Busy Week Ahead

If all you do is look at the number, 25 seems like a lot of years. In real life you live it day-by-day. That’s why 25 years actually feels like the blink of an eye.

There’s a lot going on with the Foxes this week. Everything is pointed toward Wednesday–Helaine and my 25th wedding anniversary.

If all you do is look at the number, 25 seems like a lot of years. In real life you live it day-by-day. That’s why 25 years actually feels like the blink of an eye.

We’ve been through a lot. We met in Philly, married while living in Buffalo and moved to Connecticut in 1984. Stef was born three years later. Helaine’s parents have passed away. Mine have moved away.

We fly to Las Vegas Wednesday morning. I’m not sure there will be time to sleep after working Tuesday night. We’re praying for good weather at Midway where we change planes.

Stef and my parents arrive separately as do my California cousins. Wednesday evening we’re renewing our vows in a wedding chapel on Las Vegas Boulevard. Elvis is not attending.

It’s winter in the desert too. Rain is expected while we’re in Nevada. They’ll welcome it. We definitely will not.

There’s a lot of configuring and packing still to come. Like I said–busy week ahead.

The Visit Ends

Stef graduates college next year, so who knows when this fivesome will be easily reunited under this roof?

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My parents have an 8:15 AM flight back home. We’re leaving early… early even for someone who isn’t awake and typing a blog entry at 1:27 AM.

It was a very nice trip. We got to spend lots of time together. Stef graduates college next year, so who knows when this fivesome will be easily reunited under this roof?

The good news is my parents are still healthy–still sharp. When it was time to print their boarding passes I told my dad I needed his reservation confirmation number, which he then recited from memory without hesitation. I’m 25 years younger than he is and I couldn’t do that.

We see them next when Helaine and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, late this fall.