Guatemalan waterfall
Monday, February 6th, 2012Here are LRN1 and a few friends hanging out by a waterfall somewhere in Guatemala. That’s LRN1 there on the right wearing a white t-shirt. Great Art courtesy of somebody in Guatemala and part of my famous Guatemala and Hiking series. I’m guessing they had to walk a little way to get there, anyway.
Greetings from beautiful Langhorne, Pennsylvania! LRN4 got here last night (I got here last Monday), we’re in the apartment – AKA the New New Fortress of Solitude (NNFoS) – and things are chugging along. I did a bunch of shopping during the past week. Started in the apartment on Tuesday with a cheap sofa and a couple of lamps from Target, an air mattress, pillows, and blanket from Amazon, some inexpensive plates, silverware, and glasses from Target, a set of sheets and towels from home, and whatever clothes I had been able to carry with me during the past few trips. On Friday, I added our beautiful new dining room furniture, a great set of pots and pans, a “professional” waffle iron, and a beautiful new laser printer/scanner/copier/fax from Costco, and Internet service from Comcast. I think the Internet was the hardest thing to live without. I’ve been comfortable, if a bit on the hobo-lifestyle side. I made a coffee table from a big Amazon box and nightstands from moving boxes from my work stuff. They’re working out great.
LRN4 was busy too. She got her car picked up on Tuesday; as of noon today, it’s somewhere in Virginia. On Friday, the movers came and packed and loaded us on that same day. LRN4 had spent the entire week getting ready for that event, which apparently went very smoothly. Many, many thanks to our dear friend Cathie for spending practically the whole week helping her. She also got wined and dined by her friends all week – they took her to dinner nearly every night, not to mention to see several movies. She got pretty well spoiled. I guess I should be grateful she came here at all, huh?
Anyway. Our stuff is supposed to be here sometime between the 13th and 20th of this month. We’re hoping like crazy that it gets here before the 16th, as that’s when LRN1 comes home from his mission!
Update on the Mini’s whereabouts: as of this evening, it’s in Delaware now. I think we’ll be seeing it within the next day or two!
Anyway, back to LRN1. He’s coming home in 10 days! As of tomorrow, he’ll be in single digits. We heard from him today, of course. He’s having some mixed emotions right now – loving the people and loathe to leave them, but anxious to get home. I understand how he feels and it’s a great feeling. I absolutely can’t wait to have him home again. Even if home is currently just the NNFoS.
Speaking of the apartment, I think it’s going to work out just fine. It’s just a little bit older than our house and, while it’s not nearly as nice or in as good condition, it’s still quite nice. We’ll be comfortable here. We have a three-bedroom, so there will be plenty of room for the three of us, I expect.
Let’s see, what else is going on? I’m incredibly busy at work and greatly enjoying it. My job is just a little bit challenging – I have to manage a bunch of people over whom I have no authority and get them to do stuff that isn’t yet well defined using a process that hasn’t been established yet. Other than that, it’s a piece of cake. I’m really enjoying it and the days just fly.
Time for other things. I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news: oatmeal road rage!
See you tomorrow.