the only point of those two last posts were just to drum in the basic point of, “Oh why yes, I am traveling abroad like they used to do in the luxurious 1990s, when air travel came with complimentary roast pheasant appetizers and goblets of chardonnay,” and also the point of “I will be getting out of this city, which, with each passing day, seems to make less and less sense. If only for several weeks.”