After spending 5 days in Knoxville, I drove down to New Orleans for a gay podcasting expo, Pride48. I went last year and had a great time. I’ve had a great time this year too. I met some new people and podcasted live on Friday night. Today was the last day and I had a lot of goodbyes to say. Here’s a picture from my hotel room I took on the first day and then a picture of me and Big Fatty. It was fun and I’m looking forward to next year!
I’m staying in Knoxville until Thursday. While here I’m spending as much time with my mom as is possible. Today I took her to McDonald’s for lunch. It’s one of her favorite places to go. We decided to have sundaes for dessert. Her favorite is the caramel sundae. She really enjoyed it. It’s the little moments like this that are precious and I will remember.
Today is my sister’s birthday. Since I was already in Knoxville, I helped her celebrate her birthday by spending time with her. One of my other sister’s and I spent time with our older sister in her pool. We hung out, chatted, swam and had a good time. We were in the pool for almost three hours. I normally don’t spend any time in the sun but I was having so much fun I didn’t think about the time in the pool. As a result, I got a horrible sunburn. I haven’t been this burned since I was a kid. This is going to hurt!
Today my husband and I drove down to Knoxville, Tennessee for my mother’s 88th birthday. Her health hasn’t been very good over the last 6 months or so but not she is stable and is doing pretty well.
All of my siblings except one were able to gather at my sister’s house and celebrate her 88th birthday. We all had a great time visiting and catching up as well as having cake for mom’s birthday. Here are a few pictures.
Today I went out to lunch with a former colleague of mine. I hadn’t seen her in awhile so it was good to see her and catch up. I’m beginning my third year of retirement so it’s good to see people I worked with during my career.
