A Little of This and a Little of That February 5, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Family, Islands, Photography, Princess Hannah, Saba, Trips , trackbackCan you believe I’ve had other things fill my free time besides blogging?
I know. GASP.
Truth is, I’ve been otherwise anxiously engaged in other causes. It makes me feel busy and important (much like how I used to feel when I had a career and every minute of my life belonged to someone/something else).
We move in about two weeks. We found a place to live. I think it’ll be great.
I mean, I hope it’ll be great.
LET’S PRAY THAT IT IS. Um, ’cause I haven’t actually seen it. But it sounds great, and the pics look good, and some friends that live in Kansas City area have vouched for the area and thus VALIDATED my hunch that I’m going to like the place.
But, if it’s not a great place, then we just plunked down a lot of money on a dive. And that makes my want to to throw up a little bit in my mouth.
GULP.
But moving on (and literally, we’ll be doing that in a few days). My mother-in-law is recovering from knee surgery. Hannah has been an excellent nurse. She drinks Gloria’s Ensure, (which, by the way, is one of the perks of surgery. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Ensure and would drink it everyday if I knew people wouldn’t tease me for liking a geriatric drink. And . . . if it wasn’t like 400 calories per serving. I’m just sayin’ . . .) offers her marshmallows, (you know, to take the pain away) and snuggles up in bed next to her grandma. Hannah only has to be reminded 346 times a day to not touch the hurt knee.
Such a good little caretaker.
Gloria has been somewhat stranded in her bed with only our little live-in family as visitors. As fun as we are, I know she likes to see other familiar faces and spend time with other people who don’t hang out in their pajamas all day. You know the kind, people with personal hygiene. People who wear regular clothing and shower. Daily.
Anyhoo, just yesterday was such an occasion. Some of her siblings came by to see her in her laid up state. For some reason, (see I don’t know how they got onto this subject because I wasn’t actually in the room. I was just minding my own business making myself some lunch in the kitchen and couldn’t help myself from overhearing this conversation) they got to talking about “scary runways.”
Now, everyone in that room was well-traveled. They talked about this place and that place and every place in-between. They were all positive they had flown on and off of “scary” runways.
I’m not one to assert my opinion when I’m not asked, but yesterday, I had to say something.
I needed to back up my in-laws.
Remember how I used to live on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean? And remember how I blogged about the scary runway here? Well, it turns out, I’M NOT CRAZY.
(This is the Saba runway. Picture by David.)
Travel and Leisure magazine named the top ten scariest runways in the world. Saba and Sint Maarten were in the top ten.
(This is the Sint Maarten runway. Picture by David.)
See, take that you people who think I over-exaggerate everything.
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Where are you going to be living? My inlaws live in a suburb of Kansas City.
Holly cow that is a very short runway with water on both ends. Yikes!! I would be griping the seats if I had to land there. NO, I’m with you on this.
Good luck in your new place. How long do you think you will be there?