Last night I finally got around to filming my review video for the Flashforge Creator 5 Pro, a printer I have had for at least a couple months. This printer has not blown me away which runs counter to a lot of opinions on the internet which are mostly positive. Much of the review focused on comparing the CP5 to my Snapmaker U1 which is also a tool changer printer. In almost every way I prefer the way the Snapmaker does things.

This morning I was making my lunch and it felt like my nose was running badly which is pretty normal for me. What wasn’t normal was when I wiped my nose and saw red. For whatever reason I had a nosebleed, something that does not happen normally for me. I have no idea why it happened but like most things I will attribute it to just getting old. It’s a convenient catch all excuse.

I had a dentist appointment on Wednesday, an appointment I had postponed twice previously. There has been a major shake up at the office whom I have been client of for close to 25 years. The woman who ran the practice abruptly transferred it earlier in the year. Evidently she had some sort of health issue that prompted it combined with not much need to work as her husband is a dentist as well. To make matters worse, my hygienist that I have had for nearly as long left as well due to some health issues with her son and possibly collateral damage from the ownership change.

The new female dentist is ok but I don’t have the history like I did with the prior one. I had a new hygienist as well. She is a short and old lady named Joe. At first I was skeptical of how she would do but she was fine. However due to her age I certainly can’t count on her being around long term. I had thought I would need to start looking for a new dentist office but for now, the visit wasn’t such a turn off that I feel the need to jump ship, yet.

Now I have another medical change I have to navigate. The on site employee health clinic that I have utilized for 10-15 years has been shut down. There is a new clinic but it is no longer on site and is managed by another organization so I will be dealing with a new RN/LPN. I need to get a physical shortly as a qualifier for our health insurance so I will be seeing how this round of change works out.

I forgot to mention that we got to see Odyssey on Tuesday night, the last night it was showing in Imax in our area. The only option was going back to the same theater where I had the terrible experience watching Spiderman. Luckily the theater was much less mobbed on a Tuesday night than it was on Saturday. The theater did not have residual trash in it this time either. The Odyssey delivered a pretty epic experience, enhanced by seeing it in Imax. I never read the book so the story was new to me. The movie seemed like an instant classic to me, sort of like Avatar or Titanic. It gets a bright and shiny A.

This weekend does not have any big events on the calendar although I really need to film another review video for the V14 Pro. This would be the final wrap up video which I normally put a little extra effort into. I am considering skipping pickleball Saturday morning. My knees although workable, are still not great. I have significant soreness in both of them which includes parts that are painful to the touch. When I tried doing lower body work at the gym this week I had to resort to an abbreviated version as certain movements just did not feel good. The joys of aging never stop coming.

I started off Saturday playing some hot and humid pickleball. I played pretty well, going undefeated. I didn’t notice any tweaks during play but my knees didn’t feel great the rest of the weekend after playing.

I completed printing the replacement T for the sign entering the development. I used construction adhesive to attach it. This was the first time I ever printed with ASA filament and it went great on my Bambu Lab H2S which is able to handle high temperature filaments like this.

Although not a perfect match I think the 3D printed T is close enough that once it is painted to match the other letters I think unless you know it was replaced, you won’t notice it. I gave myself an imaginary pat on the back for this one.

We could not get seats at the local theater to see Spiderman so I got us two tickets to the Regal Gulf Center theater instead which is up near Fort Myers. It’s a much bigger venue. Well we quickly found out it is also sort of a shit hole. We walked into the lobby to an ocean of people. There had to be 150 people in the concession line and nearly as many in a line waiting to get into the theaters. I don’t know if they are just understaffed or just really inefficient. They had ONE person scanning in people’s tickets. The actual theater was a mess too. Evidently they didn’t have staff clean in between showings. I had to remove drinks/trash that were at our seats and stack it in the aisle. We will likely never frequent this theater again. I was annoyed enough with the theater that I did my first Yelp review ever about how badly things are run.

Luckily the Spiderman movie was great. No spoilers but it was really enjoyable especially after the string of so/so super hero movies that have come out the last couple years. The post credits scene was not really worth staying for. Just look it up online. I would give the movie a solid A. We both really enjoyed it.

I gave FSD a significant test. I had it drive from my house to the theater, including finding a space and parking us automatically in the very busy lot. It did so without a hiccup. It drove us the 30 miles home as well without incident. It’s so good now. It is like having an invisible Uber driver available 24/7.

My Sunday other than going to the gym and doing my weekly bill paying session was pretty low key. I had things I could be doing but I just didn’t feel like it. I did manage to get my last character in WoW on my first account to level 90 meaning all 10 are at max level. Now I only have 3 left on my secondary account to go. Elsa had a pretty good weekend health-wise with no significant issues which made me happy.

Although we have 3 other people on the HOA board, a lot of the handling of things comes through me since I am the only one who appears to access the property management company website and I also get emails sent to the HOA address. So there have been a few requests/complaints that have come in that I have tried to field. If it’s something I can address directly I would prefer to do so for efficiency sake, example in point the tattered flag that I replaced at the entrance.

Evidently some idiot thought it would be funny to pry off a T on one of the signs that frame the entrance to the community. At first I had no idea how to remedy this but then I came up with a potential solution. I took a picture of the sign and asked AI to tell me what font was being used which it was able to do instantly. I measured the other T to get an idea of the size needed.

I was able to do a test print just to see how good of a match it will be. It’s not perfect but it’s pretty good. I will be printing the permanent replacement material out of ASA, a filament type that is very UV resistant and appropriate for outdoor use. Regular PLA would degrade pretty quickly. Hopefully by the end of the weekend the sign will be back to normal.

The lights that illuminate this sign were also out. I found a switch that controls them turned off in a control box, likely done by the same idiot. I will make that box more difficult to access this weekend as well.

In addition to the sign restoration project I have several other things I would like to get done this weekend. I need to do my wrap up video where I summarize my feelings about the V14 Pro. I normally will take more time in making this type of content as it typically is the video that gets the most eyeballs.

I would like to play some pickleball but that will depend on how my lower body feels. I did weighted lower body work this week for the first time since I screwed up my knee and have been paying the price with bad soreness afterward. It’s normal but makes playing pickleball not that easy. I could start work on the other side of the fence but I would much prefer to do something like that on an extended weekend.

Oh, I only have one more character to get to max level on my first WoW account, in case you were keeping track. I have three more on the second account to keep me busy next.

I saw some clips of the senate hearing where they questioned Fauci about a laundry list of shady shit that went down during his tenure as THE authority on covid. Not only does it appear apparent that covid was the end result of the Woohan lab messing around with virus mutations to “gain function” but Fauci also used his almost celebrity status to enrich himself significantly in the process. In some cases he utilized his staff to help solicit cash awards that he benefited from. It’s some pretty horrible stuff.

During covid Fauci was seen as the figurehead to lead us through that quagmire. He was entrusted with this power by both Trump and Biden. However near the end of Biden’s term he granted Fauci immunity which was very shady and lame. I think presidential pardons should be abolished. One man’s signature should not be able to circumvent the rule of law IMO.

So anyway members of the panel began depicting the various things Fauci is accused of and asking him to confirm/deny the allegations. He gave the exact same answer to every question he was asked. He said “Under the advice of counsel , I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions” He pleaded the 5th amendment 110 times, disgraceful. It got to be a joke. At one point a senator asked him about the color of his tie. He took the 5th. It’s amazing seeing him yesterday looking like this, guilty as hell contrasted to the energetic, likeable man we thought we knew.

Rand Paul ran the committee and he grilled Fauci hard as well as throwing out the attorney that was sitting next to him. Even though Rand unwillingly sides with Trump at times he is largely an independent thinker who has his the same libertarian political leaning as his father. I wish he had an opportunity to be president but the the reality is an independent thinker that isn’t willing to be coddled by the corrupt portion of their political party has zero shot of getting elected in modern America.

During covid I more or less trusted what Fauci was telling us. That trust was clearly misguided. I have never been afraid to reevaluate my position based on new information. This is just another example of it. Fauci gamed covid for his own personal benefit and if he actually was aware of unethical “gain of function” at the Woohan lab he is partially responsible for the countless covid related deaths around the globe. As if I didn’t already have an overflowing barrel of reasons to not trust what the government tells us, the Fauci 5th amendment marathon was just piled on top. Disgusting.

Elsa is still up and down with her health. She will have an episode of diarrhea and/or throwing up but then settle down for a few days. She ate well yesterday but then had some diarrhea during the day. I gave her some of the medicine I have for diarrhea, hoping that it would help. She got me up once around midnight to go but then slept the rest of the night. When she had a BM this morning it was more on the solid side.

It’s been tough riding this health roller coaster with her but there is no other option. Her care is a team effort at this point split between myself, my girlfriend and her daughters. Next month she is due for a follow up with the vet for normal yearly things and to check her blood values. It’s not a visit I am looking forward to.

Saturday morning I played some pickleball. I got a bit of a late start and it was getting hot and humid as hell so I only played three or four games before calling it quits. I didn’t want to go too hard with my recent knee issues compounded by all the walking and standing around that occurred at Disney.

Saturday afternoon I decided to work on replacing one small street facing side of the fence. The boards were in bad condition, some had completely rotted a hole where the fastener was located. The fence is made of 4 inch wide boards but unfortunately no store that I have found sells these boards in nice 4 foot length with the top crown already cut into them. My only option was to buy 8 footers from Lowe’s, cut them in half and then cut the shape into the top of each board. For some reason they do have 6 inch wide boards that are ready to go but not 4 inchers.

The work was tedious and slow, made worse by the extreme heat and humidity. I sweated through my shirt within the first 15 minutes. Removing the old rotted fence board was done using a chisel, hammer and my hands. I had to remove the old wood screws and original brad nails that were used to install the fence originally. To do just that small section took me at least a couple hours. It turned out well and gave me a chance to redo the gate in a manner that made it easier to open, close and lock.

The great news is the other side of the house has a section of fencing facing the street in nearly the same bad condition that is twice as wide. That will be my next target. Whether I get motivated to do it soon or push it off until cooler weather arrives is to be determined. You never know when a wave of motivation will hit me.

On Sunday I got out on my V14 to do a couple things I wanted to try since I got the wheel. Jump it a little bit and take it up over 40MPH. I have very limited backyard space to do something like a jump but I made it work somewhat using the patio stones as the launch pad to allow me to hit my small ramp into the stones/grass. The wheel felt great although I could not hit the ramp with a lot of speed because of the short distances. I got the wheel up to 42 miles an hour plus for a short period. Despite it’s small size the V14 felt stable and powerful at those speeds.

I had a live stream Sunday night, my first one in over a month and a half. Despite the long hiatus I didn’t feel like I had a ton to talk about and the live stream audience was on small side which meant the comments that normally help me fuel the content were lacking. Oh well.

Elsa had one of her bad nights on Sunday evening. I got up with her three different times because she had some diarrhea and then early in the morning threw up a bit. I didn’t really fall asleep in between these sessions because I was worried about her. I woke up feeling exhausted. All day yesterday she was low energy and weak not wanting to eat much at all and spending most of the day sleeping. Unfortunately this is kind of the new normal, she has several good days followed by a bad one. Last night she actually slept through the night but again I found myself not sleeping as I was still worried she would need me to let her outside.

This morning I could tell she was starting to feel better. I am very locked into how Elsa is feeling based on her body language. I am hoping to come home today and find her feeling better. I hate not being able to give her a magic pill that makes this all go away. Elsa has a very expressive face so when she is not feeling well I feel terrible for her.

I don’t recall if I mentioned it or not but I have a delivery date for my new Tesla, August 11th.

I recently returned from a Disney trip where we stayed in a townhouse I found on Air BnB. Unlike previous Air BnB experiences, this place was pretty great. They took an old place built in the 90’s and did just enough updates to make it feel modern and cool. It even had a small pool in the back which I utilized a couple times.

During the trip we had two park days with a “rest” day in between which is needed if you want to retain any degree of sanity during a Disney vacation. The Disney days felt more like a test of determination, patience and endurance. To me it felt like something to be survived instead of enjoyed. I have a lot of thoughts about this so I will see if I can express them in a way that doesn’t sound like I am just complaining non-stop.

Let me start with positives. The management and logistics involved in running these parks is mind blowing. Coming up with solutions to managing the needs of thousands of visitors every single day is a monumental task and Disney has it locked in. You never have to look far for the next bathroom our food/drink possibility. The grounds are immaculate. If something gets dropped on the ground within single digit minutes there is a Disney staff member swooping in to clean it up. They allow very little room for guests to mess things up. They have staff directing you at every turn. Even when you get food there is somebody telling you which line to go stand in to keep things flowing as cleanly as possible.

