The Calendar of Expectations

Whenever I am taking a 'big trip' I create a calendar to keep in view on the hotel or cabin desktop so I know what I am doing it each day.  I know that the powers that be in charge of everything will tell me the night before but so often we have so many privately made plans that I prefer to have it all in my own language.  This helps me know what to put in my day pack, how much cash to carry, whether to bring a snack, and who to meet where when!

For a river cruise it isn't that important and especially this time as we have no pre - paid tours that we do not want to miss out on.  I always give a copy to my family.  In my head they check it out every day to see where I am and what I am doing.  Then they do a little googleing to see what I will be seeing.  But that is in my head.  Maybe when the grand kids were little they might have talked about it or shown the kids on a map, but I am pretty sure that now before the end of the trip, this calendar is covered with school lunch menus and permission slips!  But, after all, life is all about perception, so if in my head they are traveling vicariously with me - then, they are!

So enjoy your vicarious journey with great anticipation!