On Thursday I leave for 9 days in Scotland with my family. Meeting Mom & Dad at O’Hare at 1.00 … Mikey won’t meet us until Saturday morning in Edinburgh! He’ll fly transatlantic all by himself. That could be jarring for him. Either that, or he’ll just sleep.

I don’t care if it rains every day that I’m there. I don’t care if we don’t eat anything special on Thanksgiving Day. I don’t care if I have to drink a lot simply because there isn’t anything else. It’s going to be nice to be lazy. Simply be on vacation. In another place. I’ll be more comfortable than anyone else.

I wish Andy was going. Well, not with it being a family thing. It would never happen. “Ah, gee, can my friend Andy come? We’ll even share the same bed. It’ll be fine.” Andy will sure miss me. I won’t feel quite so desperate about it. I mean, I’ll be relaxed. And this means that he & I can be together on Christmas I hope.

Have film & batteries ready. I guess the president will get be decided upon while I’m over there. That, and Sundance will decide if “Kosher Messiah” is in or out. Haven’t heard from Tchavdar in 2 weeks I think.