Aggravation!!

23 days and counting until our trip home!

In the mean time, everything is getting on my nerves! From Punkin's vet to taxi drivers, everything is driving me mad! Here is just a small sample of what I've put up with the past few weeks.

After months of phone calls and arguments, it has been determined that the vet here cannot find a way to do the blood test for Punkin as accurate as we need it. Because of this, I've had to get in touch with her surgeon in Houston and arrange to have it tested there when we come home. The only way for it to get there in time for the result to be accurate, is for me to carry it on the plane and drop it off myself. I have a feeling that this is not going to go over well. It can't be as easy as I think it will be, can it? Since they close at noon on Saturday and we were not supposed to arrive until 4 pm we had to rearrange our flights to get in Friday afternoon. Otherwise the sample would be a waste. Hopefully everything goes smoothly and I don't have any problems. I'm not holding my breath!

As far as the taxi drivers go, I haven't been taken back to the police (yet), but evidently I have forgotten how to speak English. I don't know what they are listening to when I get in the cab, but it's not me! The other day on my way to work, I told him " I'm going to 45 Rochester Park, off of North Buena Vista". He asked me to repeat it, so I did, a little slower. He then began to drive. He waited 15 minutes to say "Um, I'm not really sure where I'm going, you said North Chester Drive, right?". Not only is that wrong, but I never even said the word drive....It's amazing he was even going in the right direction! It wouldn't be wrong to assume that the drivers and I are not getting along too well these days!

To make me feel better, I've starting planning another trip for the fall. The only other trip we had planned for the rest of this year was another home trip for Christmas. After very little deliberation, I decided that we needed something to break up the time in between, so we are going to Phuket, Thailand in October. With the recommendation of some friends, we've booked this great little resort that's right on the beach. They had nothing but great things to say about it, so hopefully it be be a good trip.

Other than that things are going well. As I mentioned before, our home trip is going to be a busy 3 weeks, but hopefully some fun ones! We've got a full week planned in Houston to take care of some things, a wedding (my little sisters!!) in Pensacola along with family time the following week, and some good friends are getting married in Connecticut the week after that. We may need another vacation when we return as well!

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone!