NYE Western Cruise 2008 - New Thread

[tiggerwannabe]

More pictures!!!

The first two are of Mom, DD Brittany, DDsBF Stefanie and Me on a couple rides I NEVER thought I'd get Mom on. She done good!

The next one is some sad news from today....

I Love me some George Carlin

 

[CustardTart]

I love the expression on the face of the little guy sitting next to you, Tigg!!! I've got a hilarious one of Sophie gripping onto Dick - she hates ToT so refuses to go on it anymore... I'm impressed with the group coordination on RnRC - it's all I can do to not have my eyes screwed tight so there's no posing from me...

 

[Aisling]

Hi everyone,

I feel so sad for Chad. He's so lonely over there in Rome. Since his classes are from 6 pm to 9 pm everyday, he's been doing a lot of sightseeing and taking tons of pictures.
http://flickr.com/photos/deluxxtwofour7

He said he was shocked to discover just how much he misses us all, and misses having English-speaking people around to talk to. He said he goes the whole day until class time not speaking to a soul, because of the language barrier. He is so busy with schoolwork and studying. We're Catholic, and one great thing is that Chad says the Vatican and all the religious history has him being strengthened in his faith. He took a tour to see the bones of St. Peter, and it was a moving experience for him. I've been sending him emails telling him how proud I am of him, how much I want him to take advantage of every opportunity to fill himself with awesome experiences, you know, mushy mom stuff straight from my heart, and he said it makes him weep. So now I'll be sending him email about how Jesse is trashing his room and that I dented his car. Not true, but good for a few laughs to lighten things up for him. God, it's tough being a mom. Feel free to check out his Flickr account.

My mother is still here, but it's been ok. I'm driving her upstate to my sister's place on Saturday.

Louise is busy finishing up with her 1st grade class for the year. The last day of school is Thursday. She's not ready to talk cruise until after she and Chad get back from their Florida trip when he comes back from Rome.

Tig, how's Adrian doing in his new apartment? Is it working out? I think about him everytime I think about Chad, seeing as we have something in common...sons the same age becoming independent.

Humid sticky day here in NYC. Thank goodness for air conditioning!

 

[artman]

Loved Chad's photos, esp. the self portraits. Kinda funny and still sad at the same time. It sorta drives home the fact that he is there on his own.

Although by the time he's finished there I'm sure he will leave new friends behind that will miss him.

 

[Aisling]

Loved Chad's photos, esp. the self portraits. Kinda funny and still sad at the same time. It sorta drives home the fact that he is there on his own.

Although by the time he's finished there I'm sure he will leave new friends behind that will miss him.

Artman, I know what you mean about funny and sad at the same time. As a parent, it's a crazy odd feeling to feel happy and sad for your child at the time time.

Speaking of children, how's your little guy? Is he done with school yet?

 

[artman]

Owen is at Granny's today. He has a half a day of school on Friday morning to pick up report cards.

Claudia is at school cleaning up her room and getting ready for Friday. It is her last day of school and also her birthday.

Owen likes to give Claudia a hard time about being a mean teacher, but he will really miss not being in her class next year. This year worked out great for both of them.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

I love the expression on the face of the little guy sitting next to you, Tigg!!! I've got a hilarious one of Sophie gripping onto Dick - she hates ToT so refuses to go on it anymore... I'm impressed with the group coordination on RnRC - it's all I can do to not have my eyes screwed tight so there's no posing from me...

I know!

I like the the whole group in this shot...but that little boy is too funny~

See, this was an epic event, because Mom doesn't ride these rides. We head to these rides and she usually heads to a show. She rode with us that year and I got photographic evidence cause she said she'll NEVER do that again

With RNRC, that was the best pose we could think of since the bars keep your arms pinned to your side anyway. Ever try raising your arms in that thing? It ain't happenin'

My kids pose for everything, I learned how and when from them.

Chad's photographs are INCREDIBLE!!! Great Job my friend, great job~

I sent you and email for him Aisling, please make sure he gets it for me?

Adrian spends less and less time home each week...funny thing with him and I - it'll be the end of summer and it's too quiet around here before I really notice he's gone and totally start to miss him. He's my baby, but after 22 years of devotion to my kids, I am happy to have this break~

 

[Aisling]

Tig, I forwarded your email to Chad.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

It's a beautiful sunny day here in New Jersey...alls quiet on the cruising front...

Dad got sad new yesterday and is at Cooper hospital today saying goodbye to a very good friend of his. He's known this guy all his life, he calls him His Little Buddy

 

[Aisling]

Dad got sad new yesterday and is at Cooper hospital today saying goodbye to a very good friend of his. He's known this guy all his life, he calls him His Little Buddy

to Dad.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Tig, I forwarded your email to Chad.

Cool!~thank you~

I have a whole article in the magazine but wasn't sure if he really needs/wants all 15 pages-what I sent him was the summary page and map from the article.

I am on my way to CVS to drop off Mika puppy's prescription for her next round of chemo pills...I think I'll ride Adrian's bike there

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Thanks for the extra hug for Dad...I rarely see him this sad~

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Aisling, I just checked the train schedules for Friday...

How is 1030-ish at Madison Square Garden for you?

 

[Aisling]

Aisling, I just checked the train schedules for Friday...

How is 1030-ish at Madison Square Garden for you?

That's fine.

 

[CustardTart]

Happy Thursday, people...

 

[Aisling]

Good morning, Ms. Kaz, and Mickey!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Hiya Cruisers....everyone's been so quiet lately~


Dad had a map of Key West in his car, so I grabbed it to bring with me tomorrow. I'll be on the trains by 830 to go see Aisling, Brenda, Jesse and Ryan in NYC

Today I have a raffle to put together for a friend. We are raffling off over $4000 worth of tools for $10 a shot to benefit and 8 and 10 yo who recently lost their Father to a motorcycle accident. I don't know them. I only know of their situation and offered to help sell tickets.

Saturday I have a photo shoot at 8am. The Warped Tour sponsors skateboard comps at the concert and I am going over to watch the local try-outs and see if maybe I can talk to someone about getting in to shoot at the Tour.

Saturday afternoon is a free seminar at the local school of broadcasting. I signed up for that for the experience and again - maybe a chance to get good contacts for future jobs.

I have a feeling the Aramark job isn't happening so I also continue to try to get my resume out and see if I can find something worthy.

bbl folks....what are all of your plans for the weekend?

 

[artman]

Hi all!

Big weekend at our house. Friday is Claudia's b'day so we are going out for dinner with friends. Tuesday is Canada Day, so we are taking an extended long weekend, very much looking forward to that. Of course we need to make time to see Wall-e.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Our long weekend will be next week~

Yours sounds like fun...you *gotta* come back and tell me how the movie was! I wanna go see it but highly doubt I'll have time this week. Maybe I'll get DH to take me next week

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Ooh Look! Tomorrow is the actual six month mark

We should all be in Florida and getting in our last sleep before sailing~