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November 28, 2007
Christmas plans
For a while earlier this year, I was dreaming of going back to Virginia to see friends and family for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Then I learned that my interpretation of frequent flyer rules was terribly awry, and that any ticket home would be horribly beyond my financial wherewithal. So I've applied myself to luring family to Portland instead.
I've won! It's now official! Austin, who is semi-living here already but returned to mom and dad for a while, will fly out with 17-year-old Chance a few days before Christmas. My parents get here Christmas day itself. We all have a fabulous, dark and rainy week together, and then the Sherwoods begin to disperse again.
The down side is that Darcy, who is just starting a new job with Hewlett-Packard, won't have enough vacation in the bank to join us. He's 23, he lives with a bunch of friends, and I'm sure he'll handle the family-less-ness stoically. Still, it would be better to have him with the rest of us.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at November 28, 2007 09:14 PM
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We're all booked and ready to go (almost!)
Posted by: Mom at November 30, 2007 09:11 PM