What to do when your trip is less than five days away...

This post is really just a test.  I'll explain in a bit, but overall, the idea is to remind everyone who is traveling that there are important things that need to happen...here is a short list:

1. SIGN YOUR PASSPORTS - I was reviewing the photocopied versions of your passports today and nearly half of you haven't signed your passports.  Open to the picture page.  You will see a line to sign on the non-picture page.  Sign it.  You might face a little scrutiny when crossing international borders if it is not signed.  It also becomes a form of ID if someone at a store or bank needs to see something with your signature.
2. Check your electrical devices and make sure you've got everything together.  If you've purchased something new, check out all of its features.  If something runs on batteries, make sure you've got new ones.  I won't be taking all of these with me, but I wanted to be positive that my camera would function during the entire trip.
3. Make sure you get the other necessities in order, for me that means good ole fashion books and stuff. I usually have a tour book for each place I am visiting and I always find some light reading too.  Typically, I like to bring a couple copies of the Constitution when traveling overseas in case an indigenous person wants to learn a little bit about American government.  
4. This post was really just a test to make sure that I could take pictures with my camera and then upload them to this blog.  I follow my own advice. 

See you at the airport!!!

-Mr. Lavoie currently at home after leaving the Sox game in the fifth inning rain delay...Good call too, because they blew it in the ninth.