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[Also remember other factors when I'm writing a blog :: mood, hunger, horniness, sleeplessness, distractions, lapse of time, dizziness, oxygen levels, external and internal temperatures, telephone calls, IMs, bathroom breaks and maybe one other I have missed from this list]
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kevin@lgt2.com
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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A week off
Back in Chicago and ready to get back to work! *sigh* no, seriously I love my work. But, I did have a wonderful vacation visiting family, friends and Bea Arthur! Being that I was traveling alone because Matt had to work, I decided to make my trip a little more interesting. I decided to take the Amtrak train from Chicago to Kalamazoo, Michigan and then rent a car from Kalamazoo and drive around Michigan. I hate driving in the first place and x10 in and out of Chicago. This ended up being a wise choice, for I just sat and relaxed while I didn’t have to mess with any traffic. I plan to do this every time that I drive alone. It was the kicks. Barely cost anything also, so why not right!
After I left Kalamazoo, I visited my aunt and uncle in Grand Rapids. They got a new dog after their last one died last year. They had that one 17 years, so as you can imagine, getting a new dog is a big event. They ended up with a Cocker Spaniel just as Matthew and I have, so that was a treat meeting him. It, of course, was also a treat seeing my aunt and uncle as well!!
After having lunch with them, I then drove up to my hometown, Petoskey. I spent four delightful days with my dad, 95 year old grandmother and many other family members including my brother who brought his family up, a cousin that I don't get to see often and other aunt of mine. So, as always, had a wonderful time hanging out with all of them sharing stories back and forth. Never can get enough of that, even when stories are repeated a few times over! The last remaining days I spent with my dad who drove me around the town to see how much as changed which also was a lot of fun and troubling at the same time. My small town is no longer a small town at all!
Soon it was time to say goodbye to a all to fast visit with my family and head down to my college town, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Once there I met up with a old college friend that I haven't seen in years, Paula, who lives in a nearby town. Before we headed off to the casino to see Bea Arthur's performance, we spent a couple hours catching up while walking around the campus of Central Michigan University. I was extremely nostalgic with my first dorm room that I stayed at, however the building complex has grown twice its size sense I attended. We even went up to my original dorm room, after first going to the wrong floor. Brought back a lot of memories, but was quickly satisfied in seeing the campus and seeing the places where I used to live and/or hang out at. Not something I would want to do for another 10 years, but enjoyed it at the time!
It was then time to go to see Mrs. Arthur! The show was fabulous as usual and the turn out was even better! This was an experience in itself, so I have wrote about that on my Bea Arthur fan web site and should be posted to the Bea web site soon! In short though, I got to meet Bea and surprisingly enough meet a lot of Bea fans and fans of the web site. I'm not sure what part I was more exciting, but they were both a humbling experience to say the least!
Afterwards, another good college friend, Carlin, and Paula's husband joined us and went to dinner. We all headed over to where Carlin's husband works where I got to meet him. A couple house tours later my adventures where coming to a close. The next day I left Paula's house and drove back down to Kalamazoo where I re-boarded the train back to Chicago. I'm on the train right now writing this where I will copy and paste this into my blog at a later point. What a great way to spend two hours on the train reminiscing about how wonderful it is to have family and friends. Now, I get to go back to my life as we know it, in Chicago, where I have more family and friends to be around. Today is Matthew's birthday so I still have that to look forward to when I get back in a hour!
Life is good and that is why I blogged about it today. Got to get it when the gettin's good!
posted by vectorlime 10:47:00 PM
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