19 January 2010

PTY>MIA>BDL

OLYMPIA DINER, BERLIN, CONNECTICUT This was a royal sh*t-show: First, I altogether missed my exiting flight from PTY by an entire day. This due to distraction caused by a sh*t-storm panic in my house all the previous week. Second, my wallet gets tapped for an additional flight ticket north, bringing this leg of travel up to a K-note. Lastly, misplacing a receipt results in a $300 whack for the long-term parking. Grrrr... The upside is that Connecticut hosts some excellent diner restaurants, so the solemn chore that lies ahead, packing up & storing my Father's possessions, will be softened by a belly-full of blue-plate specials.

04 January 2010

BDL>CLT>FLL>PTY

PARQUE BELISARIO PORRAS, PANAMA CITY On this date I am already four days behind schedule for the winter trip to Kashmir, and I am flying in the wrong direction: South. Furthermore, I have to sail a gauntlet beginning with the 3:00PM connector to Charlotte, landing Ft. Lauderdale at 10:30PM, in time (barely) to board the 11:30PM to Panama City, which arrives at 2:30AM, next day. Then the fun starts: I have 12 days to remodel a kitchen, and a bathroom. But first I have to blow wads of dough on appliances & furnishings to fully kit one apartment, plus figure out how to get it all to San Carlos.