So we looked into having her take the Megabus from DC to Raleigh/Durham, and then a bus from the station to the hotel. Well the bus stops a couple of blocks away from the hotel, so she could use that for the trip down, but the bus that would return her from the hotel back to the Megabus station does not run on Sunday, so that would not work. A taxi from the bus station to and from the hotel would be very expensive, and since she has never been there before I am a little bit concerned about her being stranded someplace. Another concern is how many suitcases is she going to need to take with her; we don’t know yet what clothes she is going to be packing. We need to find out if she needs to pack any formal wear, or just business/casual attire for the entire weekend.

She’s already found a couple of ladies to share the hotel with the nights that she is going to be there, so that is good. I sure hope none of them snore! She is a very light sleeper. And I hope none of them need to sleep with the television on, either, because she never manages to sleep with any kind of flickering light or noise. That reminds me, I’ll tell her to be sure to pack some ear plugs and a sleeping mask to wear.

Our youngest son found out that she needs to go to the convention and that we’re having issues getting her there, so he volunteered to use a hertz coupon to rent a car, splitting the cost with us, and driving her to and from the convention. It turns out that he has a girlfriend that goes to college at Duke University and he wouldn’t mind going down there and visiting with her for the week-end! Problem solved!

We haven’t gotten away, just the two of us in so long. I think it would be a good thing for us both. I’m banking on using the Internet and Googling “Beach Resorts Myrtle Beach” and seeing what I can come up with on such short notice. With such horrible weather conditions outside today it seems that it would be a good way to spend the day looking around online.

We will see what I can come up with, maybe print off some of the information that I find and put it in an envelope and put it under the tree for her on Christmas morning. That should be a smile on her face and when she is happy, I’m happy as well!

I have never had to deal with International Shipping, so I really can’t offer them any assistance, advice or guidance on that subject, but I can help in other ways while they attempt to get ready for their big move. Looks like I’ll be helping them sort, trash, give a way, sell and pack up all of their belongings up until the International Movers take over and start doing their part. At least this isn’t going to start happening until some time in April. Hopefully the weather won’t be so harsh, nothing worse than moving during the winter months.

When my parents took the family on one of their “we’ve just bought ourselves an RV” trips, we went to some kind of group outing. I guess it was an RV club that they joined. All I remember about it is being bored out of my mind, all of the RVs parked close together in a camp ground and going to a pot luck dinner (we took Swanson’s frozen macaroni and cheese) and then playing a couple of rounds of Bingo. I was very upset because I won the Bingo game where the prize was a curt trailer hitch, and I had no use for one of those! My parents were thrilled, but they didn’t give me anything for it, they just took it from me. I guess maybe that’s why I am not a Bingo fan! Win a dumb prize and have it taken away, why would anyone want to play a game like that!

I have a good friend that I used to work with ages ago that just recently moved his family and his business to Chicago and is taking advantage of serviced office spaces chicago and couldn’t be happier with all that it offers him and the other people and businesses that are in serviced offices chicago style along with him. It is a great way to start a small business (or maintain a current business as well). You get to have a city address, much less overhead is involved and the spaces are very affordable from what he tells me. I would really like to see more of these serviced offices come into play all across the country and most likely I will the way things are going.

If you want to see some really awesome Motorcoaches you really must visit Libertycoach.com and see what I’m talking about. It is always interesting to see what these types of vehicles look like inside and they have managed at this site to do a good job showing all that you need and want to see without ever having to take a trip down to one of their locations to see for yourself. It’s amazing, and I’ll just leave it at that!

Finding Moving Companies is so much easier these days due to all the the Internet has to offer people looking for Movers. So much easier than taking all the time needed to find one in the old paper Yellow Pages that we used to rely on not so long ago. There is a lot involved in relocating and the Yellow Pages really doesn’t cover all of the issues. You would have to find the right one and then call and ask a million questions and raise concerns, where as with the Internet everything you need is right there and you can get it all done in a matter of minutes without having to deal with all the hassles that go along with making those tedious phone calls. Gotta love it!

Last night before hitting the sack, I decided to check my email one more time and found an email from her telling me that at the last minute found a way to get up here and was busy with all of the last minute flights and the last minute accommodation issues that go along with a trip such as this one all the way from Australia.

It seems that a friend of hers that also was traveling to the reunion found out that she couldn’t come and he decided to foot the bill for her flight, both ways. So this morning I found in my email her flight itinerary and I’m so excited to know that she managed to find some cheap flights that won’t break her old class mates wallet and we will be able to see her and spend some time with her after all.

We’d decorate it in a tropical island theme and use it as our mini-getaway room. I think that once we put it all together, I’d have a really hard time getting my wife to come back into the main part of the house! Just thinking about having a room like that puts a big smile on my face. I hope that we can put that together before we are too old to enjoy it!

I have made it a point to have our name and address on the mailbox at the end of the road plainly written as well as our house numbers displayed on the house. At night time we have a light sensor that lights up when triggered so that anyone can read it easily. It hasn’t been a big hassle or expense and it only makes sense to take these extra steps in order that it might possibly save a life and/or the house.

Right now I have more urgent matters to tend to but if we manage to keep power throughout the weekend it looks like I will be spending some time on the computer looking for the best deals available on battery chargers. I hope that this whole thing isn’t as bad as they are making it out to be. Some body really ticked off Mother Nature this week.