... My dad would be 100 years old today if he were still alive!
Happy Birthday, Pappy Jones!
Headed straight to Rhode Island where one of my sisters lives and checked into the first relatively inexpensive hotel I could find, where I was down for the count for a full week.
Definitely a drag, but I can't help but think of the humorous side. Getting a bad illness while traveling seems to happen 50 percent of the time. That is funny, right?
I saw my RI sister once during that week, onlybecause I didn't want to give her this horrific illness and I felt pretty bad. It's bad enough getting it. Why spread it?
Yesterday morning, I made it out of those stale shadows and drove to my other sister's house in Westchester County, NY.
For lunch, we met up with my eldest brother and enjoyed too short of a reunion.
Stayed at my NY sister's house last night, which was wonderful. Got to spend a little bit of time with her daughter and husband AND their two cute fuzzy dogs who are of a special breed I can never remember. Lovable little guys, those two.
This morning I high-tailed it to NJ and met my middle brother and his son for a long, leisurely lunch. It's been about 20 years since I've seen both of them – my nephew had been about four years old then – so this was quite a treat.
Now I'm in a hotel room in northwestern Maryland wondering if I should be heading to North Carolina tomorrow because it sounds like Hurricane Ida is heading in the same direction. Not quite as far north as North Carolina, but close enough to create a lot of residue rainstorms in NC.
Meanwhile, Mr F started settling into our new apartment in Albuquerque. I wish I was there with him, but that isn't going to happen for at least a week. Miss P is back to living in her castle-size carrier. Hopefully by the time I get there, Miss P will feel comfortable enough to sleep elsewhere in the apartment and I won't have this obnoxious cough.
Over and out
Arrived in Boston! Am excited about the national Rail~Volution's High-Speed Rail Conference, and ready to learn. It's weird being on my own. (via @annieo)
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this is the first time i've ever had to pay for my own health insurance. i've always been on the company's plan.
what a mess. like anyone needs to hear this.
it has not been fun.
but we believe we found insurance we can "live" with.
at $316/month! wow. seriously? wow.
and that's one of the cheapest plans. really? wow.
and that has some sort of discount rate because mr f is just old enough to join aarp.
wow.
mucho dinero.
i'm feeling the pain.
but i won't call a doctor.
It's getting exciting!
We still have so much to do.
It's still exciting.
Yea!
It's especially unbecoming in a person who is a fervent Christian.
• All of the little and big critter friends we've made this summer, especially the now not-so-little thunderstorm fawn.
• Living in the middle of a beautiful forest with lake and rolling meadows.
• Being geographically close to Mr F's parents.
• Some of the people we've met and started making friends with.
There is more, but this is all I can think of right now.
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• Having to drive five miles one way to the library, post office and small grocery store.
• Having to drive 10 miles one way to a decent restaurant and hardware store; 15 miles to a coffeehouse with wifi.
• Lack of high culture.
• Fuzzy, static listening of two NPR stations that are too far to get clear signal, yet close enough to taunt you.
• Not having a cooking stove.
• Businesses close around 5 p.m.
• The humidity.
There might be more things, but this is what comes to mind now.
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The US has hosted many Olympics. We must share the glory with the rest of the world. Chicago not getting them has nothing to do with Obama.
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I'm getting really excited about moving to Albuquerque.
Though being the procrastinators that Mr F and I are, we have much to do. We continue our purging/decluttering and pre-move activities. Tons of chaos.
Plus, Mr F will be gone at least a week to be on site to finish up a project he's been working on. It looks like I'll be participating in a national rail transit conference in Boston the end of the month. They've contacted me about participating. Triple yea! The DC USHSR conference doesn't seem likely, which may be all right. Maybe next year? This Boston conference seems to have a better focus on what I've been researching.
Plus, there's ArtPrize this weekend in GR, which I'm making last-minute plans to attend. As stressful as life has been lately, it seems best to cancel this trek. However, I'm crossing my fingers our timing may be all right.
That's what we get for procrastinating.
Exciliarating. ;-)
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