My first vacation in two years has started off – for lack of a better word – slow. But that’s expected of modern travel … isn’t it?
Had everything worked out perfectly I would have taken a bus last night from Seattle-Tacoma Airport to Bellingham, WA. But things don’t always work out ‘perfect’ and the flight ran late in complete disregard to the slim window I had to make it from the plane to the bus which departed promptly at 9pm. The next bus wasn’t scheduled to leave until after 11pm, and was already full.
I’m staying for a week with my Uncle Mike and Paul for both work and pleasure. In the end, Uncle Mike drove down to pick me up from the airport. A 3.5 hour round-trip drive that was supposed to have been avoided via the aforementioned bus. We made it home around 1am, had a bowl of ice cream, chatted a bit and went to bed.
The “work” part of this trip involves installing a structured media system in Uncle Mike and Paul’s new home. All the wiring is (added when the house was built) so I don’t expect any back-breaking work. Most of the work is placing pieces of equipment in and on walls in the correct place and connecting the correct wires.
I’ve been planning this system for a while now. Although the ultimate plan I came up with was bitchen (excuse the language) it was too much work. It would have required pulling new wires (quite a few) all over the house and was, in the end, simplified such that we will be able to just place equipment. I’m storing the design away for use on the fictitious home I plan to buy with my imaginary lottery winnings though.
I sit this morning in the spacious living room after a late night with my laptop and a cup of coffee, listening to the multitude of birds in the small forest just in back of the home. I’ll be running into town soon to pickup all the equipment and getting the project started. I have plans to meet up with friends on Saturday, a trip to Vancouver B.C. either Friday or Sunday and a day’s visit to Seattle on Tuesday before my flight leaves.
I am very much looking forward to all of this.