Time's a Flying...

So summer is in full swing. It's started to cool down here a bit and act more like a Bay Area summer where you need a jacket, so that is cool. It's also started getting darker earlier which can only mean that fall is coming. I love autumn. It is my favorite season hands down. My birthday is in October and, growing up in New England, I always looked forward to the crisp nights and the beautiful colors of the foliage.

My boyfriend and I are headed to Europe in about a month. After last week's changes in carry on policies, it will be very interesting to see what I will and will not be able to carry on. If I'm not able to carry on a toothbrush and toothpaste, I have a feeling it will be a long ten hour flight! I have always liked to freshen up before landing and I don't travel anywhere without a toothbrush. If we can't bring our iPods or laptops either, this could put a serious dent in the enjoyment of our flights. I'm hopeful that they will come to a reasonable solution shortly. Thankfully we are taking British Airways, so they have good inflight entertainment. Now watch my in-seat tv be broken. That was always my luck at United.

So the first piece of furniture arrived this week at the flat. It's the leather chair that I liked so much. It's beautiful in person, but one small problem. The chair has no legs! The guy who delivered it looked through the packaging and remarked, "Wow, it's a good thing I delivered it and was supposed to set it up for you. Otherwise, the boss wouldn't have believed you if you said there was no legs that came with the chair." He assured me that they would obtain some legs for me, but I have yet to hear from the store since he dropped off the chair. Typical. So I have a beautiful chair that is a bit on the "low to the ground" side for now. The couch was supposed to be coming from China and should be here around the first week of September. The dining room table should be arriving in the next week or two as well. The flat looks slightly bare and disorganized right now, so I'm hoping the furniture will give it more of an occupied look. There's still loads to do in the decoration department, but this will be a great start.

I also got cable this week, so I'm catching up on the back episodes of Project Runway. The show is still really great. I have a hard time understanding the judges sometime. I hated Chloe's winning line from last year and really appreciated Santino's. Yet the judges hated Santino's collection. I suppose I have no understanding of what makes haute couture innovative and modern. Ah well, Old Navy stuff is more comfortable and more my style anyway. You can take the girl out of Hicksville, but you can't take the Hicksville outta the girl.

I got some new glasses last week. My old pair was over a year old and I had dropped them on a dance floor in Walnut Creek one night. Somebody stepped on them and they were never quite the same fit after that. The new ones are cool, they are Armanis and a bit more noticeable than my last pair. I'm going to get braces at the end of this year and next year, I think I will look into LASIK surgery. Wearing glasses has never really bothered me, but I've had several friends have the procedure done and no horror stories thus far. I suppose not wearing glasses would be a nice change of pace. I've always been worried to get LASIK because I've heard it can lead to night blindness in certain individuals. I seriously want to pursue a helicopter pilot career. I've been concerned that if I do get LASIK and it doesn't take, my career aspirations would be dashed. I haven't ever had any kind of surgery done beyond my wisdom teeth being pulled, so I suppose I am nervous about that as well. We'll see how things go. One step at a time.

Alright all, my bed is a calling. Hope you are all well. Cuidate.