The countdown continues...11 days until we fly to DC to attend the PC staging. We will meet the other members of our group. We have corresponded with several of them on a Georgia PC Yahoo group. There are 50 in all which is a surprise.
We have also been networking with the volunteers who are currently in Georgia. We are the seventh group to go there so we are known as G-7's. The G-6's are introducing themselves online and sending many tips about packing and what to do in our last days at home. The major recommendation is to eat lots of Mexican food (not available in Georgia), spend time with friends and have fun. Well, we definitely have been doing lots of that. Every night we get together with different friends who send us off with hugs and good wishes. Last night was with Mark’s high school buddies at the local pizza joint. Last week Lisa’s tennis friends in Saratoga had a luncheon with poems, pictures and gifts of travelers’ clothes.
On the practical front, we are readying our house for our new tenants...changing addresses on bills and learning how to put cars away for two years.
On the packing side we each can bring 2 bags of 50 lbs. The length plus the width plus the height of the bags can total no more than 107". That’s a challenge!!
Jake-a-loo (our dog) has had a visitation of 2 nights with my cousin and his wife in Delmar. He will vacation there for the duration. After returning we will share “joint custody” of Jake. I think we are all winners, the dog, my cousin and us.
PC has sent us language discs so we can practice all those gutteral sounds which are almost impossible for English speakers to make.. The G-6's have sent us an Alternative Handbook on CD to clarify some of the info in the Official Handbook. And of course we have more forms to fill out for staging in D.C..
This weekend we are off to our daughter Molly’s college graduation from Cornell. Lots of things are happening as we near blast-off!!
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Lisa and Mark:
Your old buddies from Sycaway wish you the best of luck in you new adventure and look forward to hearing fabulous stories and seeing wonderful pictures...and more importantly, looking forward to sharing those stories with you in person at our next reunion.
Jim
have a bon voyage-brush your teeth-hope you took your vodka handover meds with you-
correction: hangover meds with you-let me know if I'm posted right! J and C
We miss you here at BPSR, but there's no turning back now. Paula has already moved into your office and it's more girly than you could imagine. I understand that the State Ballet of Georgia is performing at Jacob's Pillow this weekend. I wondered if there was some sort of international trade deadline that we were unaware of - we get the ballet, they get you.
We hope your travels went well. It's time for an update!
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