12-28-23 Galapagos Here We Come
I went in to the office and looked at all the info from the Travelbestbets site and emailed back and forth with Shayla, the very helpful agent. Once I had all the info together, I sent it to Tracey and she committed to going from September 12-22. Then it was off to the Rotary lunch where as of yesterday I am officially a member. It was a nice social time and I even got a fine on my first day as we all did to wrap up the year. The made up fun fines, often $2 and the Happy Bucks that people put on their accounts to pay to make announcements are a cute way of raising funds and entertaining everyone. I look forward to what the future brings serving with this group. A
fter the meeting I dropped off my recycling and took Mom’s clothes to the Mission Thrift. Then, it was back to the office to finish booking the trip and apply for my passport renewal as it expires in July 2024. I will get photos and send it in after we are back from California as I don’t want to risk not getting it back. I used my Avion Visa to put the deposit on the trip and Tracey will pay me as she can as she is waiting for a refund from her cancelled cruise. She kindly offered to pay towards any interest we accumulate, which is awesome.
I managed to get the last two files done for GST filing for 2023! Also got a jump doing one of the two payroll due tomorrow. Once I was done James was also finished cleaning at the office and we headed to Encore to shoot some pool. It was great to see Roger’s sister, Margot and her husband, Rob there, up from Olympia Washington. I hope to see their girls tomorrow afternoon.
James and I played 6 games of which I won two, he won two and he sewered and lost two. It was fun and the place was noisy and busy. I offered to buy him dinner at East Side Mario’s and it was delicious. I dropped him back at Encore and came home to puzzle and watch more episodes of The Watcher. It is impossible not to watch. Thank goodness there is only 7 episodes all together as I seem to be on a binge.
I am so very excited to go on both big trips next year. Something to look forward to is very important to my mental health.
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