Hampton Inn & Suites Sarasota-Bradenton Airport
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The realities of homecoming!
... any gifts for the kids yet so a shopping expedition is getting higher and higher on the list.
And so it goes. But please don't read this entry as a complaint. We are so lucky to have our wonderful, comfortable home here. Yes, it demands upkeep and when we leave for an extended period of time is shouldn't come as a surprise to us that things need attention.
We are looking forward to the fast approaching holidays, but now need to take care of business!
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Home sweet home
I wanted to write an entry while I'm still mentally between continents and homes.
It was wonderful to return to Sarasota and we've spent this week reviving our routines and catching up with details that needed attention once we were back.
My first order of business was the renewal of an expiring driver's license. Of course it was more complicated that I expected. I couldn't ...
Pottering
Had a great day just pottering around. First day in a long while that I didn't have to set an alarm! Had a lazy day looking around some Of the local beach shops. This place is full of snow birds. (my patient had to explain this to me)! It's a person (usually retired) who moves down to Florida in the winter, to escape the snow of the north. What surprised me is that most of the shop staff are senior citizens too. We were talking about this the other night- ...
Birthday bliss
Today's my 26th birthday...in order to commiserate the fact that I'm now that much closer to 30, I've taken a few days off and have headed to Anna-Maria island. It's a beautiful place on the gulf of Mexico. My host has a condo (holiday home) here and has very kindly let me stay in it :) I've got my own wheels again now too! Drove from Sarasota to the island-without getting lost or using the gps (they don't call it a sat nav)! Stopped at arrmands circle on the way, had a ...
Home for the Holidays!
... to find some handwritten notes from Tina who looked after the house for us, as well as our Swedish friends Christer and Pillan and our English friends Paul and Maggie who visited while we were away. There were even a few packages that Deb brought in from the doorstep for us!
Everything was as though we just come back from a trip to the mall. But of course it also involved rediscovering things that we haven't used for so long.
It only took me ...