I don't even know how to say it, but Eyjafjallajokull, the volcano in Iceland that has been spewing ash for over a week now, is giving me a headache. Not a physical headache -- we cannot even tell this so called ash cloud is over our heads. But it is causing us grief in that packages and mail have ceased to come and go between the US and the UK. The flight ban has been partially lifted, so I am really hoping mail starts going again asap. I have been waiting for something that my mom mailed almost two weeks ago, which apparently has been caught up in the Eyjafjallajokull mess. We also tried to fedex something out last week, which according to my tracking number this morning, is still sitting in the fedex warehouse in England. Luckily, no one has planned a visit that has been disrupted--we don't have family coming until May and then not again until July, so let's hope that everything is clear by then and that there are no more volcanic eruptions. When I thought about living here, I never expected mail or travel to be stopped because of a volcano - I have to say, that was NEVER a thought that entered my head. Weather, yes. But volcano, no. On the radio the other day, a newscaster was joking around, saying that everyone in England should all go outside at the same time and blow in the same direction to see if we could get it to disperse to be just over France - we laughed. At this point, I am willing to try it.
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