my journey, destination unknown
Though it saddened us greatly, we decided that after seven-consecutive years, we would not be going to the Austin City Limits Music Festival this year. Too expensive, too much school to miss for the girls. Instead, Chloe and I decided to attend Music Midtown instead. A much shorter festival and only a MARTA ride away….
The girls and I had a nice day at home. I took time off from our hectic week to just read and relax, mostly. Jane came over for a while, and the girls had a good time. We all went to bed on the early side.
Camille is SIXTEEN now! Work and school. In the afternoon, Rob came home and left for a retreat. Chloe came home and left for the football game. Camille and I had a little dinner then went to the football game, where she met up with Claire and some other kids.
When planning our trip to Santorini, I had no idea where to stay. What would work well for me and the girls? What would be convenient to the ferry and the sites we wanted to see? After much searching, I settled on Kamari. Located on the water and not too remote. Unfortunately, I hadn’t considered…
Work and school. I headed to the Red Cross, but their computers were down, so I headed to Trader Joe’s and home. Camille stayed late for theater. I left to walk over to a women’s “networking” meeting and got home a little after 9pm.
I got the girls off to school; Rob took Phelix to daycare then went to work. The cleaning people came, so I went out to the pool deck. It was sunny and crisp, and I got all of my reading done. I grabbed a sandwich from Sawicki’s and ate out there as well. I then…
If you’ve been following along with my Happiness Project, which I restarted again almost a year ago, the main focus for this year (though it wasn’t at first) is to SIMPLIFY and PREPARE. As I’ve discussed before, I have had a decade or more of feeling as though “I don’t have time for this!” whatever…
We had a typical school/work day. Chloe hung out with Jane for a while after school. I started making the fall dinner; when she got home, she helped me finish up. The girls and I enjoyed our shepherd’s pie and pumpkin bread feast. After dinner, we watched “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. Rob got…
September break is over. Time to get back to school and work. After work, I took care of my projects. The girls came home from school. I went to by ham radio class, stopping at Kroger on my way home. Rob got home late from a dinner.
We celebrated a few week 38 holidays, including National Cheeseburger Day. Coming up this week: 22: National White Chocolate Day and Elephant Appreciation Day and Ice Cream Cone Day and Family Day 23: Checkers Day and Fall Equinox 24: National Cherries Jubilee Day and National Punctuation Day 25: National Comic Book Day 26: Love Note…
Rob went kayaking. Chloe went to Jane’s house. Claire came over for a while. I worked through the long list of things that had piled up over the week. Camille went out to dinner with Claire for her birthday. Rob and Chloe came home in the evening and made couscous for dinner.
I got up early and took care of things around the house. Rob, Camille, Chloe and I went to Target, then Rob dropped Chloe and I off near Music Midtown. Some of the bands we heard were Sleeper Agent, The Strypes, 21 pilots, Fitz and the Tantrums, Lana del Ray and Bastille. Chloe went up…
After a morning of work and studying, I took a nap. The girls did some chores and school stuff. I worked a little more in the afternoon, then Chloe and I headed out to take MARTA to Music Midtown. Rob volunteered with the bike valet there for a while. Chloe and I heard Banks, Run…
After our surprise stop in Pyrgos, we finally arrived in Thira. Thira is a bigger caldera town than Oia, and all we really wanted was some dinner and maybe to see a bit of the sunset before getting on the last bus back to Kamari. We were tired from our long tourist day and weren’t…
I got up super early and went right to work. The girls finished unpacking and did some chores. In the early afternoon, I headed out to volunteer at the Red Cross. When I got home, we worked on making baked French fries to go with our “cheeseburgers”. Rob came home and made his burger on…
Claire and Mary Irene left early. I decided to relax and read for a while, then the girls started to get up around 9:30. We packed our stuff up, and Camille and Chloe went to the pool while I loaded the car. As we were about to leave, Sally realzied her flip flops were gone…
Chloe and I left for Diagon Alley before everyone else and rode Gringotts together. The others showed up a bit after that. Some rides, some shopping. Camille got the sweater she had been wanting. In the early afternoon, I headed back to the hotel to get some work done while the kids stayed at the…
“Where’s the lobby?” “I don’t know.” “But you WORK here!” As I was sitting in the “food court” at the hotel enjoying my coconut tofu and veggies, an older couple asked a hotel employee where the lobby was. He had no clue – “Only worked here two days!”. They got a little testy. I jumped…
And we did it! The new Diagon Alley and Hogwarts Express! We got to the park for the early open time and headed right to Diagon Alley. We rode the Gringotts ride (no 7 hour line). We enjoyed exploring the shops. We hopped on the Hogwarts Express to Hogsmeade, where some enjoyed Butterbeer while others…
We celebrated a few week 37 holidays, including TV Dinner day and Fortune Cookie Day. Coming up this week: 15: National Linguine Day and Make a Hat Day 16: National Guacamole Day and Mexican Independence Day and Mayflower Day and National Play-Doh Day 17: Citizenship Day and National Apple Dumpling Day 18: National Cheeseburger Day…