The landscaping is beautiful. The buildings and rides are intricate, detailed and amazing. Walking through the circles of countries in Epcot is a prime example of just how much has gone into making the park a unique experience.

So you may say, wow it sounds like you are gushing with compliments about the parks. What is the issue? The answer is very simple, the hoard of human beings that are clogging every nook and cranny of the park. And before you say it, complaining about the people at an amusement park is like pissing in the wind. They are unavoidable, a truth you can not escape. Let’s break down some of the negatives.

How about cost first? A one day pass to Disney is $180 for one person. They give you a “deal” of $220 if you want to subject yourself to a second day. For for a family of four with a two day pass when you add in $35 to park you are basically spending a grand just to get into the place. This is only “standard” access meaning you get to stand in the “stand by” lines for each ride. The wait times on the rides varied from 15 minutes for the rides that no one cares about to two hours on the thrill rides, which is insane.

For people that have a desire to not stand in line for hours you can purchase a “lightning pass”. This allows you to bypass the majority of the line but for only three rides and one time per ride. This costs $35 additional per person. But wait, it gets better. The real popular rides with monster wait times do not allow you to use the lightning pass. On the second day at Magic Kingdom I paid for lightning passes after some miserable waits at Epcot Center.

If money is no object to you you can buy a “premier pass” add on This gives you unlimited lighting lanes access, sort of. It appears that they still could at their discretion block access to certain rides depending on conditions. The cost for this golden ticket? $400 OMG. So yea it gets crazy.

I made the observation to my girlfriend that most people look miserable. The park to me was a petri dish of modern society. Gluttonous obesity was on display everywhere. There were far more people that were significantly obese by BMI standards than not. Then we had the addiction to phones on display everywhere. People would be bumping into you routinely because they had their face down scrolling an IG feed, it was maddening. The kids walking around with souvenirs that will likely be stuffed in a drawer or thrown away once their magical experience was over. This was the ultimate display of consumerism and I here I was in the middle of it, contributing.

My lower body felt rather awful most of the time between walking tons on my aching knees to standing and shuffling in lines for hours upon hours. All of this was done with temps in the 90’s with high humidity so it was just not fun.

We stayed for the fireworks on our Magic Kingdom day. We did not get home until after midnight because of the frustrating way you have to access Magic Kingdom. There is a tram or ferry that takes you to/from the park and a shuttle that takes you from the parking lot. When we tried to leave after the fireworks we ran into a literal river of people all trying to leave. I was so done. mentally and physically.

I felt like the days in the parks was about completing a mental challenge. Just how much frustration. discomfort and misery can I endure while paying a premium price for the privilege of doing so? When the second day was finally done I almost felt like I completed a half marathon. I didn’t enjoy Disney, I survived it. I left the park feeling even less hopeful for the future of humanity than I already did, probably not the goal Walt was reaching for.

So of course after mentioning Elsa has been doing better the last few days she had another episode this morning around 4:30AM after having a good day of eating yesterday. She got up and I heard her so I let her out. She just peed so I thought that was it. However just after I got settled back into bed and was trying to fall back asleep I heard her doing the thing with her mouth when she is getting ready to puke. I quickly jumped out of bed once again and got her outside where she threw up most of her dinner. She also had a round of diarrhea, usually these two things go hand in hand with her current condition. After that we went back to bed for maybe an hour before I had to get up. Solid sleep is something I don’t get very often nowadays.

Once we got up and going Elsa hit the water bowl. She isn’t very good at drinking regularly. She instead prefers to drink a ton at once. Well with her already feeling poorly 15 minutes after filling her belly with water she threw most of that up as well. Again, none of this behavior is new. Before I left for work she got another drink but I stopped her from drinking too much so her stomach could settle. As expected she did not have interest in food outside of a couple of dry biscuits that normally help settle her stomach a bit. If things go as they normally do she will have a low energy day today and hopefully feel better tonight/tomorrow.

I went ahead and booked an AirBnB for our trip to Orlando last night. It’s a unique and cool looking place. I will do my best to enjoy it despite having thoughts of Elsa’s wellness on my mind on the short 4 night trip. I know Alison and Shugs will take good care of her and do whatever is needed including with dealing with the results of when Elsa doesn’t feel well.

