In thirty minutes we are out the door to the airport to catch the plane to Mexico!

(La Raymunda is staggering around the bedroom like the lost patrol of the undead. Early mornings kill her.)

We’ll spend tonight at Chichen Itza and meet up with Jeff and Sue at Playa del Carmen on Saturday. At least I think that’s what the plan is.

Yay Mexico!!!

Debra and I are in southern Florida visiting her Aunt Blossom and Uncle Jack. I didn’t sleep well last night - apparently I’m coming down with something which made my throat sore, my sinuses hurt and my breathing noisy. Debra didn’t sleep well on account of the racket I was making, so at 6:00am I got up and sat on the floor and surfed on the laptop until 9:30 so she could get a few hours of sleep. Later, when Debra jumped in the shower, I took the chance to grab a quick thirty minute nap and I dreamed that a silver-backed badger chewed off the tip of my left index finger, after which I decapitated the badger with an ulu knife and retrieved my fingertip. Then I woke up.

I’m open to interpretations on this one.

Might Not See This Again for a While - Sugar Meadow Drive, Great Falls, Virginia
02.13.2008 ©Michael Raymond 2006 - 2008

Ring, Damn You! - ASC, Chantilly, Virginia
02.12.2008 ©Michael Raymond 2006 - 2008

Don’t Buy a Toyota Camry - Trees Fall on Them - Great Falls, Virginia
02.20.2008 ©Michael Raymond 2006 - 2008

I was late to work today because, among other things, when I walked outside and felt the air I knew I had to take the top down on the Jeep. The thermometer on the Jeep hit 71° on the drive in. Seventy-one degrees…on February 6th!

I think it’s the first time I’ve enjoyed driving to work since December - which is when the top went up for winter.

I’ve been listening to a CD of punk rock songs that Jeff W. put together for me. As I told Jeff, it’s really great to find something completely new (to me anyway). It’s like finding all those funny hairs growing out of strange places on my body for the first time again.

I’ll end with that disturbing message and a roll call of the bands I listened to on the way in today: The Clash, Agent Orange, The Avengers, Black Flag and Dead Boys.