Saturday, May 29, 2021

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2008. I remember this day like it were yesterday. It was right after a full year of kindergarten, and we met up with Mattie's girlfriend, Charlotte and her mom, Ellen. We were waiting to take the children on a Georgetown Canal Boat ride. This wasn't a staged photo, this was naturally just two friends sitting side by side enjoying each other's company.

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.

• Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 33,251,717
• Number of people who died from the virus: 594,304

Despite getting up at 6:30am, it took me a while to get it together! We were on the road by 9am headed to Boston. Peter and I are both exhausted as he flew home yesterday from a business trip to Nebraska. Meanwhile, I have been working around the clock, and literally if I stop moving, I start falling asleep!

It is a frigid weather weekend on the East coast. With rain, dampness, and it feels like it is in the 40s. I snapped a photo of us driving over the Delaware Memorial Bridge. 

On the NJ Turnpike, all of the  overpasses were displaying the American Flag, in recognition of Memorial Day. 

It took us about four hours to drive from DC to NYC. Which wasn't bad! Whenever we drive passed NY, I send a text to my lifetime friend, Karen! Who virtually waves. 

Sunny was highly anxious throughout the entire car ride. He was pacing back and forth on the back seat. At several points in our trip, the traffic was bumper to bumper. At which point, Peter opened the back window and Sunny was sniffing the breezes! 

It took us 9 hours to drive to Boston! It was a very very long journey! We hit lots of traffic in Connecticut and I would say this is where the majority of our slow downs occurred. 

The famous Boston Big Dig, created this nightmare. At one time, you could drive above ground, through the heart of the city. Now, they moved vehicle traffic below and created a park above, where the roads used to be. The Park is definitely lovely, but this underground tunnel system is like a cavernous race track! NOT a fan!

One of the by products of the Big Dip however is this cable stay bridge. I like the Zakim Bridge and I am happy we could drive through the city on the way to Peter's parents house. At one time, I lived here to go to graduate school, so it was nice to take a trip down memory lane.