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This afternoon I put David on the train back to Michigan. Knowing how confusing Union Station is and knowing we were rushed for time I took him inside and I waited with him in line. We said our goodbyes just after the ticket checker verified his ticket and sent him on to the platform. Thinking over the weekend, I'm glad he was able to come visit ( Read more... ) -
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My brother David arrives today in Chicago. I'm really looking forward to his visit. First of all because he hardly ever leaves his hometown, Lansing, MI, and second because I like spending time with my siblings. I don't do it enough and one of them lives in the same city as I do!
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The Thanksgiving venue has been nailed down. My brother Andrew's house will be the site and my father and his girlfriend will come in from Kalamazoo. They may stay the night but are as of yet undecided. Bob thinks my family is weird because no one talks. Maybe that's true but when we finally do talk things get decided, mostly out of frustration.
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The Thanksgiving venue has been nailed down. My brother Andrew's house will be the site and my father and his girlfriend will come in from Kalamazoo. They may stay the night but are as of yet undecided. Bob thinks my family is weird because no one talks. Maybe that's true but when we finally do talk things get decided, mostly out of frustration.
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Coatesville Trip
Well Bob and I agreed on a date and made the reservations. We're heading to Coatesville, Pennsylvania the second weekend in December to visit my aunt, grandma and of course my mother. I seem
To do this every year. I get a little unglued in October and miss my mother dearly and then pick one of the coldest times of the year to visit her grave. That's ( Read more... ) -
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It was good to get in an extra hour of sleep but this morning my ass is dragging from staying up late last night. I should never do that on a school night. Sunday started with walking the dogs and then cleaning house in preparation for having Bob’s aries470 sister, Kelly, and nephew, Ryan, over later for a pasta dinner. My stuff had spread out over the ( Read more... ) -
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Bob (aries470 ) and I met up with Bob's cousin Becky and his two sisters Kelly and Tricia. Becky was visiting Chicago on a whirlwind trip through the States. She's from Chicago originally but has been in Rome since June working for a university in marketing to set up semesters abroad programs. It was good seeing her again and talking about her ( Read more... ) -
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October is over. Whew! The huge pink flag that hung in the main entry of Ogilvie Transportation Center is gone. The spires of Hancock Center and the Willis Tower are back to their traditional white color. And all negative reminders of my mother are slowly fading away. This time of year is always a little tough for me not because I miss my mom, I ( Read more... ) -
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This weekend my partner Bob (aries470 ) and I were recuperating from switching mattresses. My previous mattress was getting old and I knew Bob's back occasionally goes out. I knew that while it may not be directly related to the mattress, I knew it could be indirectly related. We had seen the commercials for TemperPedic and always wondered what they ( Read more... ) -
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Last weekend my partner, aries470, and I went to Detroit for a quick weekend trip to attend a reception for my alma mater and photograph a building that I completed as project architect. I had not seen the finished building so it wanted to see how it turned out as well as get photographs for my portfolio. We left the dogs with Bob's sister and fought ( Read more... )