Thats right - post your rant here, anything bugging you, pet peeves, bad drivers, whatever, get it off your chest and put it here.
I will start, International travel is a pain, having to take a loved one remains home is a pain doing both is really a pain, the paperwork and trips to the consulate and getting everything perfect so you dont get in trouble or break some law - cant even believe all the crap they want and sealed stamped and notarized, And you need the right container for the ashes got to be able to xray it and in a sealed bag inside incase they want to look - thank God she wanted to be cremated having to deal with a body would have cost a small fortune
And then theres the luggage 2 checked bags each up to 50 pounds and a carry on and trying to keep the weight down - when you visit from the U.S things they cant get over there are a must, pounds of chocolate and and all kinds of other items and shifting from bag to bag to try to get the weight right, only 2 of us going and there will be 5 suitcases - - best investment I made this last week was a luggage scale - amazing how easy it is to go over weight.
and then there is the damn flight time 15 1/2 hours on a plane to get there, we leave at 11 in the morning our time and dont land until 7pm the next day their time, on the bright side coming back is 2 hours shorter and we actually land 3 hours earlier than we took off amazing how that works - - - done this before and I know the jet lag is going to suck - -
I know once we are there and on the ground its all going to be worth it, but dang it sure would be easier to take I nice trip in the Slingshot
anyway just needed to vent and this is probably the only place where no one will take it the wrong way or get offended
if nothing else now we have a post your rant here thread that can go along with the weather thread the only question that remains is if you want to rant about the weather which thread to choose