Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Baltimore

... in front of me. She realized we were visitors and took an interest. During the tithes and offerings time, she looked back at me and saw I had nothing prepared to give. (note - we tithe to charities since we can't be active members in a church right now) This girl looked at me and down to her hands wich held two one-dollar bills. She looked back at me and smiled. Then she handed me one of her precious ...

... opened our milage book and inside waiting for me was a picture Michael drew. I love it when he draws me pictures. He had drawn our favorite picture that was in the breakfast room at Hampton! :)

The staff at the school was helpful and friendly. The auditorium was easily accessable. The stage was huge and the accoustics perfect - just making for a happy set-up. During the set-up, I opened the box of projectors ...

... going. Plug back into life and reboot. Try again, making the best out of the situation and the best of yourself." Or something like that. haha.

We left the school and on the way back to our hotel stopped at a goodwill and TJMAXX which were right on route. We did some more Christmas shopping and shopping for my birthday with the gift money from my party on Friday. We changed at the hotel and went to the ...

... the remnants of Hurricane Ida. This far up the Delaware and Chesapeake River we only got the heavy rain, although the Coastguard made us put out more lines because of the high winds. The people who suffered the most were those that live along the coast, their high tides were 4 – 5 feet higher than normal. So in a way it was lucky that we didn’t sail on time. We are due now to sail for Jacksonville on the 14th but the ...

... the vegetable garden, and constructing a compost pile, as well as a few other projects. There is a local family that has built a house on the farm and we will be working on the projects with them and Roger's brother, as well as other people from the community. It was exciting to talk to him and get more info on the farm and what we may be doing while there.

Roger's family home in town has an internet connection, so we'll probably update our blog from ...

... all over the place, trying to perfectly balance everything while we had the luxury of time.  I ended up with a final weight of 49.5! The shuttle van wasn't as bad as it could have been.  It was three hours, so we stopped for a pee break about halfway there.  I slept up until that point, which I desperately needed.  After that, most of us played a thrilling game of "ding!"  It's a typical musical geek game.  Someone says a word, and everyone else has to think of song lyrics with ...

... phone and keys (why keys, I dont know!) which made it ring every time I walked through. I was putting on my shoes on the other side and catched up with some friends as we boarded the plane.
The plane ride was... lets just say interesting. I made some new friends and we all talked to this one worker on the airplane. He seemed surprised at our group size and especially where we were ...

... restaurant and went out to Havana Club for some serious Cuban Salsa! It was just incredible. I danced so much that the next day I woke up with a very strange pain in my leg...it's still there! The next morning/lunchtime we had brunch and went to check out the museums, David did a great job at the space centre museum explaining to me everything about space shuttles and how the Russians and the Americans competed and then collaborated! I came back to Memphis on ...

... I was there was to hang out with friends...ironically also from high school: Joe, Uri, Josh, Matt, and Tank. We spent the day drinking and walking back and forth from the bathroom and occasionally paying a ridiculous amount for mixed drinks from vendors. The thing that makes Preakness nice is the fact that they let you bring items in. Beer being the most important item off those things. Everyone has a cooler full of beer. You ...

After having a weekend with 30 deaf-blind campers and volunteers, I went up on a much bigger scale. Over 800 deaf-blind delegates and volunteers gathered on the campus of Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference took place Saturday to Friday. My role was of a Support Service Provider (SSP). I worked ...