We leave tomorrow for Greece. We're cramming everything into 2 bags – 10 days for all 5 of us. Everyone has been really good about not packing that much stuff. I have packed the most stuff of all of us. Too many shoes and WAY too many books. What can I say? I am planning to ditch some of the books along the way.

There is also a lot of sunblock and individual candy bags for each person and bags of power bars, and self-tanner. Again, what can I say? The good news is that Daddy probably won't read this til after we leave, and he won't be able to do anything about it at that point.

It will be nice to get out of the routine for a bit!

We return July 15, in time to wish Uncle Jonathan a happy birthday stateside. The big question is: how many games behind will the Nats be by then?