Today I am making my return to the pickleball court, the first time in two weeks after injuring myself from a combination of playing and aggravating things at the gym. The swelling is under control and I can walk more or less normally. We will see how it holds up after three or four games.

Although the trip next week is only for a few days I actually have off until the 28th. I have a few things around the house I would like to tackle when I get back like replacing another section of fence boards that are on their last legs. I also need to swap out the broken Tesla motor cover that I broke when I zigged when I should have zagged. I am unsure if I will post during that time period or not. Stay tuned to see.

Oh I now have a rather large potential delivery window of the new Tesla of August 2nd to the 28th.

So Elsa’s up and down health situation was back on an upswing the last couple days. Starting Tuesday evening she has been upbeat, happy and most importantly eating without throwing up or diarrhea. Every time I see her acting more like her old self it makes me feel happy, grateful and gives me hope that Elsa will be around for awhile yet. When she has her pitfalls those feelings reverse.

So last week as I was driving the Tesla I saw a square of what looked to be a piece of black plastic in the middle of the road. It was not flat on the road but propped up at an angle. I made the split second decision that it was low enough for the car to clear it so instead of swerving I went over it dead center. Well I was wrong. I heard an unsettling bang as I rolled over whatever it was. When I got home I looked underneath at the battery, worried I did some damage. The battery looked fine, crisis averted.

Well yesterday was my first time on a highway since the incident. My girlfriend and I were driving over to the Sawgrass Mill mall. Once I got up to highway speed I started hearing a nasty vibration coming from under the car. I quickly pulled over, got out and took a look underneath, from the front instead of the side where I checked out the battery.

What I saw was a big hole in the front engine skid plate which is made out of some sort of plastic. A piece of it was loose and flapping in the wind at high speed. My quick fix for the problem was to just finish breaking the piece that was loose with my hands. I am going to have to buy/install a new cover on the car though since I am trading it in. Should be easy enough.

While sitting at the mall I saw a recent fashion trend that just had me shaking my head, man purses. I saw at least a dozen, maybe two dozen men strutting down the mall with their man purse slung across their chest. Maybe I am just old and conventional but I don’t understand the need for a man to carry a purse. This is one trend I will be ignoring, permanently.

So we were eating at Yardhouse. We timed it so we could watch the Argentina/England semi-final World Cup game. It looked like England was going to win as the game got deeper into the second half with them leading 1-0. Then all of a sudden all the TV’s went out, flashing the DirecTV signal lost message. There were storms overhead and evidently it was enough to hammer the signal. People were pissed.

However suddenly cheering broke out when someone saw on their phone that Argentina scored to tie the game. The place went crazy, despite no TV’s working yet. We decided to leave at that point and monitor the rest of the game on the phone as we took the long walk back to the car. I couldn’t believe that Argentina scored a second goal to take the lead and eventually win the game. I wish I could have seen everything transpire in real time. The finals against Spain should be very interesting.

So although the long road trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway is cancelled we may do a shorter trip to Orlando for a few days next week which will keep me close enough that I can cut it short if need be. Orlando is not a relaxing destination but we will make the best of it.

Last night I was hoping to get Elsa to eat a decent meal. I gave her the appetite stimulant and she appeared to be getting hungry but the thunder started booming which sent her looking for a corner to hide in. She won’t eat if it’s storming. It has been that way pretty much her entire life. When I look back at the timeline of when she has started having more issues it more or less coincides with the start of rainy season where thunderstorms are a near daily occurrence.

If I let her, she would hide in the bathroom an entire day. The thing is she will stay in there even well after the storm has passed. She has always been a bit neurotic in that way. However when this is combined with her kidney problems things get complicated very fast. I really would like to avoid taking her to the vet until next month when a bunch of things are supposed to get done but if I can’t get her eating better it’s going to have to be sooner rather than later. There is no cure for her condition, we can only keep trying to manage it. It’s a grey cloud that is consistently floating above me at all times. Not being able to “fix” her is a hard thing for me to accept.

Possibly as a retail therapy side effect of my dark mood about Elsa’s wellness I pulled the trigger on purchasing my fifth Tesla last night. Yes as usual it came out of nowhere. I have been looking at used GMC/Chevy EV trucks for a few weeks. I was thinking about the possibility of consolidating my two vehicles, the Tesla and the Tacoma into one EV truck. However even used, these trucks cost a bundle.

