Trip Update

**Finally got time and found connection

**Written in flight.

It has been a crazy the last 10 days.

My boss had her vacation last week, we are short at work and then I spend a day in a company meeting in my boss’ place. So, of course, we fell behind and everyone was stressed. We did end better then we had started and in fact we started this week much better then the last one, so that was cool.

At the company meeting I had turned off my phone for it, well when I went to turn it back on it stated “requires service, call 1-866……..” and none of my buttons worked. Took forever to figure it out, but a few weeks ago I had dropped my phone while opening it to make a call. Well the hinge didn’t appreciate that and partly snapped out of place. My phone continued to work and I figured we would wait until we got back from vacation before having it replaced. Wrong, didn’t happen. Once I shut it down, it was all over.

My meeting was 90 miles from home, so I like to let Harold know when I’m on my way home. I had gotten a hold of sprint and fact testing things out the lady was kind enough to call him and let him know that I was on my way. That was really cool.

When I got home, I had to deal with getting a new phone before we left, I even tried to get the express and have it delivered by Monday. Some one screwed that up and we didn’t get it until Tues. My old phone still received power so we hoped that they would still be able to transfer my numbers and stuff. WRONG….gggrrr… I lost everything. Of course, we didn’t think about downloading Harold’s info, which would’ve been too easy…….doh

Right now I have an old phone bill with all the numbers I’ve called in my back pack, copy a bunch off ofHarold’s phone, so when I get time I’ll try re program my phone. I’m so not looking forward to it.

I’ve been going nuts trying to make sure we had everything packed and with the 50# limit. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything. Even though one baggage’s was 2# over….gggrrr We had to bust the zip tie off and move stuff from that one bag to another, annoying.

I did finally get a hold of Sandi and catch up with her while packing. She didn’t know that my phone had died. Cassie then hit me up for her school fundraiser………….lol At least they are catching up with the times, it is all online. I told her that her timing is horrible due to us traveling. But I’ll try to get something from her so I did my godmother part. =)

I was able to answer most of my private messages, responses on pichunter, and do my football picks last night. I really should respond to my emails, and then they will be saved into the outgoing box. As soon as I get internet they can take off. Just not sure how much “privacy” I have on the plane with out anyone looking over my shoulder.

Today we will be driving to Vancouver to visit Diesel and his family and few of our friends. I’m so looking forward to the mountains. =)

I had a few more thoughts to write out the other day, but don’t remember what they are…..lol….no surprise there. Hopefully we will have internet connection tonight so I can get this posted. Keep your fingers cross.

**Written during drive to Vancouver from Seattle.

Took us forever to get our luggage, but the Seattle airport always seems good for that.

We just hit Mount Vernon; still have about 2 hours before we get to the hotel.

I’ve been watching the scenery go by. It is great to see hills, thick forests with towering pine trees, it is 62 degrees and we are encountering some fall colors. It is pretty.

Until we started to consider moving from Indiana to Florida, I had to think if I could handle the vegetation in that state. I love seeing and experiencing different areas, but I’ve always had some thick woods nearby. After being in Florida for two years, I’ve finally figured out why I have a draw to actual wooded areas.

I had spent the first 7yrs of my life in Germany. My dad was a sgt./ssgt, it was the 70s with the oil embargo, and he had a wife and 2 kids to support. We couldn’t afford to do a lot of the things that families could do.

We lived off post with a heavily wooded area behind the house, so for family time and something to do we would go walking through the trails down the nearby village. We would collect pine cones and just enjoy ourselves. Hell, until I was much older I thought pine cones were a german thing since I had never seen them anywhere else……..lol

The room I shared with my sister had a window in the ceiling where you could see the pine trees towering over the house. Use the scare the hell out of me when it was storming at night……lol

But over time it had grown on me, having wooded areas is what me feel at home. Maybe that is why I really want us to move to this part of the country. Food for thought.