CURRENTLY - PLEASE LET THE WEBSITE FUNCTION!
I'm currently dressed to go for a walk followed by a late breakfast with a neighbor - my gift to her following a recent 80th birthday celebration where 'no gifts, please' were requested - so I'm giving her an experience instead.
However, I'm chained to the house until the website to purchase tickets at an upcoming film festival we'll be attending goes live at 9:00 AM. If, big caveat, all goes according to plan, I should be done by 9:15 AM and onto my walk. However, in years past all kinds of website glitches have occurred on the first day of sales, so I'm trying to be mentally prepared if things get really wonky.
I suspect that either way it goes. I'll really need that walk - either to celebrate that, yeah, all went well and our 15 film showing tickets have been purchased for the precise date and times we want, or aaaargh, that was awful, the website was horrible, and I need to walk off some negative energy! 😄
Otherwise, my plans for the day include finally, really, booking our upcoming holiday hotel reservations in Nashville, and booking the air for an upcoming Panama Canal cruise in February - one way only, yeah, as we return back into Los Angeles for disembarkation, meaning a simple and quick Uber ride back home.
This cruise, the first of four we have booked for 2026, will be our first time in a mini suite, which should be fun. Because we booked it fairly late, the mini suites were discounted to the same price as for a balcony to ensure a full ship sell out, and we happily booked one. The upgrade means we'll have a full size sofa in the main area, a bathtub in the bathroom, and a deeper balcony for lounging.
Here is the route we'll be taking:
