Yesterday was a fairly relaxing day. We had a morning date for coffee and pastries with our friends Thomas and Maya followed by a lunch & wine tasting date with our friend Todd, followed by dinner in the evening with Robin’s parents and their friends Fran and Ted. That didn’t leave a lot of time for trip preparations, but it was probably a good thing since we were going crazy with it all and really needed a break. It was also our wedding anniversary, so it made sense to have some fun.

Today we were back to work all day long with the preparations, hoping for a departure tomorrow. With Enid home it was impossible for both of us to work steadily all day, but we did the best we could and at this point things are pretty close to ready. Unfortunately we just found out that the rental van registration we made got screwed up and they expected us to pick it up today instead of tomorrow. Now the computers at the nationwide office are showing that no van is available at our location, but they can’t tell us whether it’s because our van is being held for us or because it was rented to someone else when we didn’t pick it up today as they expected. At this hour on Sunday the local outlet is of course closed, so we won’t know until they open in the morning whether we can get a van or not. So we may not actually be able to leave until Tuesday.