RoCkInG The Boat!

		Tuesday, June 05, 2007
		It's Too Late To Turn Back, Here We Go Portland Back from the not-quite-long-enough longish weekend in PDX. Hit all the planned destinations after arriving Saturday afternoon, with the added bonus of wandering through the pre-parade assemblage for the annual Starlight Parade, a sort of century-old mashup of the Fremont Solstice Parade (sans the naked bicyclists - NSFW), and that thing they do at Disneyland with all the lighted floats. The mini-family confab was also enjoyable, between meeting most of my brother-in-law's relatives for the first time, and seeing both my dad and grandmother recovering quite spectacularly (IMO) from recent medical issues (although the run to the emergency room Saturday night when my dad's wife, Judy, came down with some mysterious allergic reaction, as well as my aunt Caroline being stuck in the hospital with a gastro-intestinal problem, put a bit of a damper on the overall "everyone's doing fine" atmosphere). Also, spent some time with my cousin, Robbie, whom I haven't seen in something like 15 years or so. He's had his own set of personal problems, but seems to have come through the other side with relative success. Regretably, my "announcement" of the possibility of spending more time in PDX because of work doesn't look like it will come to fruition as soon as I had hoped. I found out this morning that the manager in our office there has been talked into staying on through the end of the year, so that we have more time to plan and coordinate a transition, but whether that will entail keeping the office open is still up in the air. Too bad, as I was looking forward to the opportunity of spending more time with my family down there. Made it back to town yesterday with just enough time to race home, drop off the luggage, and grab a bite to eat before attending two meetings in the evening. In short, things are pretty much back to normal. Labels: Family, Portland, Travel Posted byCOMTE on 1:07 PM

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