So I've been in four cities in two days....It was 70 when I left Philly, 40 in Chicago, 90 in Vegas...and now its somewhere between 58 and 60 in Oakland. I'm done! Anywho, it was a long weekend and it went like this...

Friday I got off of double shift number two (which I will never do again) and we headed out to Ryan's mom's house for pizza, drinks, and pool that eventually turned in to basement wiffle ball. The next day Ryan got on his way to school and I slept as long as I could before being roused and carried home where we prepped for the day of many parties. First there was Erich's BBQ, which was a good time with good food. It got started a little late, and we almost opted out of party number two, but Carolanne twisted my arm ;) so we headed out to Emily's in Colmar. We had a great time out there, ended up spending the night, met a bunch of new people, saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in a few weeks. All in all it was a good time with smores and football for breakfast. Sunday we had a good day together. Went to Rich's for a little while, then headed home to spend some time together before my flight out Monday. "Some time together" lasted til 2 hours before we had to leave, but it was indeed a fantastic night, and sleeping is what the gods made airplanes for.

Monday I got to Chicago early, which turned out to be a blessing. The nasty ladies in the BSO sent me to the wrong place on the wrong shuttle. The People Dept looked at me and said, "It's good to see you..but why are you here?" Luckily the wonderful people from the Hilton were willing to pick me up at the Business Center and I was not, in fact, late for the luncheon. At the luncheon I got to sit and eat at a table with Colleen, which absolutely made my day just being able to sit and chat with her like old friends. I got a (fuzzy) picture with her, and went about my day. After the luncheon I headed back to MDW and onto the (correct) trolley to the hangar where I got to meet and hug (but unfortunately not get a picture with) Herb and see the unveiling of the Illinois One, which is a gorgeous plane. Ran into a couple people from work, but still felt a bit alone in the crowd. I miss my hubby =o(. I opted out of the Message because it was a good hike from the airport and I was afraid I'd miss the last flight to Vegas, so I caught a plane and slept until we landed. It was great to see Lauren's happy face at the airport! I missed her so much! We spent a good few hours catching up and plotting the next visit (with boy in tow). This morning I woke up and spent some time reading, meditating, and playing with the kitties until Doug got home to drive me back to the airport where I BARELY made my flight to Oakland because my pump set off the metal detector and they had to wand me. I ALWAYS get wanded when I really have to pee! But I made it! It was great to see my dad and grandparents. Unfortunately my other grandparents are in Arizona. Hopefully they'll be back before I leave. Otherwise there's next time.

I head back to Philly Friday. I'm sure there will be more updates. I've got a few interesting dreams/meditations to update about later...but for now...I'm thirsty...

Categories: travel [t], partys [t], california [t], planes [t]

That's a lot of travelling! I can't wait for it to get warm again, I blame Al Gore for this crazy weather. :D
» ikimashokie on 2008-04-15 11:41:38

lol Blame AL GORE! forget Blaming canda, haha. that's sum extreme weather changes tho..
» CPKviperpheonix on 2008-04-15 11:54:20

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