Author: Diana
Day 148 – The Day I Saw Friends
This morning is the last day on the road for a little bit and we are ending it with the first group of people I worked with on my project! It is so nice to see them all, except 1 is not here, but I will see him at another training I believe.
They are trying to get done quickly so that we can all get home, this is day 6 for us so we are all a little bit tired! I am sitting in an office right now just trying to stay out of the way from all this craziness 
Gonna have to get some pictures today to add, but I have 1 from yesterday evening.
So, made it to the airport a whole 6 hours early Not a huge deal this isn’t the first time that has happened. The other guys have like a 16:00 flight or close to it anyway so they have a little less wait – but not much. We ate at PF Changs, which was my first time eating there. It was pretty good. I got some dumplings and some Lo Mein. The dumplings were amazing!!
I am letting my phone charge and sitting on the floor rather than use the ones in the seats. So I am using one outlet and a guy came up to use the other one and I scared the crap out of him by shouting that it was MY OUTLET!!! He was a good sport and laughed
I am so very tired. I think that I figured out a little secret about when I start to field strange, I need some food. Have not figured out if it is like a sugar thing or just food in general. I fear it is sugar, but hope I am just plain hungry.
The guys just left to go get some ice cream, I think they went down to a Ben and Jerry’s. Now I may be headed down there later, but not right now Still a bit full from lunch / dinner.
Life at the Dakota: New York’s Most Unusual Address
Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address
Open Road Media
December 1, 2015
Kindle
243
I enjoy reading books like this, but I found that this particular one was a bit lacking in background information. It seemed to be a little scattered for me. I like when the building things are explained in more detail, more history around it. It was a good read, just not the best I have read.
I got through it pretty quickly so that was good. It had only a couple of pictures in it, not that I expect them when reading on a Kindle, but I had gotten the impression that there were several - not sure why I thought that, something I saw I think.
It was really more of a story of personalities and the difficulties of turning a building into a co-op. What all goes along with that, a board, deciding what to do with funds, how crazy all that is.
Day 147 – The Day of the Longest Drive
No not golf, real driving in a car!!! We started the day at the REDI, that’s where I am right now. We will leave here around lunch and head to Social Circle, a little over an hour away. Once we are done there it’s a much longer drive to LaGrange. Whew! I will check back in later.
OK, I am all settled into my room in LaGrange thinking about how I am going to get some food in my belly We had two pretty good sessions today. I felt that I helped a couple people in each and that is good when you can fix a couple specific issues, I think
Long drives today. Man, it took so long, but we made it and that is good. I will be happy to be home next week for sure.
Mom Update: Talked to the nurse, didn’t get to talk to her, but she said she had a bit of a fever today and that overall it was a better day. She is very weak at the moment and sleeping a good bit. She was supposed to come home, but I don’t think so with that fever. Paul and Carlos, at least, are going to see her and play with the puppies
I am going to have a really long day tomorrow, not getting home until like 21:00. But a lot of it will be just sitting around which is unfortunate. Oh well, get something done
There is not much near this hotel, I am not even sure where a Pizza Hut is because I could do some pizza I think. Maybe. Actually maybe not. I want Subway – too bad no car. Gonna have to try to get one of the guys to just take me, or let me borrow their car.
I took some pictures today, not very many, but what can you do! I think I am gonna go ahead and close this, if something interesting happens I will just add it to tomorrow
Day 146 – The Day That Ended at the REDI
This morning we had a bit of a drive to Calhoun, Georgia. Out meeting was in a historic depot that has been repurposed into a county meeting hall. It was nice and there was lots of space for sure. The good / bad thing about being at old depots is that for the most part trains still run very close to them so it was, only at times, noisy
I stayed behind with the IT guys because we couldn’t get one guy working smoothly so by the time we did finish it was lunch time. We ate with them at a local Mexican place and it was pretty good. After that started the long drive back to Atlanta to the REDI Center. We needed to stop there to chat with a couple people and do some things.
We left there and dropped another co-worker off to get a rental car and then they took me to – wait for it – PANDA EXPRESS!!!!!! I was so happy, but to be honest, the food was not as good as the one at home, but still good
Update: I lost my connection to the website last night so I am unsure what else I had to say Oh, I think I had an update on mom there, here we go
Mom Update: Mom was not released from the hospital yesterday and that is OK because she wasn’t feeling well still, I should say she was OK with it.
Alright, here are some pictures, enjoy
Day 145 – The Day That I Knew Where to Go!!
This morning we had some Waffle House!!! True Alabama style I am sitting at the first location waiting for the folks to get here so we can start. I think there was some confusion about when we needed the material – I should say when the people I am with need their stuff, I am just here to help with the program.
