Arrive Paris a day early, home

Paris cafe
Paris. Lunch. Outside. Springtime. Wine. French bread. French onion soup. How could we not.

Late lunch at outdoor Paris cafe.

Two doors down, and 100 feet from our Hotel entrance.

Tomorrow, a leisurely morning then a taxi to our port of call 10 miles away.

Paris to Normandy River Cruise departs at 5:00pm.

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Fly to Paris, home

Senior couple on a plane
Almost bedtime. Will awake in Paris.

How will i manage the paperwork of life during our first (non-work) international trip?

Envisioning it going better than expected.

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Last day at home, home

Mid Life Celebration, LLC founder
Cheryl in 2020. Pre-Covid. She had just retired (never seeing covid coming) one month before sheltering at home, and before life-as-normal stopped being normal.

Asked Cheryl this morning how she’s feeling about what she needs to get done today.

She said she’s all set.

How cool is that?

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They’re going to Paris, home

City at night from Delta Connection flight
Normally don’t fly at night. Oh well.

‘They’ are Cheryl and me.

We’re going to Paris.

Wheels up in 48 hours.

Feels like hitting the home-life lottery.

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T-minus 5 days, home

What feels like the final purge of a lifetime collection of Disney papers is exciting.

Yet like i always say, everything takes longer than planned. And yes, there are exceptions.

So with only five ‘purging days’ left, not sure i’ll finish. Note, if all i was preoccupied with this week was purging, five days seems realistic.

But there’s another – dare i say more important – goal this week.

The more important goal?

France trip.

Two competing goals:

  1. To enjoy the Disney paperwork purge, without rushing.
  2. To savor the five full days remaining before we fly away.

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