On my way

well, I'm officially on my way and sitting in a beautiful comfy chair, watching the planes take off against the backdrop of the Rockies, surrounded by colllege kids loudly recounting their drunken adventures in Berlin with oddly seems to include a variety of animal sounds. I had my first experience in being hand swabbed then searched, and interrogated because somehow between my shower last night and the airport this morning I have been busy with something that their little swabber thinks is paint thinner. It's been quite a morning and it's only 9am local time, let's see what the day holds!