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Off to San Francisco

It may have been fate, that we decided to go to San Francisco, instead of Pittsburgh for my 40th high school reunion, since Pittsburgh is getting the remnants of hurrican Ernesto, and the weather is less than ideal. Today in Pittsburgh there is still the prediction of light rain with temperatures lower then they will be in San Francisco this weekend. We would not have been prepared for that.

Of course things haven't started off too great for this trip either.

Yesterday when I tried to check in online, I realized I had booked two seats in my name. Fortunately I discovered this yesterday, and not this AM, which made it significantly easier to get rectified over the phone. My hats off to JetBlue for making the correction so easily.

Then I finally gave Sylvia information concerning finances, which I have arranged with my cousin (her neice), in NY, to take care of should anything happen to us. As you might expect, that didn't go over too well with her, and we almost thought she was having another TIA, and we would have to put her in the hospital again. That certainly would have put another crimp in her plans. But fortunately that wasn't the case.

Another then that things are OK. A friend is taking us to the airport at 8 this morning, and we have managed to pack very light, one carry on and a back pack for incidentals. We will be using a lot of the amenities from the hotel where we will be staying. Remember this is only a weekend (3 day) getaway, and we are flying out of Long Beach (which is a considerably smaller airport than LAX) so it should be relatively easy to navigate the airport system.

Oh and one last thing. We have arranged for a friend to check in on Sylvia while we are gone, but if you happen to be in the vicinity please feel free to check in on her if you should feel so inclined. I don't think she would be adverse from that, and it might take her away from those reruns of I Love Lucy, at least temporarily. We will also have our phones with us if anyone should need to contact us for any reason.

I'll update everyone when we get back, and I might even take a few pictures. :)
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