vanyel
Mouseketeer<br><font color=db28a5>I like to escape
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I just had to share my last traveling experience with you all. I went to a conference at Texas A & M in College Station. The weather was amazing - comfortable temperature and a beautiful breeze. The conference was great and we took a side trip to Austin (wish I could have spent more time there). The capital building was just beautiful and 6th St - fun. And everyone we met from Texas, just really, really nice!
But back home, things weren't going so smoothly. I got a call from DH just as the microburst knocked down the neighbors' trees. He was panicked - don't know what I could have done from Texas - but I tried. The end result -no power for 2 1/2 days on our side of the street and 4 days across the street. 3 roofs have to be replaced but our house didn't have a scratch. We had some damage to plants but that was minor. The campus I work at though, lost at least 9 trees, several utility poles fell, and 2 people were injured - not seriously thank goodness.
Day 2 goes great until the middle of the night when one of the students that had traveled with me found out her Grandmother had died. I got her home sometime Thursday morning after struggling with several not so helpful people at American airline. Her grandmother had been sick for years but still - it was her Grandmother! Can you believe they didn't have any bereavement fares available and charged $549 for a one-way trip back home? I should get reimbursed by the university (it's on my charge card) - if not, bake sales!
Then a phone call from DD who got hit in the head at work, accidently and had a concussion.
That's when the other student and I gave up and went to Austin for the afternoon!
Honestly I would have really liked to have seen more of Texas - we had a great time with what we could do, and the conference was really helpful for my job.
I took tons of pictures of Austin and the Texas A & M campus. The contrast in Austin between the old buildings and the new was fascinating. We saw several Blue Bell places but didn't end up there - I can't believe I didn't go into any stores either.
Cathy
But back home, things weren't going so smoothly. I got a call from DH just as the microburst knocked down the neighbors' trees. He was panicked - don't know what I could have done from Texas - but I tried. The end result -no power for 2 1/2 days on our side of the street and 4 days across the street. 3 roofs have to be replaced but our house didn't have a scratch. We had some damage to plants but that was minor. The campus I work at though, lost at least 9 trees, several utility poles fell, and 2 people were injured - not seriously thank goodness.
Day 2 goes great until the middle of the night when one of the students that had traveled with me found out her Grandmother had died. I got her home sometime Thursday morning after struggling with several not so helpful people at American airline. Her grandmother had been sick for years but still - it was her Grandmother! Can you believe they didn't have any bereavement fares available and charged $549 for a one-way trip back home? I should get reimbursed by the university (it's on my charge card) - if not, bake sales!
Then a phone call from DD who got hit in the head at work, accidently and had a concussion.
That's when the other student and I gave up and went to Austin for the afternoon!
Honestly I would have really liked to have seen more of Texas - we had a great time with what we could do, and the conference was really helpful for my job.
I took tons of pictures of Austin and the Texas A & M campus. The contrast in Austin between the old buildings and the new was fascinating. We saw several Blue Bell places but didn't end up there - I can't believe I didn't go into any stores either.
Cathy
We could have flown into Austin but chose Houston based on price. Maybe next time the conference will be at U of T in Austin!
