We just returned from Illinois yesterday. Ben is building his own computer and David from Nerdtap was coming over at 10;00 a.m. to check his build. But before then we needed to head to the orthodontist to get his wire out. We did that at 9:00 a.m. Dave and his installer John had left very early to go install blinds at the Rio Blanco Courthouse in Meeker, CO.
Joe and Jess were due to get on a 10:00 a.m. United flight to Newark, NJ to go see Matthew and Angie. Matthew had told Joe that once he was recovered from his spine surgery, he would fly Joe out to see them. That's what this trip was about. We asked if we could send Jessica so that Joe would not have to fly alone. Matthew used points for Joe. We used points for Jessica.
I had recommended to Jessica that they get to the airport early as there had been a lot of ice the past two days causing flights to be cancelled. So today a lot of those people would be trying to catch flights. When they checked in at the ticket counter they were offered $200.00 vouchers to give up their seats. They declined. Later at the gate, they were offered $800.00 vouchers to give up their seats - they declined. The offer went up to $1200.00 each. She texted Angie and then got in the line. So long story short they are on a flight that leaves tomorrow (instead of today). They were allowed to extend their trip until Sunday (instead of Friday) and they have $2400.00 in vouchers for United. I say Hawaii for the family.
David came over to help Ben and he was impressed with how well Ben had done on his own. He helped with the finishing touches and we talked about Ben possibly getting some service hours by working for him at Nerd Tap for no pay. He liked that idea so we will see if that counts as service hours.
While they were working on the computer, Dave called to tell me that his brother Bruce had just called to tell him that Uncle Joe had died. We had just seen Uncle Joe, just three or four days previous. The details are still coming in about how he died and an autopsy is being performed, but Dave is going to turn around and fly out there to go to the funeral on Saturday. Uncle Joe is Dave's favorite Uncle. He is the one that the boys always went to and helped with the farming. It's very sad.
So much happens in a day and I just need to try and get it down in my online journal (as I call it.) Someone may like to read it years from now.
Right now it it 9:04 p.m. at night and we are trying to get Ben's new computer to hook up to the internet. There must be some driver or something that we didn't quite get installed. So here we sit. He keeps watching You Tube videos and we keep trying. We will get it one way or the other.
Until tomorrow. Hug your loved ones. Say I love you!
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