I was able to ride the company charter bus to the airport on Monday. Flights were normal, in Charlotte the tour stopped and stayed because that’s our last city, but many people traveled home for Christmas from there. I had a flight to Orlando which went just fine, and Jameson picked me up from the airport ( Read more... )

It was quite the long travel day. After breakfast we loaded onto the bus and had a three-hour ride to Raleigh-Durham International. On the way we passed Winston-Salem, which I haven't seen in a very long time (I went to grad school there and have wonderful memories of living with my awesome landlords) and even the brief glimpse in passing tugged at ( Read more... )

A direct flight to Orlando.

Jameson came to fetch me even though I'd told him I'd get an Uber.
We chatted as he drove. Sadly the cruise had not been the relaxing time that he hoped it would be.
(it's Virgin cruise lines if you want to take notes)

He said there was EDM music playing almost constantly, everywhere you went, making it hard to fully ( Read more... )

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Thursday was a sunny, cool day, so I knew I'd want a walk ( Read more... )

It's going to be a long post because I LOVE Grand rapids and there's a LOT of good food here.
You've been warned.

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It was an early flight, with the bus leaving around 7am for a 9:30am takeoff.
I have been SO EXCITED to see Grand Rapids again!
The circus came here several times ( 2012, 2014, 2016) and it quickly became one ( Read more... )

(GENTLE REMINDER that I am now posting weekly on Thursdays, in addition to the Monday post. This is to cut down on blog length.) Breakfast and a drive to Whole Paycheck ( Read more... )

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This post does NOT express the views or opinions of my employer.**

The venue: Center for the Performing Arts

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**Disclaimer: The content of this post reflects my own personal views, opinions, and experiences.
This post does NOT express the views or opinions of my employer.**

The venue: Bass Concert Hall

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It occurs to me that in my excitement, yesterday's post got spazzy and long-winded ( Read more... )

After a series of bizarre, awful scheduling decisions by Fitnescity, I finally did actually get to take the DEXA scan in Des Moines.

Here is the machine. Neato!

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