll be back home the following Friday.
The past 24 hours have involved bits of scurrying to pack. Packing for a 10 day trip is always more involved than packing for, say, a 3 day trip. And packing for a 10 day trip that's actually two 5-day trips, one at the beach and one for customer-facing work— including full formal clothes— is even more complex. Fortunately I have lots of practice so it hasn't been too stress inducing. And I had yesterday off from work. That enabled me to break the work up into smaller 15-20 minute prep tasks spread throughout the day.
Among other prep tasks I got our passport renewal applications sent off. Those aren't part of this trip; we're not leaving the country, and it'd be too late to be renewing passports right now if we were. But we've been meaning to update our passports for months and have procrastinated. I set myself a deadline of Git 'Er Done before we leave town. We drove to the post office this morning with all the completed forms to mail them via priority mail.
Our flight today departs at 12:35pm— if it's on time, anyway— and we connect in Chicago. The midday departure means our morning wasn't a rush. In addition to finishing our packing and visiting the post office we had time to stop for donuts at an awesome local shop on the way home. Now we're at the airport, having arrived plenty early to check a bag and walk to our gate (at the literal far end of the concourse!) without being rushed. With all the prep work it feels like we're already halfway there though we haven't left town yet.
Update: adding "food" tag because the comments are about donuts. 🍩😋🤣
Update 2: This trip started off well... for the first 3 hours. Then everything went to hell.
SJC Airport - Tue, 20 Sep 2022, 11:45am
Today we're heading off to Florida. We'll be at a resort-y hotel on the Gulf Coast for several days in celebration of our anniversary. Then Hawk flies homes Sunday while I drive to Orlando for a big trade show conference my company is running. I'll be back home the following Friday.
The past 24 hours have involved bits of scurrying to pack. Packing for a 10 day trip is always more involved than packing for, say, a 3 day trip. And packing for a 10 day trip that's actually two 5-day trips, one at the beach and one for customer-facing work— including full formal clothes— is even more complex. Fortunately I have lots of practice so it hasn't been too stress inducing. And I had yesterday off from work. That enabled me to break the work up into smaller 15-20 minute prep tasks spread throughout the day.
Among other prep tasks I got our passport renewal applications sent off. Those aren't part of this trip; we're not leaving the country, and it'd be too late to be renewing passports right now if we were. But we've been meaning to update our passports for months and have procrastinated. I set myself a deadline of Git 'Er Done before we leave town. We drove to the post office this morning with all the completed forms to mail them via priority mail.
Our flight today departs at 12:35pm— if it's on time, anyway— and we connect in Chicago. The midday departure means our morning wasn't a rush. In addition to finishing our packing and visiting the post office we had time to stop for donuts at an awesome local shop on the way home. Now we're at the airport, having arrived plenty early to check a bag and walk to our gate (at the literal far end of the concourse!) without being rushed. With all the prep work it feels like we're already halfway there though we haven't left town yet.
Update: adding "food" tag because the comments are about donuts. 🍩😋🤣
Update 2: This trip started off well... for the first 3 hours. Then everything went to hell.
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Date: 2022-09-20 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-21 05:37 am (UTC)I'm also a fan of Daily Donuts on Fair Oaks Ave near 101 in Sunnyvale. There are a few Daily Donuts shops around the area, but this one's the best I've tried. Plus, their quality is consistently good. I love me a chocolate old fashioned there. Hawk likes them okay; they do a good but not fantastic job on the varieties she likes.
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