I woke up this morning with a sense of panic. It's Friday, after all, and I don't have a suitcase packed. In fact, my suitcase is rebelling, as on my trip last week to Tulsa, the handle broke and it's now in the suitcase repair shop, taking a breather from my hectic schedule too!

For the past 4 weekends, I've travelled to Atlanta, Boston, Austin/Houston and Tulsa and the trips have been just some of the best experiences of my life.

I got to enjoy the Columbia graduation and baccalaureate (Caroline), an ordination (Jessie, Joey and Caroline) and a gymnastics recital (Jessie and Joey). Oh yeah, and of course being around my fab four didn't hurt either!

But as much as I enjoyed the past four weekends, I must say that I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend at home coming up. Jack and Marina will be happy about it too! Not to mention Dalai and Dharma!

I say all this and also say at the same time that I can't wait until mid-July's trip to DC!