~Thursday~ I usually fall asleep within five minutes (literally) of lying down at night. Last night, I lay for an hour-and-a-half before falling asleep. That’s just crazy. Needless to say 5:00 came early. I was out the door by 5:40 and pulled into Joe’s place ten minutes earlier than my expected 6:00 arrival. We left … Read more
~Monday~ We were up at 8:30, with a targeted departure time from the Island House of 9:30 to get to the airport for our 10:50 flight to Miami. However, shortly after being up I noticed on my calendar that our flight was not at 10:52, but 11:52. We used the found time to slow … Read more
~Sunday~ Breakfast of a bagel and fruit. We walked down to the Quiznos on Duval for lunch, where a boy who was not the brightest crayon in the box, but arguably the prettiest one, made our sandwiches. We stopped at a souvenir type shop right by Quiznos where Joe and I each bought a white, … Read more
~Saturday~ Joe and I were on slightly different schedules this morning, so ate breakfast separately. We found out later that we’d “flip-flopped” on our breakfast order from yesterday—today I got the mushroom and Swiss omelet and he got the three-cheese one. The Annual Bed Race was scheduled for 2:00 today, but we made no effort … Read more
~Friday~ Joe and I were up by 9:30 in order to have breakfast and to return the rental car by 11:15. We had breakfast at the poolside restaurant and bar, where I had the three-cheese omelet and Joe had the mushroom and Swiss. Good stuff. We didn’t have to turn in the car at the … Read more
~Thursday~ I was up at 3:30, and over to Joe’s by 4:20, ten minutes of ahead of my planned 4:30 arrival time. We stopped by the Wachovia ATM on the way to the airport, where I dropped Joe off at Terminal 2 and went to park in Lot 3, the Purple Lot. Three, older women … Read more
~Wednesday~ A 5:40 departure from Kevin’s got me to the airport within an hour of my 7:10AM Delta flight departure time. I didn’t know it at the time, but I had one item with me that I shouldn’t have had, and didn’t have one item with me that I should have had. In the process … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was up a year older at 6:30 for a 7:00 departure to the Maltby Café in Snohomish, WA with Kevin and Ricardo. My friend Steve H. in Raleigh recommended this place from when he used to live here. Their claim to fame is their cinnamon buns the size of a cake. Maltby Cafe … Read more
~Monday~ I slept in until about 9:00. Kevin took Ricardo to a doctor’s appointment this morning, and when he returned, we headed downtown to see the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library. We stopped at “Dick’s Drive-In,” which is a lot like the Char-Grills in Raleigh. We each ordered a “Dick’s Deluxe,” fries, and … Read more
~Sunday~ I slept in this morning. Exactly as one should on vacation. Glorious. Today’s National Coming Out Day and I tweeted this about it: “Today is National Coming Out Day. Closets are for clothes. Dare to live your authentic life. Doing so probably saved my life. #JustDoIt” Of course my Twitter feed goes to Facebook’s … Read more