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I am guessing that I am back home by now… and very tired! (This is my last post-dated blogs…)

I love Colorado Springs! My parents moved there when I was in college, so "going home" as an adult was always Colorado Springs for me. After teaching school for a short time in Iowa, I felt like I wanted to move where I had family… so Colo. Sprgs. was the perfect destination.  I taught Middle School – Special Ed while working on my Master’s degree… and I really feel at home there. Also, when our children were young, we lived there for a year. So, I feel like I have spent a considerable amount of time there.

Each time I go back I try to take in the same sights that I recognize from back then… but each time I find it more difficult to get around. Colorado Springs has grown… like most other cities in the USA. This time, I will be glad to have a GPS with us so that we can maneuver the new streets in the new areas. (My daughter is going to have to do the navigating, since I don’t know (yet!?) how to use the GPS.)

Anyway,  I should be back home by now… and perhaps taking a vacation after my vacation!

One more thing about flying…

Remember when the flight attendants were called "stewardesses"?
Remember when the flight attendants were called "stewardesses" and "stewards"? 
Remember when the flight attendants wore high heels (and short skirts)?
Remember when you actually needed silverware to eat your meal?
Remember when the flight attendants asked if you would prefer the chicken or the beef meal?
Remember when they changed from a full meal on a tray to a sandwich on a tray"?
Remember when they changed from a sandwich to two bags of peanuts?
Remember when they went from a few bags or peanuts to one bag of pretzels?
Remember when they actually handed you the bag of pretzels instead of tossing a bag at you?
Remember when the flight attendant would give you a can of pop instead of a plastic cup of ice with a splash of pop?
Remember when there were actually seats between you and your fellow passengers?
Remember when you could actually make your flight connections?

Hmmm…. I know I sound like an old fossil…. but those were the days!

My daughter and I have decided to head on up to Colorado Springs to see my mother, her beau, and my brother…. And, I should probably mention my mother’s "new baby"… a King Charles Spaniel. (My husband and son will be at home taking care of our "baby"… Sprite.)

So, I have done the same thing that I did last summer>>> post dated several blog entries which will "magically appear" on the correct days. (I can even select the times I want the blogs to appear!) These computers sure are wonderful things, aren’t they?

We haven’t made the trip by car since my father passed away several years ago. I guess that I have blocked out just how long the trip actually is to drive. My husband is slowly making aware of how long it will take, and how desolate some areas are. If flying hadn’t become such a nuisance, we would definitely be flying. My memories from last summer when our airline simply cancelled our flight back from Boston are quite vivid… The airline actually left a message on my answering machine which greeted me when I got home from Boston via another flight!  What a nice welcome home that was… after scurrying around trying to find another flight, to hear the automated message telling me that I would need to scurry around to find another flight. Good grief!