Up a bit earlier this morning......and made a pot of coffee with my Starbucks French Roast beans which I ground only seconds prior to starting the brewing process. As I was hosting Michael Goldsmith for coffee this morning.....I certainly wanted it to be fresh, dark, and rich!!
Michael and spent over two hours in conversations and several cups of coffee, as well as Michael having me listen to his progress on a Debussy piano prelude. Granted, he has some hard work to do in a short period of time, I know him well enough to realize that he works best under time limitations and pressure!! HAHA....after all, I did have him as a student in high school a couple of decades ago....and he hasn't really changed during these years since that time, at least not in his procrastinating processes!!!
Then, after he left, I had a quick bowl of soup and the 1st Lady and I then began to move into the stick/brick the many boxes of Christmas decorations, plus the artificial tree. And......there is no need to even say it, but we spent the rest of the day unpacking, putting on the limbs of the tree, and then all of the many decorations, as well as she began the process of trying to remember where all of the other decorations belong in our home.
She left with friends for her evening's sorority meeting......and then I began a process of determining my train schedule from Philadelphia down to Washington, D.C.....and the return trip back to Philly. After making some judgement calls on my flight arrival from Harlingen to Philly, with a plane change in Houston......and then taking a little commuter train from the Philadelphia International into downtown Philly to the train station where I will take the Northeastern Amtrak down to D.C. Finally, I think I decided which trains to take, giving me plenty of time on each end to make the connections(I also have to take the Metro in D.C. over to Virginia)....I ordered my tickets online and received the paperwork to pick up my tickets in Philly, once my plane arrives there and I make the 7 mile trip by commuter train into the center of Philly.
Ok......my evening of arrival will be short, if a night at all. I cannot take a carryon bag to where I will be standing for the Inauguration with the ticket I will have, and no luggage can be stored at Union Station in D.C. to my knowledge, then I will have to go out to Annandale, VA, leave my bag with the friends with whom I will be staying, and then......I believe I will take another Metro back into D.C. before it shuts down....and then just get in line so that I can get as close as possible, staying in line all night. Yep.....it will be cold.....yep, it will be many hours in line.....yep, it will be crowded,.......yep, most people would not do this(just a couple of million), but......YEP, this will be the only time that I will ever have this opportunity.....RIGHT????????
I will be in the DC area the day after the Inauguration......and then will fly back to Harlingen, TX the following day, putting into reverse all of the Metro/Amtrak,commuter train to Philly International, and then one plane change before returning back to TheHowserHouse on wheels.
And sooo, my day has been very, very busy and intense. But, nevertheless, it is, just as always......
LIFE IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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