This week's "dash". I don't feel like leaving home yet, though I know once I'm nearing descent into Minneapolis and deplaning the turboprop from Marquette, I will be a little more comfortable with going back to Salt Lake. I guess it's better that I have a day to sink back into reality before going back to work and feeling suffocated ( Read more... )

I need to remember the exact feeling of back home in the U.P ( Read more... )

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I just realized that I never posted photos from when I flew in to Detroit in November to see my parents at my dad's reception as Worshipful Grand Marshal. Updated 5:45pm - I found all the other pictures. They include the Job's Daughters from the Munising Bethel, my Aunt Diane and Uncle Jim, my mom and my great grandma (nonna) and myself (this was ( Read more... )

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So, in keeping tabs on plane tickets to New Orleans for Mardis Gras (surprisingly, they've went down a bit, though are staying firm), I decided to just poke around at plane ticket prices home for Christmas ( Read more... )

It's 83 degrees in Salt Lake City, and it's 10:30 p.m. There is a slight breeze thanks to a cold front coming in, but the air tastes like smoke thanks to a fire at the southeast end of the valley. The wonderful breeze from the cold front becomes not so wonderful when it tastes like charred ash. I can't see the stars because of the smoke, clouds ( Read more... )

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Well, in a few hours Katie will be taking me over to Detroit so I can head back to Salt Lake ( Read more... )

Well, I'm officially leaving the U.P. in about fifteen minutes and heading down to Grand Rapids for Grand Session for Job's Daughters...I'll be flying back to Salt Lake out of Detroit on Monday ( Read more... )