So yesterday I was watching a video talking about not widely known features on new Tesla’s. The Model Y underwent a refresh in 2025. I never paid much attention to the additions/changes with the refresh but the video sparked my attention. I realized there are a bunch of things they added to the new Model Y’s that appeal to me. So for the hell of it I went on the Tesla site to see what’s the current state of things.

I was not current with the offerings Tesla has now. They have a base model Y that starts just under $40K that is RWD. Then they have long range “Premium”models with some additional tech, the tech that interested me. These are long range models with both AWD and RWD versions. The RWD models are slower but they also get the most range, rated at just under 360 miles. My first two Tesla’s were RWD.

So I started running numbers. Tesla gives current Tesla owners a $500 spiff as well as offering .99% interest which is unheard of nowadays. I also got a trade number for my 2024 Performance Model Y. I wasn’t thrilled with the number but when I factor in the sales tax savings I get by trading the vehicle the number aligns with what I have seen elsewhere. Bottom line was I could move into the 2026 and actually drop my payment from it’s current level somewhat because I am stepping down in trim level.

I have done the opposite up until now, going up in specs/trim level with each purchase. I started with a standard range Model 3 in 2019. Then I went to a RWD Model Y in 2022 which was quickly sold to Vroom for a profit before I purchased an AWD long range Model Y later in 2022. Then in 2024 I again stepped up going to the top of the line Model Y Performance which has blistering acceleration. However I have come to realize that I basically never use that speed nor do I really care about or need it. All Tesla’s are fast enough for me so for the first time in 7 years I am going back down the ladder of specs in the Tesla universe and I am happy to do so.

The new car has a lot of cool additions on the inside including sweet ambient dash/door lighting, different steering wheel/controls, the front seats are now both heated and ventilated, a rear seat that is power both ways (open/close), the rear seat reclines, and there is an 8 inch screen in the back for rear seat passengers. On the outside the front and back end have been reworked visually although I am indifferent about it. The suspension has been improved which give a smoother ride and these vehicles have an additional camera in the nose that the prior gen Tesla’s are missing which gives greater visibility to the car and makes FSD which is already great, better.

Anyway, it seems like I have been on a regular 2-3 year upgrade schedule with my Tesla’s since I entered into their market. Even though Elon has gone off the rails it hasn’t changed the fact that I love my Tesla’s, despite his ridiculous behavior. The vehicle I will be buying evidently has not been made yet. It will be 4-6 weeks until I take delivery. As is the case with my last purchase, the prep for buying the car is done almost exclusively on the phone. I did everything that I could get done at this point already.

One thing that was extremely annoying was getting my credit freeze lifted temporarily at Experian. The credentials I had saved in my password manager did not work and trying to get in to unfreeze my credit was a monumental pain in the ass, consuming a half hour of my time. It’s all good now at least.

Ironically the features in this new Tesla would have made the road trip I was supposed to be taking more enjoyable. I guess we will get to test it out whenever the opportunity for another trip comes around.

I made it the entire weekend without popping any ibubrofen, the first time that happened in a week. The swelling around the knee has lessened which has both reduced the pain and allowed for more flexibility. It still is not close to good and my gait is not normal yet. I feel some additional soreness/pain from other areas of the leg most likely from walking abnormally for a week.

I felt good enough to rotate the tires on the Tesla which was for the road trip that I have subsequently cancelled, more on that later. I also was able to get out on the V14 Pro for a very quick ride to DD to see if the new shock I installed provides the softer ride I was looking for. Spoiler, it does.

I also watched the World Cup games on Saturday. At this point I am pulling for Argentina even though non-Argentina fans are whining that the games have been rigged in their favor. I also had two more robo-octopus’s printing, well one still is.

So Saturday evening/night Elsa had yet another of the increasingly common episodes where she throws up and also has diarrhea. Saturday night I got up with her four different times to let her outside. When this happens she is wiped out and she laid around most of the day Sunday. Seeing this cycle return made me pull the plug on the road trip. I just don’t feel good about leaving her for over a week with her roller coaster health issues. It feels irresponsible and selfish.

That being said I also feel guilty about canceling the trip as I was looking forward to it as was my girlfriend. It’s something that has been planned for close to 3 months. I have a problem not following through on something I say I am going to do but I still feel that postponing the trip is the right thing to do.