July 15, 2006
-
We are back for a moment…
Michael and the locas in the public library in Bluffton, South Carolina (@ $2.00 per hour Internet access.) Folks, I am so sorry to have been out of touch, but I will fill you in with details later. Suffice it to say that Dena, my sister, had a couple of vacation sites booked and asked the girls and me to accompany her.
First, I had to drive a friend’s rental car to Michigan, so we left whenever it was (I have lost all track of time), drove 24 hours to Michigan, then turned around a drove back. That took me through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Arkansas. Then we loaded up and drove up to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where we spent a week in a condo Dena had rented on Lake Catherine in the Ouachita Mountains. From there we drove through Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina to Hilton Head where Dena had rented a condo. We have spent the last week there, half of that with little sis Gina (Fyestygoat) and Brad who drove down from Roanoke, Virginia, to meet us. We have now started the return trip to Texas.
The trip has been great. I had not realized how isolated I had become, living desperately from moment to moment and missing out on much of my life with the girls. I miss Lorena and the folks in Mexico, but for the last three years all our “vacations” have been down there visiting Lorena — and those are not vacations. We would spend, at the most, part of one day at the beach. The rest of the time we would be visiting with Lorena when we could. Other than that, we would be waiting while Lorena was in therapy or was being fed or was being bathed or whatever. The trips were really tough on all of us, so it has been great to really get away and to relax.
Rainy has been tasked with calling Mom and reporting on here, but it looks as if that has fallen through the cracks. I will fill you in on our adventures later (as soon as I can), but I wanted to let you know that we are all well — and much better. We love you.
Comments (6)
Excellent to have a holiday like that. Awesome amount of driving. I’ve been to Kansas and Missouri; I loved the straight and beautiful roads.
Roads in life are rarely straight.
Thanks for your comment in my guestbook…good your sense of humor exists
Oh great! So happy to hear from you, Mike! And thanks for your concern when our city was attacked by terrorists! So glad to know you’ll have been really chilling out……:) *love and hugs*
Sometimes we all have to get away to learn to live again…Smile
Hi Mike! Hope you, the kids and Lorena are doing well! Wishing you a lovely day……..*hugs*
Good to hear you are all ok. We, too, have been on vacation. Just got in about 30 minutes ago. We may have been on the same roads at the same time. We camped in Arkansas(Buffalo Point-this trip) but we have camped at Lake Catherine before. We usually camp for at least a week but we were trying to hurry a get to my dad’s in Iowa so we only camped 2 days–did a 3 mile hike and headed for Iowa. We also went to Mall of America in Minnesota.We stopped at my sisters in Missouri on the way back and spent 1 day in Branson. So we are pooped out. (Now I need vacation).