The GOOD: my Eurail pass came in the mail!

(right on schedule)
The GOOD: just sent my traveling companion an email... if he okays the hostels and tours I've selected, then the trip is ready to go

The GOOD: dude! I'm moving to I R E L A N D ! ! ! in two weeks! (after visiting Italy, France, and parts of Germany)
The BAD: not getting work done on other projects
The BAD: two of those being research projects
The GOOD: the work required there is small... and I actually did get a little done there today... so... progress continues
The GOOD: when that's all done, I can sit back QA test and crash my computers with bad C code while on vacation in Italy

... and on the planes... and on the trains (hey, where's the train thread? I have need of it

) ...and in France... and on the train back and forth from Germany...
The GOOD: my friend just rubber stamped said plans (das war schnell (unfortunately, that's practically the full extent of my German... so that part of the trip will be... interesting

))