in flight musey

So I splurged .and bought a day's pass of Delta wifi. I had plenty to do without it, but it's been good to read your journals. First, though, I splurged on tracking our progress across Nevada and Utah. With the map at a scale of 5 mo to a thumb width I had about the right scale to track, but I'd have to zoom in to pick out features and then we were moving a little to fast for me to keep up. Still it was petty neat to identify desert intersections and salt flats. our pilot was no guide.
This leg our pilot let us know as

ETA: we flew over Indianapolis ap I could wave at peaceofpie.

I am worried about burning pit like I did over Thanksgiving, but I don't think I'll have the same major trigger. My folks seem more at peace except for my mom nagging my dad about a retirement party. He's retiring as theowner of the company finally acceptance that the deep trench around the company is indeed evidence that he"s. driven the company into the ground. I'm pissed because my dad was a partner for a while but wasn"t listened to.Dad have back his shares because he didn'twant to ne left with the liabilities the owner was taking on. And, as a services company, the owner was essentially selling my Dads expwrtise.

I understand why dad doesn't want a retirement party. My brother gets it. Mom, not so much. Still they sound like they are much more easy with each other.

I'm looking forward to seeing them and some friends over this visit - I just wish I could trust that I have the resources for all that and the conference.

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Christine was pretty upset after leaving Edward at thevet yesterday. Not only are there the "escape" wounds in his rump, but they'd become abscessed and Edward had a fever. She feels we need to keep him in for his own safely. There are logistical challenges with that.

I need to find a handy person who cam build us some good sliding doors for the deck. I'm imagining regular screen from the waist up, but something of heavier gauge (and bigger holes) at cat level. Ideally a car door of sorts, something we could hook up to some tunnel. see kittywalks.com. A cat gazebo would be neat too. if a handy man helped us with that,too, I could imagine something with mounted window boxes.

I might be able to do it myself. But the screen does are project I'd like some on professional time. Not my glacial project time.

Also, quite new deck blinds broke under their own weight in yesterday's gust winds. CURSES.