Atlanta

 Friday, August 7, 2026

For a change I don't have to be out the door at yuck o'clock!  I do all the morning stuff, give Miss Kitty her morning meds, and head out the door by 9:30.  Betsy is already home and waiting for me when I reach her house and she drops me at TPA in plenty of time for me to drop my suitcase, clear security, and hit E65 about two hours before boarding begins.  I have time to eat my hard-boiled egg, cherry tomatoes, and the last of Connie's protein muffins - and I finish the book that I've been reading on my Kindle.  Luckily there are about four hundred more!


As I'm boarding the plane one of the flight attendants says she loves my hair and where is her hair color?  I told her I left it in my other suitcase and I'm so sorry!!  She says Delta might not like it; but oh well!!  It's only a two-hour trip to Atlanta so it doesn't matter that I have a middle seat.  I pull out the noise-canceling headphones that Stu bought me and watch most of "The Devil Wears Prada 2".  I might have finished it but when the pilot announces that there will be about five minutes of turbulence, he neglects to turn off his connection to us and all our screens are frozen with the word "Announcement" emblazoned across them! Oh well, we're almost there anyway.


Down the aisle, off the plane, down to the plane train, off at baggage claim.  The sign says carousel 9 and by the time I've texted Ginger my bag has already appeared!  I head outside and she's there in just a couple of minutes!

I'm so glad that I don't have to drive in this traffic!! We chatter all the way home and Art is there working on the chicken for our Sabbath dinner. I drop my bags in "my" room and pretty soon Ben, Elizabeth, and David have come over.  More hugs and chatting and then Randy and Amy are here, too!  Oh!  David is learning to "play" the trumpet!  And he can really blow the shofar!

Georgie is such a lover!


Everything grows so well in Ginger's sunroom!

That blur in the middle is David!  Always in motion!




Dinner begins with the traditional Friday night blessings which everyone recites, even David, and then the feast begins! It is so lovely to have family dinner (I'm looking forward to seeing MY family on Sunday!). There is Art's delicious chicken, tabouli, corn and bean salad, eggplant and zucchini, and Elizabeth's bread. Everyone eats and talks and drinks wine and enjoys being together.


The table is cleared and Randy brings out a delicious cheesecake with raspberry sauce to drizzle on top and Ginger has found a couple of cream liqueurs that Andy left downstairs!  One is Amarula, my favorite!! Dessert FTW!

The kitchen is clean and the kids need to get home, so we all say good night.  It was a treat to have Art dry and put away the clean dishes!  Presently he, too, needs to head home and Ginger and I settle into our routine, as though no time has passed since my last visit.  It's time to check into our flight tomorrow;  Ginger needs to pack and I need to blog - as soon as we quit talking!! 

Moxie is ready for bed!









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