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we slept
all day
from midnight the night before
until 10am
when we watched a movie
and then went back to sleep
until 5pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Continue Reading »On our 3rd day of Christmas, we
- woke up early enough to get on the road before most traffic
- left Paris at 9:30 and and made it to Austin by 2pm
- settled in and had our own Christmas exchange and then relaxed for the rest of the evening
On our second day of Christmas, we:
- sleep in just a little (until about 9am),
and then - Mom finished a few meal and gift preparations
while - Emil ran all the virus and software updates on her computer and got the printer working, again,
before we headed “over the river and through the woods” (not really) for a - noon meal for the five of us (Lori & Emil, Lori’s mom, and her parents) at the grandparents’ home, at the dining table, with the fancy dishes,
and then we shared - gifts with the grands,
and then went - back to Lori’s mom’s for our nuclear gift exchange, playing with Roxi,
and a bit of recovering from a busy day
Our first day of Christmas (and our first major holiday since the move to Austin ) was jam packed.
9am – leave Austin for Bryan
11am – 2nd group to arrive on scene at Luza Christmas
12noon – giant family lunch, 65 in attendance, paper plates and a seat on the deck
1pm – visit with family, watch Mom and the kids open gifts
4pm – after the mass exodus of her home, we visited with Mom and the remaining family
5pm – leave Bryan for Paris
10pm – arrive in Paris
What a day!
Thanksgiving would have been our first try at this travel pattern, but Lori came down with a cold bug. She too sick to travel, but more importantly, we didn’t want to infect anyone else.
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