
Okay, enough kvetching and complaining from me. I DID accomplish one thing when I was home yesterday - I booked my flight to L.A. For the week of Nov. 4 through 9. Got a great deal...somebody told me that Tuesday mornings were when all the best deals came out on airline tickets, and I’d have to say they were right. I was tempted to go ahead and book DS’s flight for Christmas, but figured I’d better wait & see what time he was going to have off first. Looks like my girlfriend from VA (lifetime buddies) is going to try to get a flight out for those same dates, too. She loves DS - used to pretend he was her son; she doesn’t have any children. And, the feeling is mutual - DS calls her his “Batty aunty” even though she’s my sister through choice rather than bloodlines, so to speak. Now, SHE was born & mostly raised out in CA - went to U of Hawaii, and then came east to do her grad work. I met her then - we found ourselves working together for a while, recognized a “member of the tribe”, and have been close ever since. I have never, ever been to the “left coast”, never actually had any reason to go there, but now I do, so I will. I may have mentioned that I’m a rotten traveler. I much prefer my own bed and the comforts of home to living out of a suitcase somewhere. It does seem remiss of me, though, not to want to see more geography than I’ve seen, so I suppose <sigh> I may have to do a little traveling over the next few years if I don’t die of this bronchial thing that I’ve got going on here. Somebody wrote in their diet blog here on 3fc that they’re planning a trip to Macchu Picchu in the late fall, and I’ve got to say that that did pique my interest. I am interested in archaeology (DH subscribes to all sorts of archaeology magazines, and DS wanted to be an archaeologist for a long time - until he got swept off his feet, I guess, by the freaking entertainment industry.) Well, there’s still hope - he does have the education under his belt now, so maybe when he gets his fill of “playing” he’ll fall back on some of his old life plans. I guess every young person who hasn’t saddled themselves down with children & a mortgage is entitled to sow a few wild oats, as they say. I’m just glad that he’s paying his own bills, now. It’s taken a huge load off DH’s and my shoulders, and now we actually CAN contemplate doing a little traveling if we want to. DH would like to take a trip sponsored by one of his magazines where you get to visit a “dig” and such and so on. I dunno. I don’t know if these old bones of mine would take well to climbing about like that. But Macchu Picchu! Now those ruins are supposed to be located on one of the earth’s power grids - very rejuvenating, I would imagine, not to mention all the interesting ruins and stuff. Lot of climbing, but probably worth it.
Well, the Spa is still just in the process of getting up & running, right, Jo-annie? Lovely place, though. Wonderful to be pampered....to have it be all about YOU, yanno? We Golden Girls are, without exception, all about our families, some of us are about jobs, husbands, etc. Sometimes you really need for it to be just about you for a change, eh?

Very sorry about your MIL, Rhonda. My condolences.

Such fun with the Poms, eh, Karen? Nice pics....thanks for sharing.

Good to hear from you, Lily, glad all is well with you.

You must let us know how the kittens readjust once they’re home, Meowee-Linda. I think animal behavior is fascinating.

Trish, Phyllis, and all the Golden Girls I have neglected to mention out of sheer tired-of-typingness, hope your day is a pleasant one. Step AWAY from the scale, for GAWD’s sake!!!!!
I ate some wrong stuff yesterday. Grrrrrr. I am so annoying and out of control when I’m sick. I’ll do better today (maybe) and tomorrow for sure,
Tah,
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I did 3 1/2 miles today on the treadmill...dead tired from work...thanking my SAVIOR every step of the way for bringing me this far. I would have never imagined being able to do one 5K 10 years ago, let alone all I have done over the years.