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marek booked the room for the first night in amsterdam today, which makes the trip more concrete. as if i needed anything more than the tickets that are sitting on my coffee table, heh. at this point i am having a bit of trouble seeing the light at the end of the very short tunnel which is the next couple of weeks of work. so what if i loose a toe or two trying not getting off of the track in time right?

i am in crazy get things done before i have to split the country mode. i need to buy some stuff and pack and spend as much time with melissa as possible and clean and a couple of other things before i leave at 10:00pm on friday for amsterdam. the trip is just now becoming real in my mind. after having been so far off for so long, it is kind of strange to have it looming.

christmas was a wonderful visit with melissa's mom and step-dad. i opened my christmas gifts over there and found some wonderful suprises. my mom sent me a seattle's best (my favorite damn good cup of coffee place) coffee mug and some beans to brew for consumption therein. a totally random gift that marks that my mom really pays attention to my interests. my dad and step mom sent me a couple of movies not on my wish list at amazon. i think that as time has gone on, they too have begun to get me.

melissa really pulled of quite a coup. she got me a new minidisc player, something that i have been contemplating buying for quite a while. not only that, she got me the perfect one, one that supports transfer from the PC, rock. she said that i needed one for my trip to amsterdam. i had resigned myself to not really worrying about it, but i know that ever moment that i need some escape into my music, i will think of her.

and the week apart is going to be tough. i have recently noticed how i don't like going a day without at least a little time in her presence. for a while i though that the reason that we were doing so well was because i didn't go into the relationship with any expectations of anything coming out of it. bob pointed out that the expectation thing was just the reason that i hadn't screwed it up. the reason that the relationship is working is because she is an amazing person.

and he is completely right.

and if you need to send me e-mail please send it to this address since i will not be able to check my main account while i am over here.

we are still trying to decide if we are going to stay in amsterdam tomorrow to take in a bit more of the local cultrure and such, or if we are going to split town and try to find more fun before we return here.

sleep came easily enough and today found us at the airport catching a flight for england. london feels really different then amsterdam. more pretention in the air. more things that i recognize. definitly faster paced. dinner was good (if expensive) but considering the food in amsterdam, a nice change.

attmepting now to finalize plans for new years, trying to figure out where on earth we are going to go. tomorrow is going to be an attempt to take in some of the tourist stuff and get a good selection of pictures. i have been remembering to take them, but most of them are turning out to be buildings. since amsterdam will be visited again, i will attempt to get some photos of the more interesting parts (like the red light district) before we leave town.

phone number is the same, the europeans definatly have that part right.