Yes, that's right, I finally posted the pictures of our trip to the East coast. I must warn you though... I was pretty terrible at taking pictures while I was there. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that we were never in one place for very long. By the time I remembered that I had brought my camera, we were leaving. Some of the pictures are because Happy took the camera. He's much more diligent with taking pictures. But I did get some good Christmas morning pictures, which is very important!
Today is a very quiet day at work and there was minimal traffic on my way to work. I'm guessing it's due to the fact that many people have today off as it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Bummer that we don't have it off, but it's not a big deal. Happy has today off and still had practice with his guys because they'd be able to use the gym (as opposed to the parking lot where they usually practice). Such dedication!
It's also SUPER windy and really cold in this front lobby where I sit. I have the heater on my feet and it's making my hair more static. Sigh. Oh well. Now I'm going to code invoices so when they come in the mail I'm not left with such a huge stack. Have a lovely Monday and enjoy the day off if you have it!
Showing posts with label New England. Show all posts
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1.15.2007
1.05.2007
The Whirlwind Tour
As planned, I brought my camera to work today so that I could transfer all our "Christmas" pictures (including the pictures we took on the East coast) into a web album. Unfortunately, I arrived at work and searched my camera bag to find that my USB cable (I think that's what it's called) was not there. Sigh. So, hopefully I'll find it at home somewhere and there will be new pictures tomorrow... if our internet connection decides to play nice.
Since Happy didn't share any of the stories about our vacation, I'll just give you a rough outline (with stories along the way) of our "whirlwind tour," as he so aptly put it:
Friday, Dec. 22nd – Our assistant pastor (and Bible study leader) Ron picked us up at 7:30 am. We shoved, literally shoved, our bags into his Sebring and made our way to LAX. We were VERY thankful to have him cart us to and from the airport. We got on our plane with minor difficulty since my ticket said "Amy Gilmore" and my IDs all say "Amy Godwin." I had our marriage certificate, but still got patted down. But, we did get on the plane.
Our connecting flight was out of San Francisco. After arriving at our gate, getting lunch, and sitting for a while, I realized that we needed to get our boarding passes for this flight. Apparently they don't give you boarding passes for your whole trip? Anyway, Happy got in line for about a half hour before I joined him because our flight was already halfway finished boarding. After another ten minutes or so we were at the desk waiting for our boarding passes. Anyone who has ever traveled during Christmas knows the excitement this can include. Well, after a short while a woman came up carrying her 2 year old daughter. She said she had a ticket, but needed her seat assignment (the same predicament that everyone in line was facing). Of course, we had already been told at this point that our flight had been overbooked and 7 people were requested to give up their seats. As this lady interrupts our ticket guy, the woman who had been standing behind us in line comes over and says “Excuse me, but I’ve been standing in line for 35 minutes and I need my seat assignment as well!” She wasn’t exactly rude, but irritated that she’d been cut in line. To this the woman with her daughter responded, “Well, I guess you just have to be aggressive!” I’m not sure if there was more exchange between them, but I certainly was shocked by that. A little while later the aggressive lady said “Merry Christmas” to the other lady in a nasty tone. Yuck. After a little more confusion, we got our seat assignments and boarded the plane. We were in the very last row and got more than a few dirty looks as we walked past everyone. When we got to our seats (the window and middle seat) there was a rather large girl conked out in the aisle seat. The flight attendant said he’d take care of it. He said “Ma’am…”“Ma’am!” “MA’AM!!!” She drowsily awoke and got out of our way, not noticing the people around her who were stifling laughter. Minutes later she was snoring loudly. The family across the aisle was laughing, as were we. The dad said “Anyone have a bucket of water?” Happy held up a water bottle. So went the flight. With the snoring girl, the fussy screaming toddlers a few rows ahead of us, the consistent turbulence and no food, I was ready to get off the plane the second it landed.
Ok, perhaps there won’t be too many more stories included in my outline, since that story was pretty long.
