Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Blog reading up 58% in U.S.
Plus one, since you're reading this. Slashdot | Blog reading up 58% in U.S.
But that's not why I'm posting. I'm posting to note that my grandfather, Hy Berson, died on December 26th at the age of 86. He had been unable to obtain a flu shot due to the Chiron lab problem, caught the flu, which developed into pneumonia. And apparently pneumonia at age 86 can be fatal.
We heard the news on Sunday the 26th, and the memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday the 29th. We therefore had one day to make travel plans, during the busiest travel week of the year or probably the decade (because of the US Airways and Comair problems over Christmas weekend). We had already planned to be in SoCal for New Year's Eve at Disneyland--drive down Thursday (30th) after work and drive home Sunday (2nd) afternoon. Instead, and this is the result of both Jen and me pounding the travel sites as well as she calling on her travel agent co-workers' expertise, we ended up with this itinerary:
You should not be surprised to know that we were both unfit for work Monday morning despite planning to come in as usual.
It's interesting(?) to note that if we had just done a simple round trip--home to Florida and back--it would have cost more than the seven-airports-in-three-days open-jaw mess we ended up with.
But that's not why I'm posting. I'm posting to note that my grandfather, Hy Berson, died on December 26th at the age of 86. He had been unable to obtain a flu shot due to the Chiron lab problem, caught the flu, which developed into pneumonia. And apparently pneumonia at age 86 can be fatal.
We heard the news on Sunday the 26th, and the memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday the 29th. We therefore had one day to make travel plans, during the busiest travel week of the year or probably the decade (because of the US Airways and Comair problems over Christmas weekend). We had already planned to be in SoCal for New Year's Eve at Disneyland--drive down Thursday (30th) after work and drive home Sunday (2nd) afternoon. Instead, and this is the result of both Jen and me pounding the travel sites as well as she calling on her travel agent co-workers' expertise, we ended up with this itinerary:
- Tuesday: Leave car at Jen's office near Hayward Park Caltrain. Caltrain to Milbrae, connect to BART to SFO. SFO to SLC to FLL (Delta).
- Tuesday night: Hotel near FLL (Wyndham).
- Wednesday morning: Pick up rental car (Hertz) at FLL, drive to service in Lake Worth.
- Wednesday evening: Hotel near PBI (Super 8).
- Thursday: PBI to ATL to LAX (Delta). Taxi from LAX to Jen's grandmother's house in El Segundo. Borrow Jen's grandmother's car, drive to Anaheim, hotel near Disneyland (Castle Inn).
- Friday-Sunday: New Year's Eve & weekend at Disneyland. More on this later.
- Sunday afternoon: return Jen's grandmother's car, Jen's uncle drives us back to LAX. LAX to SJC (Southwest).
- Sunday night: VTA shuttle from SJC to Santa Clara Caltrain. Caltrain to Hayward Park. Drive home.
You should not be surprised to know that we were both unfit for work Monday morning despite planning to come in as usual.
It's interesting(?) to note that if we had just done a simple round trip--home to Florida and back--it would have cost more than the seven-airports-in-three-days open-jaw mess we ended up with.
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