Sunday 31st October
Barb and her family went off to church this morning while I sorted out my cases. Using Barb's scale I managed to distribut the items throughout the cases so both came in under 50lb (23kg), it took some doing to try and geth them fairly even but 48lb and 46lb wasn't too bad. When they all got home, Barb, Laura and I went back to Arundel Mills Mall to have lunch Johnny Rockets, a 50ds/60s style diner complete with a mini jukebox on each table. The story goes that when a certain son g is played, the staff stop working and dance to it, the hard part is choosing the right song for that day, unfortunately we didn't select the right one from the ones Barb selected.
Back at home it was time to get organized for the trip back to Penn Station for my train to South Carolina. YaYa had bagged some of the fudge for me to take with me, and I can assure you, it will help me on my long train ride.
4pm came around so quickly and it was time to say goodbye to the family. Silas had been down for his nap and wasn't quite awake enough I don't think to work out what was going on, either that or he just didn't want to say goodbye.
Barb and YaYa did another great job of driving and navigating, and we made it to the station on time. It was sad to leave them behind but I am sure we will be seeing each other again. Thank you to all of you for making me feel very welcome and part of the family.
My train was leaving from a platform that only had stairs down to it so we asked at the desk if there was someone that could help me with my bags, he pointed us in the direction of a lift that would take me to my platform via another one. I then enquired about checking my bags in and he said to take them on the train with me. Seemed a bit strange for a sleeper car but who was I to argue.
My train attendant was a lovely lady named Gay, a very appropriate name for her too, she was always smiling and was a very happy lady. While chatting we found we are both Aquarians, her birthday is the day before mine, so I can see where her happy disposition comes from, just like me, don't you agree? :-) She couldn't believe they told me to take my bags with me, but we managed to jam them into the seat so I had room to move. I got settled on the couch with my book and promptly fell asleep. Gay woke me at 8 asking if I wanted my bed down and sleep more comfortably. I'd missed dinner but I'd had some fudge and some more will fill the gap. I think I managed to read one more page before I was gone till the alarm went off at 4am.
Barb and her family went off to church this morning while I sorted out my cases. Using Barb's scale I managed to distribut the items throughout the cases so both came in under 50lb (23kg), it took some doing to try and geth them fairly even but 48lb and 46lb wasn't too bad. When they all got home, Barb, Laura and I went back to Arundel Mills Mall to have lunch Johnny Rockets, a 50ds/60s style diner complete with a mini jukebox on each table. The story goes that when a certain son g is played, the staff stop working and dance to it, the hard part is choosing the right song for that day, unfortunately we didn't select the right one from the ones Barb selected.
Back at home it was time to get organized for the trip back to Penn Station for my train to South Carolina. YaYa had bagged some of the fudge for me to take with me, and I can assure you, it will help me on my long train ride.
4pm came around so quickly and it was time to say goodbye to the family. Silas had been down for his nap and wasn't quite awake enough I don't think to work out what was going on, either that or he just didn't want to say goodbye.
Barb and YaYa did another great job of driving and navigating, and we made it to the station on time. It was sad to leave them behind but I am sure we will be seeing each other again. Thank you to all of you for making me feel very welcome and part of the family.
My train was leaving from a platform that only had stairs down to it so we asked at the desk if there was someone that could help me with my bags, he pointed us in the direction of a lift that would take me to my platform via another one. I then enquired about checking my bags in and he said to take them on the train with me. Seemed a bit strange for a sleeper car but who was I to argue.
My train attendant was a lovely lady named Gay, a very appropriate name for her too, she was always smiling and was a very happy lady. While chatting we found we are both Aquarians, her birthday is the day before mine, so I can see where her happy disposition comes from, just like me, don't you agree? :-) She couldn't believe they told me to take my bags with me, but we managed to jam them into the seat so I had room to move. I got settled on the couch with my book and promptly fell asleep. Gay woke me at 8 asking if I wanted my bed down and sleep more comfortably. I'd missed dinner but I'd had some fudge and some more will fill the gap. I think I managed to read one more page before I was gone till the alarm went off at 4am.