The Nitty Gritty
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The Happening of Our Daily Lives
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The Nitty Gritty
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The Happening of Our Daily Lives
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Our eldest son lives and works on the east coast and has done so for about 13 months now. It took him a couple of years after graduating from college to find this job, but he LOVES it!. I am almost embarrassed to admit that we've never made it there to visit him. We've wanted to, but because of many different circumstances, never have. So, Mr. and I decided, almost at the same time but independent of each other, the time had come -- we should make the trip to visit. Our son was over the moon happy (I think he's wanted us to come for awhile now, but isn't the kind of person to squawk about it). Plans were made. Bed and Breakfast was booked. We were very excited to be *finally* heading off. Then, as quite often happens with us, the day before we were to leave, I received word my 90 year old dad was in the hospital. Great. Should we go? Should we stay? What to do...what to do??? After much thought, we decided to continue on with our plans. Almost every single time over the course of our marriage that we've planned a trip, some sort of tragedy has struck which has caused us to cancel. Since my dad was doing some better and today's technology makes it very easy to keep in touch, we decided to carry on. Off at the crack of dawn -- East Coast, here we come! The trip there was fairly smooth, other than the snow we encountered in Quebec... yikes! (see pics below) . Smooth that is, until we arrived at our friends' (who live along the way) and found that my step-mother too was now also in the hospital. Great! That's all we needed! NOT!!! Since we were almost to our son's, we once again decided to carry on keeping in constant contact with those back home. Finally we arrived and found the bed & breakfast. The first few days with him were rather tense, wondering how my dad and step-mom were doing. We knew the possibility of having to return home quickly was a real thing but we soldiered on. Thankfully, they both improved (my dad even got released! Yay!!) and we were able to enjoy the rest of our trip. The bed & breakfast was wonderful !! Our son took us out for lunch, gave us a tour through the studio where he works, a tour around the city he works in. He introduced us to his girlfriend and his landlady -- both who are very nice. His landlady even had us in for a meal. We went to his church and he introduced us to his friends there. We went out for lunch after church and then down for a walk along the water front. As the saying goes though, all good things must come to an end and eventually it was time to head for home. I am so glad we made the trip and did not choose to stay home. Tragedy could have struck and we would have had to come home, it didn't. Thankful for a week long get away with Mr., for the chance to visit our son and see his new life and for an all around (mostly) pleasant trip. Can hardly wait until the next time we can visit with him!
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