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6:46:00 AM EDT
Feeling Mischievous
I did it!
(thanks Donna)
Good Morning campers!
Well I did it! Booked a ticket to go surprise my dad for his 75th birthday! This is a very big deal to me and conjures up a lot of emotions. The last time I planned a surprise visit to UK it was for his 70th birthday and it all went terribly wrong..my mum was rushed to the hospital a week before I was due to fly home..I ended up being there for his birthday anyway but under the worse circumstance.. she died a few weeks later..hooked up to a ventilator.... I told my sister I am almost afraid to try to do it again as it feels like de ja vu....but he is pretty healthy although a bit down lately due to a bad back and having to be immobile.. so my sister and I were chatting on AIM and decided WTH? so we were shooting fares backing forth and I finally found one from Jacksonville to London via Philly and booked it and YES it was ridiculously expensive but it'll all be worth it..her and Di by BF from home will be picking me up at the airport...and then we are going round my dads and she's going to say she picked up his bday present early and out I pop!! Cool huh?? I arrive on may 1st and his actual bday is May 3rd..we will be having a little party for him too that night..it is also a bank holiday weekend so everyone will be off and down the pub so I shall get to see everyone...I am only there for a week so I won't have time to try and see anyone from J Land but I am pretty sure I will be back in the summer.... i am so happy to have something GOOD to look forward to..all I had to think about was hubby leaving for the whole summer...and now I have something to be excited about instead of dreading..to be honest this has been a rough few months for me and this is just what I need to cheer me up! Of course I am on a mega diet...LOL..been to the gym already this morning and will be frantically trying to lose 2 stone in 3 weeks...I know the girls understand what I am talking about! it sucks to be the fat one in the family..I can hear them all now.."I wonder how big our Lyn is this time?" All kidding aside I just have a feeling that I need to go home and see my dad..he isn't getting any younger and you just never know..the regret I still feel about not spending enough time with my Mum is still very real...
In other BritBlog news..True beauty had a birthday yesterday..my beautiful baby girl turned 23...Yikes..that makes me how old?? We went out to Red Lobster as a family for dinner..we had planned on going to the crabshack on the river but the weather put a damper on that..it has been a crappy weekend weather wise....not as bad as UK though..my sister sent me pics of the SNOW..un believable!!
I am in my usual frantic Monday morning rush but I will post some pics this week and that book list I've been talking about doing...I hope you can feel the positive energy I have..I feel like my old self again..you don't realize how low you've been feeling till you start feeling better... I have been to some pretty dark places these past few weeks... <sigh>
Have a great week ...
L
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Happy birthday to your daughter(sorry i am behind)
YAYYYY...so excited for you to get to go to UK and visit
with your dad...he will be so surprised!!! Get plenty of pics Lyn...as these will be memories to cherish 4ever!
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Terri -
Awwww. . .what a great surprise your Dad will have. . . yeah you should go its a milestone birthday to be 75.I hope this trip wipes out the bad memories of the last one.It will be lovely to see your BF too.
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What a lovely surprise your Dad is going to have. And for you coming back to your stomping ground will do you the world of good.Everything will go ok so do not worry. It must have been heart rending leaving your mum behind poorly but she would have understood.
You have a fun time to look forwards too.It will make the time your DH is away fly by. He will be home before you know it. Your in my thoughts and prayers Lyn.
I had to smile about one of your answers on your meme. It was you saying scrumping. I got chased by a horse for scrumping apples once. It was so funny you would have wet yourself.
Great news on your weight lose. good for you girl.
Take care.
Love and big hugs
Katie xx -
Wow - so glad you booked your flights! Your Dad will be made up! Will be pretty emotional for ya hun but you will savour and enjoy every minute too! Good luck with the diet - I know what you mean I have been feeling that way lately - Im really fat at the mo and with John's daughter turning twenty this month it makes me feel old and even uglier! LOL Laine xxxx
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