We are off on an airplane this Sunday. We drive up to my daughter's house on Saturday to spend the night since it is closer to the airport and we can leave our car in her neighborhood. She and her husband are off to dinner and a play and will not have much time to spend with us and the grands have various plans as well. It cannot be helped that they are in the prime of their life!
Hubby is giving a presentation at an international conference in San Diego. We are brave to go to such a large and exposed meeting with people from all over the world. It is good for him to prove to himself that he can still do this and while many will not find his speech important, it is important to him! It is only 10 minutes long with a few minutes allowed for questions and he has been working on it for months! He will print out a copy for me to review and then go down and make changes before I can even read it! He would normally have it memorized by now. I may be the one changing the slides on the screen.
We will be exposing ourselves on long plane flights and then he will be exposed at the meetings. We will be wearing masks and I have packed some quick Covid tests in the event we need them. Sadly we have to go on living our lives and it seems such a small danger compared to places around the world right now that are in the middle of a war.
I hope to meet up with Mage (and George) as well as tour a few places in the city that I have not seen for years. We met as bloggers when they came to my nearby city and then I went to theirs and now I am returning!
I hope to eat in nicer restaurants; I hope to find wonderful things to photograph; I hope to avoid COVID.
After five days we are flying on to Colorado and meeting with family and praying we are not carrying germs to them although several of them have been traveling recently as well.
Life is moving on. I guess it has to or why are we living?
(Apologies for the odd font size. Blogger spends most of its time reducing my font size!)
We do need to keep living. Can't hide away forever. I guess it's as safe out there as it will ever be so go, be prudent, and have a good time.
ReplyDeleteWishing you travel free of Covid! Enjoy the time away. Say hi to Mage and George! How wonderful to get some time with family too.
ReplyDeleteAs we take tentative steps toward a new normal.
ReplyDeleteTake wipes, and wipe down everything where you sit. Don't take your masks off, and you should be ok, says my friend B who is just home from Paris. If it is ok with you, we will take you to a middling restaurant. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it may be time to start braving the bigger world, as long as reasonable precautions are taken. Have a great trip!
ReplyDeleteI too think if you are vaccinated and boosted, have a good mask and don't take it off, you'll be fine! Fingers crossed for a good trip over all. :-)
ReplyDeletePraying you have a lovely and safe time.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy yourself, stay masked and sanitized on the plane. They do sell bottles of sanitizer small enough to pass the plane restrictions. Mage is right about the wipes.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your trip. Sounds like a good one.
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ReplyDeleteHave a lovely trip. Yes, I agree, we need to get out and about again, life has become too hemmed in.
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I kind of envy you making that trip to San Diego -- after all, it's where I lived for over 50 years, and I still have family down there. Take care and try to enjoy your trip!
ReplyDeleteIt is an awful time where we worry about travelling and touring. Hopefully you will keep free of the virus and manage to have a good time and that hubby's speech goes well.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're having a great time. Mage did mention that she was meeting up with you both. This is so fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWe have a long, long, long flight in May that makes me nervous. We're joining a Viking Cruise that's been postponed TWICE due to COVID since 2020. It's a cruise of Scandinavian countries as well as Baltic nations. Would you believe Poland, Finland, Estonia that share a border with Russia? It was also supposed to stop in St. Petersberg. Sigh... The fates are against this trip. How many things can go wrong?
San Diego, however sounds wonderful and with a good, comfortable mask, you should be fine. I do have friends that flew to California and Vegas and came back just fine.