Red excitedness characteristics:
- falling over. Think or how the USS enterprise wobbles and throws the crew from side to side when attacked by the klingons or travelling through an asteroid belt.
- dribbling. Pouring tea becomes particularly tricky leaving drips all over the place.
- Perpetual waffling. A striking lack of precision in speach and writing rather like rambing only not in the countryside but in words and really not worthy of reading. Editor skills are desperately needed during a red alert to head-off the waffle effect.
- tears before bedtime. Over spilt tea, bruised knees, being misunderstood etc
Why now?
Only 4 weeks before my Greek sailing holiday! I’ve made the lists & purchased the essentials. From here-on in its all about getting over-excited.
Things to be aware of when flying from Heathrow to SeaTac:
How white are my knees after 6 days in Spanish August sunshine? WHITE
How big was the person in this seat before me? BIG
Was the pink spotty dress just the ticket for travelling? YES
How long have my nails grown? SCRATCHY LONG.
Focus? what’s focus? pre-flight BEER
The factory announced it’s closing for the week starting July 31st. Time for Wendy’s summer outing! Leaving the USA, leaving the UK, leaving ex-English colonies, venturing into the heart of the Spanish ex-empire. Madrid, during their infierno wearing a sheath dress in pink leopard-skin print. Of course!
Excitement levels have risen passed new-haircut appointments towards which glasses & hats can come with me dilemmas? Professional Wendy-observers are safely predicting regular outbreaks of:
- tourist-y activities: Loitering around the Paseo del Prado, taking in an art gallery or two. Day trip to Toledo (if I haven’t already disintegrated in the 40 degrees heat)
- Wendy-y activities: People watching over a glass of warm red wine, sleeping, photographing buildings and doorways, riding buses and trains, falling over, talking nonsense to strangers, exploring bars that claim hemmingway drank there, high frequency of not making decisions.
