Hello from San Diego again, four years after my last post from here (I think). My trip is coming to a close, and it is time for me to get back to work. Honestly I've been thinking about it all week, and while Chowning seems to be dreading getting back to her 9 to 5, I am looking forward to starting school again and finishing strong.
This trip was a lot of fun, we got to do lots of things all over the coast. After San Francisco we headed up to wine country, then down to Carmel for two days to see the ocean there. Here in San Diego we spent the first day at the obligitory zoo, and now will be headed to La Jolla, then to go see the U.S.S. Midway which is docked at the pier. By 3pm We will be back on a flight to Nashville.
It was great to see Gloria and Bob again. I got to hear a few more stories about my mom that I haven't heard before. I made me think that something I want to do for Luke Abbatte (homeroom student died in car crash), I may want to do for my mom as well. I wanted to video tape people telling stories about Luke and give it to the family, and that might be a good idea to do for my mom. Gloria in particular has insight and stories from an era in my Mom's life that few others do (when I was really young and she was still married to my dad), when Gloria moves on I don't know who else I can get those stories from. Sad.
Not sad will be returning. Chowning has, and most likely will continue, been mentioning how sad it is that we are returning . . . I guess I don't think that way. Then again I don't think I ever have. Every trip I have been on I have actually looked forward to going home at the end. I still love the trip, but there is something about the home stretch that just makes me feel good. Whenever I was driving and saw the skyline for the first time on a trip home I get this feeling like "another trip successfully accomplished." It is a shame Chowning doesn't share the same opinion, because I feel bad for her that she is so said about returning home. Anyway, I need to pack and get going with the day. Out.
This trip was a lot of fun, we got to do lots of things all over the coast. After San Francisco we headed up to wine country, then down to Carmel for two days to see the ocean there. Here in San Diego we spent the first day at the obligitory zoo, and now will be headed to La Jolla, then to go see the U.S.S. Midway which is docked at the pier. By 3pm We will be back on a flight to Nashville.
It was great to see Gloria and Bob again. I got to hear a few more stories about my mom that I haven't heard before. I made me think that something I want to do for Luke Abbatte (homeroom student died in car crash), I may want to do for my mom as well. I wanted to video tape people telling stories about Luke and give it to the family, and that might be a good idea to do for my mom. Gloria in particular has insight and stories from an era in my Mom's life that few others do (when I was really young and she was still married to my dad), when Gloria moves on I don't know who else I can get those stories from. Sad.
Not sad will be returning. Chowning has, and most likely will continue, been mentioning how sad it is that we are returning . . . I guess I don't think that way. Then again I don't think I ever have. Every trip I have been on I have actually looked forward to going home at the end. I still love the trip, but there is something about the home stretch that just makes me feel good. Whenever I was driving and saw the skyline for the first time on a trip home I get this feeling like "another trip successfully accomplished." It is a shame Chowning doesn't share the same opinion, because I feel bad for her that she is so said about returning home. Anyway, I need to pack and get going with the day. Out.
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