When we arrived around 10:30 pm in Boston, Dad picked us up and we drove around Boston to look at lights. We got dinner and made our way back to his place. I think we finally got in bed around 1:30. We slept in late the next morning :-)
Saturday, Dec. 23rd – Dad took us around Derry and Happy got to see more of where I grew up. We walked around my high school and even checked out the football field and track. Later in the afternoon we had pizza at Sal’s (the BEST pizza I’ve ever eaten) and then went back to Dad’s so I could make my mom-in-law’s salsa for him to try. We had to modify some of the ingredients, but it still came out pretty good. Dinner was at the Bollywood Grill and it was excellent!
Sunday, Dec. 24th – Dad dropped us off at the Crabb house so we could get a ride with them to church and Dad could still go to his church. We had breakfast there and then went to Fellowship Bible Church. It was SO wonderful to see everyone and I was especially thankful that the Hastings were there visiting from Guatemala! We had a hard time leaving, but did have a long day ahead of us. Back at Dad’s we packed our stuff into his car, ate a quick lunch and got on the road to Mom’s (about 3 hours away). Once at Mom’s our stuff was unloaded, we took a bathroom break and got in Mom & John’s car to go to Pop-pop and Patty’s (in CT) for a visit. We had pizza from Antonio’s there and chatted for a couple hours before heading back to MA.
Monday, Dec. 25th – Merry Christmas! Dan woke us up around 7 am to open presents (that’s 4 am in CA for those who were wondering). It was wonderful, even though we were missing some people we like to celebrate with. We had a big breakfast of fresh eggs from Mom’s chickens, bacon and fruit. Then I got to go with Mom to get more eggs from her chickens! I even got one that was warm—a little creepy at first but still pretty cool. We got a tour of the new house and enjoyed our time with my family.
Tuesday, Dec. 26th – Up around 9 am to do laundry and pack our stuff to go back to Dad’s (a much shorter drive to Boston for our early morning flight). Mom & John were headed over to North Andover (on the Eastern side of MA) to celebrate Christmas with his family so we left around 11:30. We met up with Dad, transferred baggage, and got a quick bite to eat before going back to Dad’s. We watched The Sixth Sense and then ate Turkey pot pie for dinner. Yum!
Wednesday, Dec. 27th – I woke up at 5 am (that’s 2 am in CA) to take a shower before we left around 6:00 for our 8:30 am flight. Despite my great desire to tell you more about that adventure, I’ll refrain since this post is practically a novel already. Perhaps my wonderful husband will relay that story at a later point. We arrived home around 4 pm and went to bed early. We slept for 10 hours.
I’m sure you can imagine that there are many more stories I could share and will hopefully do so at some point. But, if you get impatient for stories, feel free to give us a call and we’ll elaborate more than this! I hope you had a blessed Christmas and had some time to relax and remember the purpose of Christmas—to celebrate the birth of our Savior!
Since Happy didn't share any of the stories about our vacation, I'll just give you a rough outline (with stories along the way) of our "whirlwind tour," as he so aptly put it:
Friday, Dec. 22nd – Our assistant pastor (and Bible study leader) Ron picked us up at 7:30 am. We shoved, literally shoved, our bags into his Sebring and made our way to LAX. We were VERY thankful to have him cart us to and from the airport. We got on our plane with minor difficulty since my ticket said "Amy Gilmore" and my IDs all say "Amy Godwin." I had our marriage certificate, but still got patted down. But, we did get on the plane.
