The Aerie

Weekend trip

Drove down to visit my sister Heidi in Davenport over the weekend. I've wanted to make one of these spontaneous trips for a while, to see what such a trip would be like and for the visit's sake itself. I'd wanted to go visit Karen this way last holiday season, but unfortunately I didn't make it. So that just increased my determination to do this now.

I drove down off the freeways - I heard a rumor that I35W was a mess of road construction down by Faribault, so I decided to take smaller roads starting with highway 52 out of St. Paul. It was a good choice. The weather was magnificent, and eventually I even figured out how to set the vents in the car so I didn't need the air conditioning (despite the southerly sun pouring in on my lap).

I left late at about 11:00 a.m. and reached Davenport after about six hours of driving. Heidi and I grabbed some Mexican food at a nice place, and went to see "District 9," which turned out to be excellent. After the movie we went through some of Karen's hooked artwork, and she let me bring a few home that she didn't have room to display. Theresa was thrilled to see them when I got them home.

We had a great visit, catching up and reminiscing about Karen. The next morning we grabbed breakfast, then I headed back. I noticed that Highway 61 ran through the center of Davenport, and I remembered that it's the same Highway 61 that runs through St. Paul, so I decided to come home on 61 alone. It was a very scenic drive and once again the weather was gorgeous, turning just a little gray as I reached St. Paul.

I slept well on Saturday night, more tired by 11 hours behind the wheel than I would have suspected.

Over the weekend I received word from a consulting firm that they wanted to line up a Monday morning interview, so if I'm lucky I'll pick up another job, albeit at a much lower rate, without a complete gap in earnings. Maintaining cashflow is the important point right now, I can keep looking for an appropriate rate once I make sure I've got any money coming in at all.

So off to bed, to get ready for my interview in the morning!

Posted by Albatross at August 16, 2009 10:36 PM | TrackBack