Another move & Airports

Way back in the 1970s I kept a small address book that I took everywhere with me.  It had all the names of friends, businesses, etc that I needed to have access to at a moments notice.  I had a previous address book and started it out by writing the addresses in ink so they wouldn't fade.  Bad move.  Actually, everyone started moving and the use of ink went out fast.  Pencil became the writing utensil of choice.  That worked for a while until the erasures started to mess up the pages.  Time for something different.

Finally, I had purchased a portable Compaq PC with dual floppies and a 9inch screen.  It also had 256kb of memory and it was the latest and fastest of the day.  It also weighed 35lbs and looked like a portable sewing machine.   I switched the pencil address book over to an address book on the PC.  Wow!   It didn't get much better than that.  Of course it ran on DOS and lasted me for a number of computers and years.  Finally when later versions of Windows OS came out I upgraded it once again and last year bought the version I am using now.

You must be wondering what this is all about as you are reading this.  I wish I could tell you that it will get more interesting, but that isn't the case.  

My grandson Jared did move this weekend for about the 5th time in the last 6 years.  Off to college dorms, houses, apartments, lived with brother until sister-in-law threw him out, etc.  He and two room mates have rented a nice home in south Charlotte, NC and should be there for a while.  In any case, his new address went into the computer address book today.  I entered it lightly since I know he will move once again soon.

Each time he moves we get a picture of Barbara and Jared in the new place of residence.  Today was not an exception as Henry sent me the picture below.  

Now this means we will be going to his new place on our next visit for a free dinner prepared by him.  It sure helps keep down the costs of meals and beer this way.  Congratulations Jared.  Henry, tell him I said so.

Gerry's niece Erin came into town for meetings this week at her place of work.  She flew Delta airlines and they were rerouted to Norfolk, VA because of bad weather in the DC area.  She sat in the plane there for over 2 hours and finally made it to Reagan National Airport.  The seat on her rental car was soaked since someone had left the windows down and there was a torrential downpour at the airport.  Back to the rental office she went and got another car.   She finally made it up to Cassie & Jack's home after 9pm and we had driven down to escort her to the cabin.  We visited for a while and when the cat fight started, we left.

Erin asked if it was warm at the cabin since it was so hot down in Norfolk and she was looking for cooler temps. Well, she got her wish.  It was down in the low to mid 50s last night up here and is cool enough to require long sleeves to stay comfortable.  Right up her alley since she lives in Park City, UT and it's cool there at night.

It looks like it will be a busy few days for us, just like the last few and I don't know how much blogging is going to occur.