Back From Vacation

Just got back this afternoon, from our 4 day mini-vacation to Charleston, SC.  It was a good break.  Got to spend some quality time with my daughter and her husband.  Went to the beach twice, did a couple of haunted tours.  Ate at so many top notch resturants, though doubt any of it would pass the healthy eating test, but sure tasted good.  Did all the normal tourist things and the wife had to shop and shop.

Came back wore out, sore from end to end, but it was still nice.  We never once looked at a computer, and that was great as well.   Thought I was seeing my oncologist tommorow, but appointment is actually next Wednesday. BTW,  PC was never mentioned during this trip.

David in SC

That sounds great, David.  Beth and I are still in the Washington, D. C. area visiting our daughter and her family.  So far we've experienced an earthquake, now waiting for a hurricane.  Pestilence and famine can't be far behind. 

I'm glad to hear you had a good time.  We're actually having a great time as well.

We were on the 4th floor of the Pentagon when the earthquake hit.  I said last night during chat that my continence is obviously 100 percent.  We were at a window just above where the nose of the 9/11 aircraft ended up when the shaking started, and I didn't pee at all!

I'm curious about your "haunted tours."  Sounds interesting.  Welcome back.

David,

Guess I hadn't caught the return for the almost Dr. visit. Somehow I pictured you hanging on to a lamp post as the hurricane went through.

I weathered one on the Georgia coast about 30 years ago because I turned off the radio, and had not been as attentive to the weather as I should have been.

I'm stuck trying to remember the title of the book that included the hurricane going through Charleston, before people knew there was a core.

I hope your daughter is in a safe area, or on her way to your house.

clock - at charleston, never felt a thing on the quake, buy got lots of reports of family and friends in our western end of SC that did get some shaking.

thanks, ed, yeah, there's much more to life than worrying about my cancer and any future psa's or treatments, for me, i still have the whole subject on the back burner.

142 - not looking for the charleston area to have much effect other than high surf and lower winds. we went through hurricane hugo in 1989, we were living in a town in sc that was 60 miles from the coast, and we got hit with 130 mph winds, damaged 80% of all the homes in our county at the time. went through a few big ones living in florida too. i am 200 miles inland, won't even know it happens.

thanks mag, i missed my brothers here too, but it was good for my head to get away, that was the longest drive i have done in over 18 years, so for me, it was a big adventure.

thanks, jeff, will do. always interested in all things HW

Welcome back David. I am looking forward to meeting you next month at GFMPH.

Terry

Welcome home David...glad to hear you are so far inland as Irene prepares to spend some time with us.

Up here in the Northeast, the world is about to come to an end - at least based on the madness I witnessed at the gas station and supermarket this morning. Hurricane Irene is scheduled to hit the NYC and Long Island area early on Sunday morning. Right now, Irene is arrive in New York as a category 1 hurricane but this storm is huge - about 400 miles wide so everything west of NYC is affected all the way to Albany. Low lying areas in New York City will be evacuated, and the governors in the Tri-State area have declared a state of emergency. Emergency shelters are being set up everywhere - we just got an email from our local library informing us of the location of our town's shelter for residents.

To show you how bad it's expected to get in NYC, the subway and bus system will shut down as of Saturday afternoon! In 58 years, I've never heard of The City doing that. In addition, the commuter railroads (such as Long Island and Metro-North) have been ordered to shut down by the Governor. Hospitals and nursing homes in the outer boroughs have been evacuated.

My best friend lives right on the Nassau/Suffolk county line on Long Island, and the storm is expected to pass right over her.

Guess this is Mother Nature's way of reminding us that we are powerless against her.

To all my brothers and sisters in Irene's path, be safe and be careful.