We have a bit of a drive this afternoon and I will catch back up then
Alright, made it to the next place, and I have actually been here before!! I know all these folks We are in Birmingham, Alabama. We leave here and are staying the night in Atlanta and then have a bit of a drive tomorrow. I think we will eat good tonight so I am looking forward to that!
We had lunch with a couple of the folks from that office and made the much longer than expected trip to Atlanta. My co-worker was going to a gym class right away so I decided to just grab some food from the hotel. Big mistake 
But really it was more my fault. I got a roast beef sandwich and forgot to say no horseradish so it was disgusting!! The fries were good
Now I am going to get to bed!
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Day 144 – The Day We Parked on I-65
This morning our work location was very close to where we stayed so that was nice, but there was like nothing to grab some food that early. I had a banana and a Mt. Dew – healthy I know
The IT group did their thing great and I was making us stay trying to help a couple of the guys. But we got out of there and drove for a bit before we got food. I think Denise was about to agree to eat at a gas station she was so hungry.
After we got back on the road there was some construction she was warned about from the guys and she was asking if we should go around or risk it. I said go around, but “Bobby Taylor” said to give it a try… About an hour later we were finally out of the parking lot of construction. He said, you win some and you lose some
We are staying at this amazing hotel here in Montgomery. I have a great room on the 9th floor. We are going to take a little walk to grab some dinner here in a bit. Everyone was saying there are tons of good places, plus they have been here before. Alright, more to come later
Just got back from dinner, went to an oyster bar, YUCK! But I had fried shrimp and a brownie We just walked down the street a little bit so that was nice. Lots of little things right around the hotel. Will post pictures from that tomorrow, too tired to do it tonight Bye!!
Day 143 – The Day I Went to Mobile
I am getting my laundry all done for my trip this evening. I am watching my puppies be so sweet, they are going to make me miss them more!
My mom is not feeling well again. I am going to blame it on these meal replacement drinks she has been trying to drink because they were already expired and the company wouldn’t take them back. I told her not to do it and others did too, but she said, it tastes fine. Ummmmmmmmmm. I do hope she feels better very soon. I don’t like leaving like this, but there will be a couple people around while I am gone and if I need to come home, I will.
I am going to leave here around 16:00, Carlos is coming to take me and Paul is going to pick me up so I don’t have to leave my car at the airport. That reminds me I need to put up my sunshade before I leave.
So, I am writing this on Monday because yesterday evening got a little something. When I left yesterday mom was not feeling great, but she didn’t say anything like cancel your trip. I thought she was a little bit better than she was apparently. When I get to Atlanta I call my sister and she is very concerned about her and wants to take her to the ER. I tell her to call Paul and see if he can come over and stay the night with her because I thought he would be able to take off work on Monday if needed.
When I got to Mobile I called Paul and he said that she did go to the hospital and got admitted thinking that she had pneumonia. I didn’t get to the hotel until like 23:00 so it was pretty late. Luckily this trip we are staying pretty close to airports that I can likely get home in a hurry if I need to. I don’t like being away like this.
Day 142 – The Sparkling Day
I wanted to say that in the last week or so I have been having a hard time sleeping again and also having some dreams that are very disturbing for me which makes me not sleep or wake up in a distressed state. I have also been feeling more and more anxiety when I am in crowds. If I am in a room with co-working giving a class or demo it is no problem, it just seems to be when I have no connection to people. It is very stressful for me, but I am trying very hard to not let it get me down low.
Alright, good things now. Like a couple weeks ago I had to return the new ring I had gotten because there were two diamonds that had fallen out and it was very rough and actually giving me a callous on on my pinky finger. I had ordered a new one and went to pick it up and then I happened to see another one I wanted more. So I got it and it is beautiful!!! I will put a picture below. The reason for this ring is a congratulations to myself for being in the railroad industry for 20 years. I am not married and never had been and I love these style rings so who the heck cares if I have a ring on that finger or not!! By the way, my hand looks so bad in the picture, I am not sure if it is dry or just old
Carlos and Paul both came over today but mom and I were gone most of the afternoon. I did promise them Yummy Chicken and Dumplings so we had to go to the store to get some of the ingredients. Then we managed to forgot the “dumplings” but luckily we had some here
I had a good picture of the Penny and Dime dog yesterday but forgot to post it so I am going to put it below too They seem so sweet, but they are CRAZY
I changed my bed sheets in case my cousin wanted to stay the night here or my mom wanted to sleep in my room and have a bit more room with the dogs
I am leaving out again tomorrow night and won’t get back this time until Friday evening. This will be a hard one, but then we have a holiday so that will make it easier. I am thinking about driving to Atlanta next week for my trip, but now that I think about it that won’t work because I really need to get my car serviced. See just gotta talk it out to yourself some times
Alright, I am going to get my body cleaned up and get under the sheets!! I will talk to y’all tomorrow, but may not get it posted until the next day because I am going to be getting in late.
