Special Holiday Edition …
Despite what this weblog seems to indicate, we really have been doing stuff worth writing about. So much, we couldn’t be arsed to actually record anything here. Well, as a service to our reader, I will be doing an end-of-the year “brain dump” to satisfy our reader’s curious mind. … Actually, there is no reader. No one has clamored, cried, whined or even so much as whimpered about our lack of posts. Nonetheless, in the spirit of the holidays we press on with our own Internet version of the holiday newsletter…
On Being Pre-Thankful …
This past weekend our good friends, Josh and Lori, had what was billed as a Pre-Thanksgiving potluck party at their lovely home in Washington, D.C. Since we had already made the decision to not travel on Thanksgiving proper, and we knew that we were having guests for the winter holiday, we decided this was the perfect opportunity to get away for a long weekend. Not only would we get to see most of our favorite friends because of the party, but we wouldn’t have to travel on the worst bloody flying days of the year. Josh and Lori were also very sweet to let us stay with them.
Another plus was that we found an excellent price on a flight on Southwest. The minus was that we had to fly out of Manchester Airport (New Hampshire) to catch it. One hundred thirty-five miles from Montpelier. Oh, and it was an 8:50 a.m. flight, which meant we had to be on the road by 5:30 a.m., at latest. Did we mention that it snowed the night before, and that the roads were icy? We didn’t let these things get in our way though. While we had to drive slower than the speed limit for the first part of the trip, we were able to make up the time once we got to New Hampshire, where the roads were significantly drier.
The rest of the trip, thankfully, went very smoothly.