Thursday, June 30, 2022

Thursday Random Rambles : Going Places

Temperature and pressure remaining constant I have some travel coming up.  For a decade I seldom went without pending airline and hotel reservations, then well along came the past 2 years.  

I have a trip coming up very soon to where I was born and raised, the land of perpetual gloom, Michigan.  My sister messaged me recently that my brother in-laws health has "taken a turn for the worst."  He has been battling cancer for several years, he was in remission, and it is back with a vengeance.  I have not seen them since 2019 (or was it 2018?)  I think my sister needs some family time.  I will fly into Detroit, rent a car, and drive out to the middle of nowhere, I am staying in the best hotel in the county - in other words I will be roughing it for a few days. Having a car, and staying in a hotel, gives the the ability to manage my stress.  

In September I am speaking at a conference in Kentucky.  We are planning to drive, stopping to visit family and friends on the way back.  I can also make a stop at Justin's for a little specialty shopping. 

A professional friend is organizing a conference in Boston in October, and actually dropped planning the substantive agenda on me.  I am recruiting speakers, and will make sure I am included in the mix. I have been to Boston twice.  The first time I had 3 hours to explore. The second time I planned to have most of a day to explore, and it was just above freezing and pissing down rain. Outside is was like a drag queen ugly crying, but colder. I didn't go outside that trip.  I am hoping for better weather this trip.  I have this thing for Harvard, I was recently quoted by a Harvard Law Professor - I swooned; a couple of years ago I interviewed a Harvard Medical School Professor as part of a research project we were doing.  I need to go get a selfie in Harvard Square.  

I booked airline tickets to go to Spain in December.  So far that is all that is planned for that trip.  We fly in and out of Madrid.  We need to decide how much time in Madrid, and how much time down south near Mitchell and San Geraldo. I would like to go to Gibraltar for lunch, just so I can say I have been there. Our travels tend to be very unstructured, we will book hotels, and probably buy train tickets before we leave, then let things happen as they may from there. The best made plans of hamsters and penguins often go astray.  

There is a laundry list of places I want to go, bloggers I want to visit, things I want to see.  I am hoping that things are starting to be doable again.  I have decided I need to do at least one major trip every six months until I retire to fight back against being a grumpy bunny.  

 
 

16 comments:

  1. So good that you get to see your sister, but sorry it’s under such awful circumstances. Hope you have good weather in Boston so you can take it all in this time. What a great city — and the city where I came out (and met SG). Looking forward to December!

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  2. If I don't start traveling soon , I may burst. I have Ptown coming up here shortly.

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  3. Good that your scratching your travel itch!

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  4. Oooh, somebody's ready to put on his boogie shoes!

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    1. And unfashionable travel vest

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  5. Oh no, don't be a grumpy bunny! Travel lots and have fun!

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    1. 18 months, a trip every 6 months, 3 adventures at least

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  6. Sounds like you have a lot of travel on the agenda. I only have one right now, a trip to Oregon wine country at the end of July. I have an opportunity to go to NY in October again but I'm hesitating and wondering if I might go to London instead. I don't know, it's all in my head right now.

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  7. Fine. I'll speak at your conference, but only because I love Boston and want to meet you. Should I talk about comics, my dog, or tell stoma jokes?

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    1. I will discuss with the planning committee and get back to you

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  8. The slurs against my alma mater The Land of Perpetual Snow and Ice, I will let go given the sorrowful circumstances.

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    1. It is a great place to be from, but I wouldn't want to live there.

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