Buzzing through town....
Dear Readers, sorry to have been so remiss recently, but my May travels have begun, and will continue next week.
In the first part, the Colonel and I went to the Old Country: Council Bluffs, Iowa to clean out my Mom's basement. It is now clean, and the Colonel has inexplicably fallen in love with Council Bluffs (?!?!?!) I'm hoping this is just a temporary thing, bought on by sticker shock at the remarkably low real estate prices there, but time will tell.
It is rather vexing that my mom's house, which is a tasteful, large-ish, mid-century modern abode situated on a nice big wooded lot, is valued at approximately 1/3 of what Chez Vel-DuRay is, even though it's a superior neighborhood and superior structure. But that's what you get when you build in Council Bluffs.
(sorry about the run-on sentence. That's what happens when you spend a week in Hooterville)
Saturday I depart Sea-Tac on a rather exclusive flight to Chicago, where I will spend the night before taking the train to New York City. A few days there, a few days in Boston, a night in DC, and then I am back on the rails to Chicago, where I will fly home again. I would love to spend some more time, but Today's World beckons, and I had used up most of my banked vacation when Dad died. I had a month's sabatical coming up, but they offered me the money instead, and who can say no to money?
So there, dear readers - you are now up to speed. I'll try to put a few entries in from "on the road", which should certainly be easier than doing it from Hooterville, as all we had there was DIAL UP. Can you IMAGINE?
In the first part, the Colonel and I went to the Old Country: Council Bluffs, Iowa to clean out my Mom's basement. It is now clean, and the Colonel has inexplicably fallen in love with Council Bluffs (?!?!?!) I'm hoping this is just a temporary thing, bought on by sticker shock at the remarkably low real estate prices there, but time will tell.
It is rather vexing that my mom's house, which is a tasteful, large-ish, mid-century modern abode situated on a nice big wooded lot, is valued at approximately 1/3 of what Chez Vel-DuRay is, even though it's a superior neighborhood and superior structure. But that's what you get when you build in Council Bluffs.
(sorry about the run-on sentence. That's what happens when you spend a week in Hooterville)
Saturday I depart Sea-Tac on a rather exclusive flight to Chicago, where I will spend the night before taking the train to New York City. A few days there, a few days in Boston, a night in DC, and then I am back on the rails to Chicago, where I will fly home again. I would love to spend some more time, but Today's World beckons, and I had used up most of my banked vacation when Dad died. I had a month's sabatical coming up, but they offered me the money instead, and who can say no to money?
So there, dear readers - you are now up to speed. I'll try to put a few entries in from "on the road", which should certainly be easier than doing it from Hooterville, as all we had there was DIAL UP. Can you IMAGINE?
posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay @ Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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