DYK- September Days Are Here

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DYK- September Days Are Here
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Thu, 09-01-2011 - 8:56am

Helen Hunt Jackson- September Poem

The goldenrod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down;

The gentian’s bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun;

The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook,
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook;

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes’ sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies–

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.

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Registered: 02-27-2003
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 5:44pm
Dyk so are you back? How was the trip???
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Mon, 09-26-2011 - 5:47pm
dyk, a recap of sorts

dyk, Jennie - wow with Abi lately, just wow (and you to Joy, I never realized Eric was so extrem)

dyk, Jennie - I hope things get through to the school/nurse - totally unacceptable

dyk, Jamie - glad to hear that your brother is okay! I think I may have actually seen this on CNN International

dyk, Destiny, sorry to hear about your mom...what a way to find out

dyk, nice to see you back Katy! And Nancy! And Julie (that's also a lot for you to deal with)! And anyone else I forgot!
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Registered: 03-02-2008
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 5:52pm
dyk, I'm at PHL awaiting my flight home

dyk, my 5:25 flight was delayed until 6:25, then 7:00, then 6:45, and now 7:10

dyk, I've checked facebook, 100s of emails (& found one from the 20th asking for a bottle of wine...), read all of the dyk's since the 15th, drank a smoothie, ate a salad, and ate a (4 oz) bag of Shale Cashews with pomegranate & vanilla...and am working on a diet coke

dyk, I just want to go home
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Registered: 03-02-2008
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:00pm
dyk, the trip was awesome!!

dyk, I'm just tired

dyk, I woke up at 5 am Sunday morning in Barcelona, toured/sight saw from 7:30 to about 5:00, waited around for our 9:00 flight to Brussels, slept the entire 2 hour flight, hung around the Brussels airport for 11 hours (10:45 am flight today), flew to Philly for 8 hours (slept about 3 hours), and here I sit...I think I might be home by 8:30 tonight

dyk, basically I've been up since 5 am Sunday Barcelona time (11 pm Saturday Boston time) and won't be able to go to bed until at least 9:00 tonight, which is 3 am TOMORROW Barcelona time

dyk, I don't go back to work until Wednesday
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Registered: 03-02-2008
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:01pm
dyk, what I'm trying to say is that I've had about 5 hours of sleep in...2 days?

dyk, it's midnight in Spain
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Registered: 02-27-2003
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:30pm
Dyk I hate flight changes.

Dyk but I've been known to sleep in the airport using my carry on as a pillow.
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Registered: 03-02-2008
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:33pm
dyk, the trip was great...a few tidbits

dyk, Rome was crazy. The tourguide we had was 82 1/2 years old and apparently had every job under the sun. He drove between 90-110 mph getting us back to the ship...because he forgot that we were going to the Colessium. He also didn't allow any time for lunch.

dyk, Sorrento was amazing! Simply amazing. I want to retire there.

dyk, we spent Sunday hanging around Barcelona - it was pretty cool because it's the big festival that they have every year.

dyk, my mom's suitcase got lost. She finally got it Friday afternoon...and put it out for pick-up Saturday night.

dyk, the Caves of Drach (Mallorca) were a major dissapointment...and source of much frustration for me.
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Registered: 03-02-2008
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:39pm
dyk, I tried that in Brussels...but it just wasn't happening

dyk, I was so tired that I couldn't sleep

dyk, I majorly screwed up our return flights - we had an almost 12 hour layover in Brussles - from 11 pm to 10:45 am, and were stuck in some random spot...because customs was closed and we couldn't get to our gate. We also couldn't go back to the gate we came from because we'd have to go through security...which was also closed.

dyk, it was a good thing there were still hourly flights, otherwise things would have been very creepy there

dyk, as it was, we didn't really see anyone that worked there until we went through customs at 6 am
Past Races:
-Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon, 5/29/11 (2:35:11, no training!)
-Corporate Run, 3.5 miles 6/2/11 (36:38, 4 days after running the half!)
-BAA 10k, 6/26/11 (1:04:52, wanted to be under an hour...)
-Tavern to Tavern
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Registered: 05-04-2003
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:43pm
dyk quick recap of my day -- more details later when kids are in bed and homework is done

I left the house at 9am and dropped off Ellie -- then headed to Katy, TX (west of Houston) to take Abi for a follow up allergist appt -- fully intending to tell the doc things were working well, meds were good, and refills please.

by 4:00pm Abi has been diagnosed and confirmed by our pediatrician as a second opinion with a "loud" heart murmur and we have an Echo-doppler and an EKG scheduled at the hospital on Thursday.

dyk AM I BEING PUNKED????

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Registered: 02-27-2003
Mon, 09-26-2011 - 6:45pm
Dyk sounds like it was a fun trip!
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