CR you say?! How? What?! When?!
Well, back sometime last year my Aunt Ellen and Uncle Jim bought a time share like deal that instead of hotels/condos is houses. Big, lovely, luxurious houses. They booked a house in CR. They then invited my mom and dad and another couple. As time went on and the Turks and Caicos trip was a bit of a disaster, we all realized that they was no way dad would be able to go to CR and i think we all forgot about it. As it became apparent dad didn't have much time left, Ellen who had been back and forth to Houston a lot to help and be there for her brother decided to cancel on the couple and cancel the CR house. However, because she had tried to cancel 28 days before the trip they were SOL as the company has a 30 day cancellation rule and was unwilling to bend it. Therefore it became a use it or lose it type proposition. I have no idea what the cost of the place was, but I'm guessing not cheap!
As you know, my dad's service was held over Memorial Day Weekend... that Sunday. During that weekend, before my aunt and uncle flew back to CA they told us the story of CR and how they couldn't cancel so they were going to still go. And they invited my brother, me, and mom to join them. The catch? The trip was a week away. Literally, it was from June 3rd to June 10th. My cousin Ben and his gf were likely coming, but not til the middle of the week. My cousin Caitlin was still unsure, but if she went it wouldn't be til the end of the week. Since you gals know me rather well, I'll you can guess what I said. I was quite quick on the trigger to say YES! My mom was a little slower and needed a few hours to think about it. My brother had to work and was in the middle of orchestrating the sound for two shows simultaneously which is a bit of a cluster for him and he can't just drop the ball on his work. That's not so good for business... when you are in business for yourself in the theater world!
So once things settled down and family had left for the evening with the exception of Pat (family friend- more on her later) and her sister Anne and her partner who were all staying at our house, mom started to think about the timing and if it would actually work. And her conclusion? Let's do it. We were able to use dad's miles and fly at the right times on the right days and it worked out way too easily. This was on Sunday night. And it did end up being perfect timing. Couldn't have been better actually.
Pat left to go back to NC on Tuesday morning. Anne's partner, Sue, left to go back to IN on Tues afternoon. Anne stayed til Saturday and so the three of us went up to the lake that Wed-Fri and then took Anne to the airport on Saturday, the 2nd. And mom and I left for CR on Sunday, June 3rd. And spent a lovely week with family... in a beautiful location that was only about a 3 hour flight. It was the perfect time to escape reality for another week. To put off all that comes with dealing with everything...
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| The view from our casa, the infinity pool and the bay we were on. |
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| More on the house later, but this is the view from the driveway/entrance of the home. It was built in to the hillside. |
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