Our next trip, scheduled for June 4, will be a long one. However, that doesn't bother me as much as the fact that it's two days late to be able to attend the services for the death of a close relative in Albany. My cousin Donald Medick has passed away. This man was a good and very funny man. He and his family (wife Jean and children Donna Jean, Michael, Nancy, Paul, and Marybeth) lived on the next street from us and I was at their place often. Don made me laugh--always. He was a very happy man and a great husband and father. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and three of his 5 children: Marybeth, Donna Jean, and Nancy. I really wish I could get there to celebrate his life with his wonderful family, but I'm unable to get a flight before next weekend.
Our next trip is to Albany--via Orlando, Hudson Valley (SWF airport), UBER to Poughkeepsie from the Hudson Valley airport near Newburgh, to the Amtrak train station. Then, the train to Albany will take us into Albany around 7:15. I don't mind all of the waiting and plane transferring--it's the fact that I'm carrying a backpack and my CPAP the whole way. UGH.
We'll be staying with my cousin Antoinette from June 4-10th then taking the train to Long Island, where we'll be stating at a hotel in Merrick, from the 10th to the 17th--then probably home, if we can get tickets home from MacArthur (Islip, LI) to Den--because remember we can't book more than a day in advance. Oh boy.
Until then, I have to decide what few things I need to bring with me so I can have enough, not too much, and just have a carry-on. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. Also, it's not like I won't have access to Antoinette's washer/dryer, and a laundromat on Long Island somewhere.
So I'm sure I'll be posting again as we get closer to our departure. With more stories. Stay tuned.
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