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November 08, 2005
Better Late than Never
Hi!!! Well I should have posted Sunday night about my AWESOMEEEEEEEE trip to Austin, but our plane was delayed so I didn't get home until 11PM or so, and I was so tired that all I could do it sit on the couch and watch Seymen for 30 minutes before passing out in bed.
Anyway, the trip was GREAT!!!! Everything ran smoothly on the way there. I woke up at 4AM, took care of the puppies, flew to Austin, rented a car, and drove to Jennifer and Li-Wei's house. I made it there just in time for lunch, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon running errands with Little Mia in her car seat. She is soooooooo cute. I love her to death. She has a full head of hair, and sleeps with one eye open. I have posted pictures of her, but the only way you can see them is if you have the password. (This is to protect my little friends so their pictures are not exploited on the Internet...so if want to see how cute she and Izel are, e-mail me and I will send you the password).
Anyway, I was late arriving at Liz's house for girls night because we took a little longer than expected running errands. But!! Luck was on my side, because Steph (who had a prior engagement) was still there, until her meeting at 7. So thankfully I didn't miss her first appearance of the night. Shelly and Janet also arrived shortly after, and we had a great night of talking, laughing, and just catching up...Just like old times. (See pictures). Liz and Jason were so kind to put me up for the night, and by 11:30 I passed out on the MOST COMFORTABLE bed ever. It was so soft, and the room was really dark...I woke up fine in the morning, it was just getting the energy to get out of the comfy bed that was difficult! ;-) Anyway, it was a great night, and I had such a good time seeing all my friends and catching up. Each one of us has moved on to bigger and better, and everyone seems so happy and excited about their new changes!! It was very encouraging!
After I left Liz and Jason, I headed downtown to pick up my mom. We went back north so my mom could meet Mia!!! Again, we made it in time for lunch, so we sat and talked with Jennifer and her family. I was finally able to meet her sister Michelle. She's soooooooo sweet, and funny. She looks and acts so much like Jennifer, I was just in awe, looking back and forth, laughing my head off. After lunch, I was given the honor of feeding baby Mia, while Jennifer opened the presents that we brought, and took pictures :-)
We left soon after that and headed to the Arbortium for some shopping, found the cutest new store, I forget the name, but they had some really neat items, one of which we bought for Tracy and Ozan for letting us stay with them for the night. We left there after only 45 mins. of shopping and headed to Tracy and Ozan's. We all went to Chuys for dinner (see Izel pictures) and then my mom headed to her last conference, while I went home wtih the Talus. It was so nice to catch up with them. And Izel is HUGE!!! compared to the last time I saw her...Amazing how much kids grow in 6 months! Anyway, she's such a cutie :-)
So, my mom booked tickets that left at 8:00AM from Austin, so we woke up early, woke the Talu household for a goodbye ;-) and drove to the airport. When we got there, we found out that they had cancelled our flight...so we waited in line. Finally, we got to the front of the line, and for some reason the ticket lady must have liked my mom and I, because she walked over to American and dissapeared for like 5 minutes. We were like...ummm...OK? She came back with 2 first class tickets on American to Chicago, and (since there's no first class on the last leg) two exit row seats to Rochester!! We were PUMPED!!! I've never flown first class before, so it was totally an adventure. The only thing we had to do was wait until 2:00pm!!! So with 7 hours to wait, I decided to call Steph and James...Unfortunately, I didn't look at my clock before I called, and I definitely woke her up and dragged her and James out of bed to come rescue my mom and I from the airport for an impromptu breakfast. THANKSSSSSSS Steph and James!! It was really fun getting to see Steph one more time!!!
Anyway, we made it home in one piece. It was pretty scary the last 20 minutes of the flight because there were 60 MPH winds in Rochester, so our plane was bouncing all over the place! But it was fine and we landed without crashing so I was relieved. When I arrived at home, Seymen presented me with a new image gallery!! I am soooooooooo excited!!! It looks awesome! I have started converting some photo albums along the side, but it is definitly a Work in Progress because there are so many...And I am still waiting for Seymen to build me my own personal server with unlimited space, so I can share ALLLL my photos!!! But for now, this is a MAJOR improvement from the Web Album Generator. And I'm very excited that I can password protect certain photos, so I can actually post Lucy pictures, and other special baby pics! :-)
Posted by beth at November 8, 2005 08:22 AM