August 2004 Archives

Well we were all afraid that there would be no one to help us with our baby, being without any family out here in Seattle.  And now my only trouble is figuring out where to put them all.  Dad is coming now too and he'll be here on Tuesday the 17th to help us with all the tiling, molding, painting, packing and cleaning, in our old house.  That will be over the week of our move too.  Some time here I have to write a bit about the new house!

This trip will overlap with Maryann by about 2 days, so we'll have to figure something out for that time.  We don't have much furniture left!

DETROIT/METRO to CHICAGO/OHARE			TUE 17 AUG
Flight 441	Departs DETROIT/METRO TUE 17 AUG 4:40P Terminal LS	Arrives CHICAGO/OHARE TUE 17 AUG 5:05P Terminal 1	Class UNITED ECONOMY®
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MP Miles 500	Meals Served	Equip 737	Baggage Allowance 2PC	Inflight Services AUDIO
CHICAGO/OHARE to SEATTLE			TUE 17 AUG
Flight 829	Departs CHICAGO/OHARE TUE 17 AUG 6:50P Terminal 1	Arrives SEATTLE TUE 17 AUG 9:12P	Class UNITED ECONOMY®
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MP Miles 1720	Meals Served	Equip 320	Baggage Allowance 2PC	Inflight Services MEALS FOR SALE
SEATTLE to CHICAGO/OHARE			WED 25 AUG
Flight 664	Departs SEATTLE WED 25 AUG 1:54P	Arrives CHICAGO/OHARE WED 25 AUG 7:44P Terminal 1	Class UNITED ECONOMY®
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MP Miles 1720	Meals Served	Equip 757	Baggage Allowance 2PC	Inflight Services MEALS FOR SALE
CHICAGO/OHARE to DETROIT/METRO			WED 25 AUG
Flight 332	Departs CHICAGO/OHARE WED 25 AUG 9:10P Terminal 1	Arrives DETROIT/METRO WED 25 AUG 11:15P Terminal LS	Class UNITED ECONOMY®
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MP Miles 500	Meals Served	Equip 757	Baggage Allowance 2PC	Inflight Services AUDIO

Today I have been at Amazon for 6 years. There is no special prize for
this day (like there was at 5 years). There are 290 people who were
hired before me still here (out of many many thousands employed now).
But it sure feels like they've all left.

I think it's safe to say I'm going to break this news on my blog before Maryann does on hers :)

Maryann will be coming out to visit us! She's going to stay at our new house (did I write about our new house yet? - uhoh) which is actually smaller than our current one but we'll all be cozy snug in there. I'm sure she's got lots of business to do on her own but we're also really looking forward to the help getting ready for the baby. Even just someone to, say, move a box from here to there now that Nancy is getting big enough to not be able to do things like that. We are really excited! and I know Maryann will love our new location. This is just the right time when we can really use some family help too.

Now, this doesn't mean that everybody has to Drop Everything for the "Mandatory Attendance" and "Required Visits" that seem to occur when someone flies out. It's okay for us to have a bilateral relationship! She probably won't have time to visit "All Treders Who Live Within A 100 Mile Radius" and we certainly won't have room for more visitors in our new house (there's only three bedrooms and one is going to be an office). When the baby is born we will have a big party, either at Thanksgiving, Christmastime, or early January, and everyone can come visit at once then and we will do all the mandatory rounds.

Here's the flight schedule, just in case we lose the paperwork:

DETROIT/METRO to CHICAGO/OHARE MON 23 AUG Flight507 Departs DETROIT/METRO MON 23 AUG 3:50P Terminal LS Arrives CHICAGO/OHARE MON 23 AUG 4:10P Terminal 1 Class UNITED ECONOMY® Seat 13E MP Miles 500 Meals Served Equip 320 Baggage Allowance 2PC Inflight Services AUDIO CHICAGO/OHARE to SEATTLE MON 23 AUG Flight829 Departs CHICAGO/OHARE MON 23 AUG 7:05P Terminal 1 Arrives SEATTLE MON 23 AUG 9:27P Class UNITED ECONOMY® Seat 22E MP Miles 1720 Meals Served Equip 320 Baggage Allowance 2PC Inflight Services MEALS FOR SALE SEATTLE to CHICAGO/OHARE SAT 18 SEP Flight432 Departs SEATTLE SAT 18 SEP 12:45P Arrives CHICAGO/OHARE SAT 18 SEP 6:38P Terminal 1 Class UNITED ECONOMY® Seat 15F MP Miles 1720 Meals Served Equip 320 Baggage Allowance 2PC Inflight Services MEALS FOR SALE CHICAGO/OHARE to DETROIT/METRO SAT 18 SEP Flight332 Departs CHICAGO/OHARE SAT 18 SEP 9:05P Terminal 1 Arrives DETROIT/METRO SAT 18 SEP 11:14P Terminal LS Class UNITED ECONOMY® Seat 13C MP Miles 500 Meals Served Equip 319 Baggage Allowance 2PC Inflight Services AUDIO