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January 15, 2004
Bits and Pieces Part Two
I picked up our plane tickets to Munich a couple of days ago. I hate spending that kind of money when there is a perfectly good free flight available to me. Unfortunately, those military flights are too unpredictable for a very short vacation. When I got to the travel agent's desk, she looked all fidgety and said "alora (which is sort of their way of saying ummmmm), let me just check" So she turned around and checked with her boss. Guess what is happening on Monday, the day we are flying out? There will be a planned strike of the pilots of Alitalia from 10 am to 6 pm. Now here is a concept I will never get used to. The labor unions here are extremely organized and announce strikes several days (or even a month) in advance. There are gas strikes, trucker strikes, airline strikes, train strikes... you get the idea. Now doesn't it seem to defeat the economic impact of a strike when you *tell* people to be sure and fly outside of the strike times? During the last gas strike, we were warned three days in advance of the strike to gas up our cars. What is the point? I don't know. They don't either but apparently it works well enough that they do it several times a year. So back to me (and you know it is all about ME). Our flight happens to connect and leave Rome at 9:30 am. So according to the travel agent, we should be "okay". Did I mention how often planes are delayed around here? So instead of skiing, we may be touring Rome.
Eli's glasses were ready today. It is official. He is Harry Potter now.
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He has to wear them for an hour a day at first and then work up to wearing them all the time. The glasses are pretty potent, he was walking around exclaiming how big things are now. He said it is like wearing a microscope on your eyes hahahahahahaha. He is pretty cutie. It fits his personality - he has gotten very bookish lately. I got him several books from the Dear America series and he is nose deep. It is weird to have to order my kid to stop reading and go to bed! He is working on perfecting the art of reading while he is walking. I seem to remember doing the same thing at about the same age. And you might ask, what is so fascinating that you can't put it down? He is reading a book about a kid on the Donner Party. The apple does NOT fall far from the tree.
Posted by DebC at January 15, 2004 10:44 PM
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I think he looks super. I love the look. I also remember you walking and reading, and telling you to turn off the light and stop reading and go to sleep. To funny, the apple isn't far from the tree. Love you....
Posted by: Mom at January 16, 2004 07:02 AM
Love his Potter Looks! I remember your father always with a book in his face and on school nights,reading after being in bed. lights out , with flashlights under covers. He read all the time!I have been a reader forever, and..have not changed! 2 or 3 going at all times! Tell Eli I have all the Potter books and have read and enjoyed all of them! Love Gramma
Posted by: Belva at January 23, 2004 01:43 PM