Our connecting flight was out of San Francisco. After arriving at our gate, getting lunch, and sitting for a while, I realized that we needed to get our boarding passes for this flight. Apparently they don't give you boarding passes for your whole trip? Anyway, Happy got in line for about a half hour before I joined him because our flight was already halfway finished boarding. After another ten minutes or so we were at the desk waiting for our boarding passes. Anyone who has ever traveled during Christmas knows the excitement this can include. Well, after a short while a woman came up carrying her 2 year old daughter. She said she had a ticket, but needed her seat assignment (the same predicament that everyone in line was facing). Of course, we had already been told at this point that our flight had been overbooked and 7 people were requested to give up their seats. As this lady interrupts our ticket guy, the woman who had been standing behind us in line comes over and says “Excuse me, but I’ve been standing in line for 35 minutes and I need my seat assignment as well!” She wasn’t exactly rude, but irritated that she’d been cut in line. To this the woman with her daughter responded, “Well, I guess you just have to be aggressive!” I’m not sure if there was more exchange between them, but I certainly was shocked by that. A little while later the aggressive lady said “Merry Christmas” to the other lady in a nasty tone. Yuck. After a little more confusion, we got our seat assignments and boarded the plane. We were in the very last row and got more than a few dirty looks as we walked past everyone. When we got to our seats (the window and middle seat) there was a rather large girl conked out in the aisle seat. The flight attendant said he’d take care of it. He said “Ma’am…”
Ok, perhaps there won’t be too many more stories included in my outline, since that story was pretty long.
When we arrived around 10:30 pm in Boston, Dad picked us up and we drove around Boston to look at lights. We got dinner and made our way back to his place. I think we finally got in bed around 1:30. We slept in late the next morning :-)
Saturday, Dec. 23rd – Dad took us around Derry and Happy got to see more of where I grew up. We walked around my high school and even checked out the football field and track. Later in the afternoon we had pizza at Sal’s (the BEST pizza I’ve ever eaten) and then went back to Dad’s so I could make my mom-in-law’s salsa for him to try. We had to modify some of the ingredients, but it still came out pretty good. Dinner was at the Bollywood Grill and it was excellent!
Sunday, Dec. 24th – Dad dropped us off at the Crabb house so we could get a ride with them to church and Dad could still go to his church. We had breakfast there and then went to Fellowship Bible Church. It was SO wonderful to see everyone and I was especially thankful that the Hastings were there visiting from Guatemala! We had a hard time leaving, but did have a long day ahead of us. Back at Dad’s we packed our stuff into his car, ate a quick lunch and got on the road to Mom’s (about 3 hours away). Once at Mom’s our stuff was unloaded, we took a bathroom break and got in Mom & John’s car to go to Pop-pop and Patty’s (in CT) for a visit. We had pizza from Antonio’s there and chatted for a couple hours before heading back to MA.
Monday, Dec. 25th – Merry Christmas! Dan woke us up around 7 am to open presents (that’s 4 am in CA for those who were wondering). It was wonderful, even though we were missing some people we like to celebrate with. We had a big breakfast of fresh eggs from Mom’s chickens, bacon and fruit. Then I got to go with Mom to get more eggs from her chickens! I even got one that was warm—a little creepy at first but still pretty cool. We got a tour of the new house and enjoyed our time with my family.
Tuesday, Dec. 26th – Up around 9 am to do laundry and pack our stuff to go back to Dad’s (a much shorter drive to Boston for our early morning flight). Mom & John were headed over to North Andover (on the Eastern side of MA) to celebrate Christmas with his family so we left around 11:30. We met up with Dad, transferred baggage, and got a quick bite to eat before going back to Dad’s. We watched The Sixth Sense and then ate Turkey pot pie for dinner. Yum!
Wednesday, Dec. 27th – I woke up at 5 am (that’s 2 am in CA) to take a shower before we left around 6:00 for our 8:30 am flight. Despite my great desire to tell you more about that adventure, I’ll refrain since this post is practically a novel already. Perhaps my wonderful husband will relay that story at a later point. We arrived home around 4 pm and went to bed early. We slept for 10 hours.
I’m sure you can imagine that there are many more stories I could share and will hopefully do so at some point. But, if you get impatient for stories, feel free to give us a call and we’ll elaborate more than this! I hope you had a blessed Christmas and had some time to relax and remember the purpose of Christmas—to celebrate the birth of our Savior!
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