two young men on either side of me, we are all wearing matching shirts that are plaid, striped, checked, and chaotic in colors or black, blue, and red I have on mismatched sneakers in orange and green, my hair is dyed 3/4 1/4 yellow (blellow, we call it)

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   Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Sep-2026 12:43:07 JST Kim Scheinberg

   A few days ago I was at the airport in Barcelona filling out paperwork to get VAT refunds for purchases made in France, Germany, and Spain

   The Spain administrivia was handled by a machine scanning a receipt and my passport — the refund hit my credit card before I landed in NYC — but the France and Germany refunds required forms that needed to be stamped, put in envelopes, and dropped in a mailbox right next to the processing area

   My oldest (27) watched as I tried three times to lick the envelope before realizing that that is not how envelopes are sealed anymore

   Feeling my age, I felt compelled to offer some history lessons, starting with "when I was a kid, luggage didn't have wheels..."

   Here's a pic of me and my boys having lunch at 9Reinas