Adventures

Two or three months ago I checked Southwest Airlines' "Wanna get away" prices to Atlanta and found out Cliff and I could fly together to Atlanta for $300, round trip.  I told Cliff about it and asked him if he was ready to fly again; for that price, he said yes.  The downside of these cheap fares is that they are usually scheduled for the times when nobody is eager to visit a certain place.  I checked with our son to make sure the time would work for him, then booked the flight for the last weekend in January.  

Georgia is usually warmer than Missouri, but it turned out on that particular weekend, their temperatures turned out to be colder that we were experiencing here at home.  That wasn't a big deal, since about the only thing we do there is sit around and visit (and eat).  Jim, our son, would like for us to visit sometime when their back-yard pool is available.  However, judging by prices I've found so far, that isn't going to happen.

We had no problems on our flights either way, although Cliff was a nervous wreck in the airports.  The flights between Kansas City and Atlanta last less than two hours; on the way home, my husband slept most of the way.  Our granddaughter, Lyndsey, spent plenty of time at her parents' house with us, so we could become reacquainted with our great-granddaughter, Maelynn (May).  Her antics made us smile a lot.  

Sunday afternoon we watched the Chiefs' game, and that's all I'll say about that, except to say they are still my Chiefs!  

Cliff with May

We wandered around the yard for awhile Saturday, but as you can tell, it was cold.

Maylynn, standing on her grandpa's work-truck

I hate when all the faces are in the shadows.  

May had a hard time standing on the bed of the truck because Jim had sprayed the wrecker truckbed with WD-40 to make it slick enough to pull cars up onto it even if they aren't equipped with tires.

May asked to take my picture, so I handed her the camera.  That's her finger you see in the upper left-hand corner.

Jim's work truck

On our other trip to Georgia, I got a picture of Cliff with May, but no picture of her with me.  This time I remembered.

Monday morning we went home; Tuesday I woke up with a terribly sore throat; the next morning, Cliff had a sore throat too.  Now our throats are better but we are coughing.  Neither of us has a fever.  However, we went and got tested for Covid on Tuesday.  Wednesday Cliff slept on the couch all day, although sleeping a lot isn't unusual for him during winter.  We didn't take the quick test because I read a reliable article saying that one isn't as accurate.  There was quite a waiting line behind us at CVS, so it will likely be another day  or so before we get our results.  If we test positive, then our covid shots are working, because neither of us are really sick, we just have cold symptoms (and Cliff's headache).  If we are negative... the covid shots and masking protected us completely.  We shall see.

Either way, looks like we won't die today.   

After traveling twice in 16 months on airplanes, I told Cliff, "Hey, we are part of the 'Jet Set' now!"  (Check out that crazy hair on George, and the big wig on Tammy.)