World Travels

After 16 days in Denmark, I have returned home with lots of memories and ideas. I am still processing all that was seen and done. I have lots of photos to upload and can't wait to begin painting again. Copenhagen was fabulous. I visited several museums and galleries which I will sort through and post as well. One that stands out incredibly though was the Cindy Sherman exhibit at the Louisiana Museum in Hillerod.

The trip over to Denmark was long and exhausting but worth every second. Our original flight out of San Juan to JFK would not get us there early enough to make the connecting flight to London, so we went to the airport early to see if we could catch an earlier flight out and they accommodated us very nicely. We had a 4 hr wait in JFK for the London flight which gave us time for a couple of drinks before the long journey. After a 7 hr flight to London and a mad dash to get to our gate for the next leg of our trip to Copenhagen, we had 20 min to spare. I have decided that when I fly to Europe or any other place requiring more than a 4 hr ride, I will fly business or first class. The seats are just not comfortable enough to stretch out much or sleep during such a long flight.

Once in Copenhagen, we were met by some friends of Jaymee and Palle who had brought us a car for us to use on on stay. We then drove to Hundested. We stayed in this house that was built in 1797. Poor Julio kept hitting his head on the doorways as they were less than 6 ft high to help save on heating. It was quite a charming place. I did a quick watercolor of the house that I will post up later.

It was quite a trip and I will give the rest of the details later. For now, I have tons of cleaning to do.

Getting the job done

procrastinate |prəˈkrastəˌnāt; prō-|verb [ intrans. ] delay or postpone action; put off doing something : it won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate. DERIVATIVES procrastination |prəˌkrastəˈnā sh ən; prō-| noun procrastinator |-ˌnātər| noun procrastinatory |-nəˌtôrē| adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred until tomorrow,’ from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’ ).

Thesaurus
procrastinate verb fear of failure often causes people to procrastinate delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, be dilatory, use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, drag one's feet/heels, take one's time, play for time, play a waiting game.

Working on the edge

As much as I have tried, I just haven't been able to get much work done. Administrative stuff has just gotten out of hand and I have also been too easily influenced to do other things. The three times I tried to get some photos and drawings down, I was pulled in different directions.

I just received my passport back. I had to have it renewed because I am leaving next week for a trip to Denmark. I am going with some good friends and am really looking forward to getting away and seeing a different part of the world. I have been making lists so that I do not forget some important thing I want to take with me.

Over the weekend I went shopping and found this really cool new set of luggage for my trip. I really needed some new stuff as my old luggage was just falling apart. Fortunately, I have plenty of sweaters and stuff from when I lived in Nashville and from my trip to the Poconos this past Christmas. I am also bringing my watercolors along for journaling.

List of Tasks:

Put medicine bag together for trip.
Cut paper for watercolor journals.
Decide which books to bring for reading.
Get all official documents together for traveling.
Pull out clothes and wash if needed.