plans

is it ridiculous to already be excited about the fall? or plans for next fall? i don't think so. only a few years ago i wasn't looking past the end of one day, let alone a few months ahead. now i'm back to looking forward to things, but still appreciating the day to day stuff. do you hear that, cancer? i'm still very in each day, so i don't need a wake-up call. mike and i got out the u.s. map yesterday and were plotting our big trip, and having so much fun planning the route and what to see along the way. other than being away from the kitties for three weeks, it will be amazing. but i'm already choked up thinking about leaving them for that long, even if they will be left in very capable hands. i remember by the end of our honeymoon (only 10 days) i was missing riley ann so much it hurt. i have more than a year to get used to the idea of leaving them for that long...they will have a mini test when we head for the hills for a few days soon. and a longer test later this year when we head north. (notice how, like storygoil, i'm paranoid about writing dates/locales in l.j.) as mike said yesterday regarding all our trips/plans, "this summer rocks." and with the coastal weather we've been having, it certainly does.