#2780 weekend wrap-up

Oh man, last night was (as the kids say) LIT! You know I love October for sports. 

Last night, I was flipping back and forth between the baseball playoffs and Utah football. Utah was playing USC here in Salt Lake. USC was ranked sixth in the nation, and Utah beat them by one beautiful, consequential point, 43 - 42. So freaking cool! GO UTES! 

Then, in the Major League Baseball playoffs, the San Diego Padres were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego. The Pads were up in the series, two games to one, and just needed to win last night to advance to the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers led most of the game, then the Padres erupted for five runs, and went on to win the series! OMG - I was yelling and jumping around. Harley just about lost her dog mind over my antics. She got hyped. Mac was outside and started barking to be let in the house so she could celebrate, too. I think T just thought I was nuts. It's just so awesome, though!! It's actually double awesomeness because 1) I'm a Padres fan and 2) I don't like the Dodgers. hahahahaha

The Padres will play the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS for the pennant and a chance to go to the World Series. LFGSD!!

Ahhh...I went to bed very happy in my fandom.

Most of yesterday and today is all about trip prep. The adventure begins, for me, tomorrow, with the first of the travel days. Yesterday I got my vacation pedicure, very important, I know. I also organized all the paperwork, created accounts on the airline apps I'll be using. I got some packing done. Today I have finished paying all the bills, so I won't be thinking about that kind of stuff. I'm getting ready to figure out what clothes are making the final cut to go in my suitcase. Those are the two most important things I am doing today. There are a couple of other miscellaneous things I'd like to accomplish, too, so we'll see how that goes. 

Wow! It's finally here - time to go on this creativity retreat to Crete! I see this trip in three unique parts: Athens, Chania, and Munich. I'm ready for all of it! It has been a dream of mine to take two vacations in a single calendar year, and this is the year for it. I'm incredibly thankful and yeah, I guess proud of myself that I could do it financially, and to have the vacation time available to do it, too. 

I won't be writing here while I'm gone, so this is my last post this month. I'm looking forward to telling stories and sharing photos here in November. 

Peace!