Thread:Llyssa1020/@comment-35594152-20190531015141/@comment-38558458-20190615234357

Hello Sue  ~  Sounds like quite a party. I'm sure you are in the midst of celebrating as I write. I'm so happy she has been able to complete and accomplish this milestone. I think it can be a difficult thing for some people to do. My niece is sort of in that position. She went to college for a year but didn't go back. She is trying to find her way. You can't make anybody "do" something until they have figured it out for themselves and do it themselves. Sometimes hard lessons are learned along the way. We just keep praying for her and that's about all we can do on our end.

i've been busy as well and spent a few days away from the game. I finished the back patio power wash and washed a few sections of the house. I discovered a lose piece of siding and have asked that lawn crew to pop it back in for me if they can. The damaged piece from earlier this year by the trimmer has already been replaced and I was happy by that. I also hired my handyman-coon wrangler. (I can't believe this new mini-game avatar is of a racoon.  I am in-game friends with HiLo and she loves them - it will probably be her permanent avatar-lol.)  My guy (Jim) will start on Wednesday and I imagine it will take him 2-3 afternoons before he is done.

I checked my profile page and I did manage to get a picture of my two girls - this was when they were kittens. Bella is on the top and Emma is on the bottom. I had to shoo Emma down so I could get my little keypad out and type this (very long) message. She is off napping somewhere right now - I'm sure they both are - lol.

In regards to travel - that was in the early chapters of my life, for about 10 years. I worked for a software company in my late 20's and was a Consultant for them. I would travel to all of these Insurance companies during the year and be gone all week and come home on the weekends. I later moved up to a VP Sales Executive position and covered the entire West Coast (21 states west of the Mississippi). I would be on a plane several times a week jumping from one city to the next for appointments. I loved my job and it was very exciting. But it's true, the travel gets very old and hard to do after awhile. This of course was in the early 90's before travel was difficult like it is now. If I missed a flight coming home, there would be 2-3 more planes to catch. I also got to fly first class a lot because I had so many miles, so that definitely helped knowing I would be served a nice meal and have a Bailey's and Coffee with my little cookie. I primarily flew TWA back in those days before they were acquired by American. Hawaii was part of my territory and I went there several times. I even went to Guam and the customer paid for me to come see them - flew me first class through Tokyo. I've provided miles for my family to Hawaii, Alaska, California and on many of our vacation trips. I flew with a friend to Germany first class to visit another friend who was transferred there. We visited many countries while over there either by car, train or bus. When I was a consultant and "grounded" for a week or several weeks at a location, I would bring my Mother or Sister with me so they could visit that part of the country - Vermont, Boston, New Orleans, Birmingham, Los Angeles and Hawaii. I do not fly very much at all these days and actually dread flying with the long lines, issue of connecting flights and other problems. I am also 20 years older than when I flew back in those days. I have Fibromyalgia now - all 18 pain points and it's just harder on the body. The seat space is so much tighter and I'm so much heavier - lol (I'm working on that, but will never be in that same size or body condition). So flights don't happen as often as they did before. I worked for a company out of Montreal 5-6 years ago and I would need to go up to the main office once a year and then fly to a conference for them once a year. Things were getting difficult then and it was right before I was diagnosed with the Fibro. The last international flight I took was to Tel Aviv, Israel 2 years ago. My only niece was a Senior in High School and we attended BSF (Bible Study Fellowship). Her leader was arranging another trip there and Carol is a wonderful teaching leader. It was primarily people 50 and older but I asked my niece if she would like to go - it would be her graduation present from me. We went for 10 days and it was a wonderful experience. I would have loved to have used my points to fly first class, but they were flying United out of Chicago and through Newark and I really didn't want to get separated from the pack. Believe it or not, I gave my window seat to my niece and was squished in the middle in the back on the very long (11-12 hour) flight from Newark to Tel Aviv and back. It was very difficult to walk past the business class lounging type pod/seats - ugh. So, that's the story of my travel and points. I have all of these miles and some very nice hotel points too. Someday, maybe in the next 10 years, I would like to take my sister on a really nice international trip or longer domestic type trip - depends. I liked the narrow passage when coming down from Alaska. We flew out of Vancouver- a vacation in that area would be nice. I used to fly to Portland and Seattle and always would have liked to spend more time than just a day or two there. I've been all over California and took my sister out to San Francisco before. I even spontaneously flew a friend out there when I had to stay over one weekend. Called her up on a Wednesday and asked if she could take off work and be on a plane Friday morning. We visited Monterey and Carmel over the weekend. Those were the days and a lot of fun. Thanks for taking me down memory lane this afternoon Sue - lol. Sometimes you forget about what all you have done. Now days I'm just stuck at home with two cats and fending off racoons! And on that note, I am heading back into Darkwood and getting that lovely Avatar today. Hugs! ~  Llyssa