One thing that helped my mood...

Apr 22, 2009 08:39

On the way to work this morning, I spotted a car (damn forgetting my cell phone to take a picture!) with the license tag "SKYWLKR ( Read more... )

family, vacation, star wars

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sue_parsons April 22 2009, 16:33:18 UTC
I live an hour north of Whidbey Island, in Sudden Valley. If Mom's road trip allows, you'd be welcome here. It's REAL PRETTY.

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ladyaeryn April 22 2009, 23:15:51 UTC
Every picture I've ever seen of that area does look spectacular (part of why I've looked into eventually relocating there) - I can only imagine how much more awesome the reality must be!

I think the big snag is convincing my stepdad to make the 2,000 mile road trip hauling their mini RV hookup. He's not at all wild about it, but Mom is all for it. She's always been iffy about going to the PNW because of the cloud cover, but seems more open now (I think her friend told her she didn't even much notice the clouds since she lives on the beach). I've had some difficulty convincing her she really doesn't want to take a dip in the Sound, though. ;)

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sue_parsons April 23 2009, 03:30:41 UTC
It's really nice in the summer. A few cloudy or rainy days, sure, but many sunny ones as well. It's unusual for the daytime high to get over 80 - they call it a heat wave if it does.

Let me know if a visit pans out. If not, I hope you get to come up to the Seattle area, at least. It really is gorgeous up here.

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ladyaeryn April 23 2009, 14:28:54 UTC
It's unusual for the daytime high to get over 80 - they call it a heat wave if it does.

Another one of many reasons I've wanted to get up there - a beautiful summer day where I'm not boiling in my clothes! ;)

It looks like we're definitely planning on going now - my stepdad just told Mom there's absolutely no way he's driving that far, and he himself refuses to ever fly anywhere (he is the worst sort of homebody *facepalm*), so Mom's decided to look into what it could cost for her and me to fly up and stay for a week this summer... or rather, have me start looking into it, probably sometime in July. :)

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reihla April 22 2009, 18:07:46 UTC
SKYWLKR... yep, 2004 red Monte Carlo. If you want, you can come to my house and photograph it in the driveway. :D In fact, you can get a shot of my husband's tag while you're at it... SITHLRD...

I've been meaning to take pics and post them... somehow I just never get around to it.

Aw, comeon... it had to be mine... how many other Skywalker fanatics could there possibly be in OKC.

The sweet part is, it was my first choice for a vanity plate, but I thought I'd never in a million years be able to get it. I was stunned when it arrived. Ecstatic, but stunned. :)

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ladyaeryn April 22 2009, 23:09:17 UTC
So it was you who took my plate! I should've known. It was about 8th and Lincoln; I was a lane over and a car behind. What're the odds, huh? If I had been on time to work this morning I wouldn't have seen it. ;)

I guess it's been long enough since I was at your place that somehow it completely slipped my mind that you guys both had SW vanity plates. o_O I keep toying with the idea of getting one, L8Y V8R or something like that, but... just hasn't happened.

how many other Skywalker fanatics could there possibly be in OKC.

Well, there is me. And my little sister. So at least two. *g*

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reihla April 23 2009, 13:45:28 UTC

Hah, yep, it was me. I stole your plate! LOL! And I'm not givin' it back... :P

> L8Y V8R

Oh that would be totally cool! And I bet no one else has it. :)

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ladyaeryn April 23 2009, 14:32:04 UTC
And a plate like that, one wouldn't necessarily know it was a SW reference unless you were really looking closely at it. Semi-covert geekage FTW! ;)

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asweetdownfall April 22 2009, 23:37:23 UTC
Aww, that's an awesome license plate! And a road trip to Washington state sounds fantastic.

BTW..I'm really sorry about your father. Men suck. =/ *hugs* What does he SEE in Janet, seriously?

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ladyaeryn April 23 2009, 14:30:34 UTC
With the trip to Florida, it's going to be super tight budgeting (because OMG Seattle is expensive), but damn, I'd loooooove to go up there.

Re: your last question? Whatever he wants to see, unfortunately. :P

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