Week in photos

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Tuesday we were flying to Florida at 6AM. So, we decided to stay at the hotel at the airport in Boston so we didn’t need to get up at 2AM to get there in time.

So, Monday night we drove in after work. We stopped at the Chinese restaurant that we’ve met my cousin’s husband at before when he was in the area to remember happier times.


About 4:30 we walked across the airport from the hotel to our terminal.


We were flying Spirit, a very low cost airline. So, we were allowed no luggage or carry ons bigger than a brief case. My case it in the limit.


I worry in airports when folks sit across from you and cough and sniff a lot.


The first time I flew in an airplane it was to Florida to see my grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins.
The airport is very different than how it was in 1968, but where we got on this plane was very close to where we got on that plane.


We took off before dawn.



We had to wait for other airplanes landing in front of us before we took off.


The flight down was uneventful.



The Orlando airport was very crowded. We got a Tesla as a rental car as it was by far the cheapest option.



We we got it, it made jingle bells noises ever time we changed lanes. We did manage to get that to stop and go to the regular display screen.


We went to the home of our cousin who had died and visited with her husband for a while. He was doing as best as could be expected.


The forecast was for sunny all day. But, any time our family gathers, rain comes.


Their home seemed empty without Katie there.

It was a very nice service. And, everyone agreed my cousin would have approved.

Then, we went off to the memorial service.


We went to dinner with my cousin’s husband and their two kids afterwards.


When we finished dinner, I found a poorly translated text to speech voicemail.

When listened to it says:
"This is for Frank Hunt. My name is Al Winsted with the Winnebago County. I need you to contact our office at 815-319-4970, 815-319-4970 referencing your sister Anne Hunt.
Thank you kind sir, today is Tuesday December 13 at 2:38 PM central standard time."
I called back, but had missed the office folks, so the night shift gave me the news my sister was dead.

We visited with our family at their home some more afterwards until it was time to go to the airport. There was a discussion of dueling pistols.


But, we had to go off to the airport for our flight back north.



As we flew north, a bright moon shown in the other side of the airplane, but I was not able to capture a photo of it.


We got to Boston about 1:30 in the morning and walked across the airport to our hotel room.


About 7AM we drove back home.


I did the paperwork for my sister, wrote out the check, and mailed it our to Illinois.


Saturday we played D&D with our friend and our Goddaughter on line. It was nice to talk with them.



Today we visited my aunt. My sister used to spend a lot of time at my aunt’s decades ago. My aunt’s memory isn’t very good, and I suspect by the time we left, she had forgotten the news. But, I did not remind her.


My aunt’s birthday is Wednesday, but she was still happy to decorate for Christmas.


After visiting my aunt, we went shopping. The folks in town showed their great parking skills again.


Those mirrors fold in…

Comments

[velvetchamber]

The chair at the memorial service looks very nice. I hope the user is happy with it.

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That's my cousin Christine. She just got that chair and is mostly happy with it. I guess the motor part of it is not as dependable as she would like as sometimes the wires come loose and it stops working.
Her brother was going to try and fix that. I didn't hear if they did or not.

Over all, she says it is better than the previous one she had.