Monday Morning...

@kareng (62653)
United States
December 29, 2024 9:50pm CST
I will be heading to Lafayette, Louisiana Monday morning to my oldest daughter's. It will be her first day back at work after the holidays since she took several days off. I will be going over to babysit my granddaughter, 6, who is still out of school. My grandson is now working and has work on both Monday and Tuesday. The only other day not covered is Friday and she will be putting in to leave an hour early Friday afternoon so I won't have to drive back over for one day. I'm looking forward to a change in routine and having a nice sunny forecast to look forward too. The princess and I will probably do a little shopping! She loves it, unlike my older granddaughter. So I'll be leaving very early in the morning to be there before my grandson goes to work right before lunch. I'm going to sign off now because I need to go pack a few things and not leave that to do in the morning! Hope you all have a great day!! I'm bringing my old laptop and hoping it will work! Any bets on that? Yay or nay? Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain (Bayou in Louisiana)
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@LindaOHio (182952)
• United States
30 Dec
I hope you have a safe trip and a good time with family. Have a good week.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
2 Jan
@LindaOHio Thank you. Home safe and sound now!!
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you, Linda. I shall be heading home tomorrow, but will stop at another daughters on the way home.
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@LindaOHio (182952)
• United States
1 Jan
@kareng You're welcome. Drive safely.
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@Ronrybs (19621)
• London, England
30 Dec
Nice to see the youngest members of the family! I have heard that there are tornadoes in Louisianan, so take care
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Yes, they had a couple, but we had more in Mississippi. It was bad.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
2 Jan
@Ronrybs Yes, and now we have a super cold Vortex system on the way that will give us in the South temperatures in the low 20's for 5-7 nights in a row. I am not ready for that or made for that!
@Ronrybs (19621)
• London, England
1 Jan
@kareng glad you came through it okay. The weather is certainly getting wild
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@GardenGerty (161165)
• United States
31 Dec
So good that you can help out. Enjoy the change of scenery.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
It's good unless the grandson is home. He loves the house freezing. Like tonight low of 39 here and he has the AC on. I finally got it turned up enough to turn it off!!
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• Philippines
31 Dec
Good luck on your visit to your daughter. I only hope there could be rain so there won't be much fire works on the new year.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
No rain here and they are going off like crazy!
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@Juliaacv (51690)
• Canada
30 Dec
I hope that you have a safe drive, you are wise not to rush having prepared on Sunday. Enjoy the day, especially your time with the younger granddaughter. I hope that laptop works when you open it.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you! Got here just fine but got a bit stressed with having to pop into daughter's work to get my grandson's wallet that was in her purse so he could drive to work. Had no clue where her office was and then she gave me bad directions in getting to her house.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
2 Jan
@Juliaacv He was trying to get smart with me. Asked how long I would be. I was lost thanks to my daughters bad directions. LOL. I told him I would be there in just a few minutes and he said that he was leaving in 5 minutes. I told him better not, cause if you get stopped without your driver's license it won't be fun or funny! I told him to wait by his car for me. He is doing community service right now for a speeding ticket. Apparently, he thought about it and decided to wait for me.
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@Juliaacv (51690)
• Canada
1 Jan
@kareng I am glad to know that you got there safely, and it sounds like you saved the day with getting your grandson's wallet from her office.
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@just4him (317459)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Dec
I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday, and the laptop worked.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
It worked for a little while, then found a mouse and it worked for several hours and then went out. Got another mouse this evening so trying to catch those notifications up!!
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@snowy22315 (182777)
• United States
30 Dec
Have fun with the family.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you, time sure flew fast!
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@allknowing (138321)
• India
30 Dec
I see a big age gap between your grand daughter and grand son
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Two different marriages.
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• Philippines
30 Dec
My sister will go to work at January 2 next year, we had a very long holiday break here in the Philippines. She had a Work From Home Schedule last Friday, then this week from Monday to Wednesday the whole country is on break, but depends on the type of industry you are in... but the corporate was on break until New Year. Have fun with your family. God bless.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you and Happy New Year to you and your family!
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@jobelbojel (36237)
• Philippines
30 Dec
Hope you both enjoy shopping. The laptop should work I assume.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
We actually didn't go. She slept late and then didn't want to get dressed. I wanted to watch the football Bowl game at 2:30 so we just stayed home.
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@FourWalls (69462)
• United States
30 Dec
Be careful, no telling how much debris is on the roads from those storms. You can listen to “Allons à Lafayette” on the way! (The first Cajun recording, 1928.)
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Highways are all cleaned up first so I didn't have any problems with that! Louisiana wasn't hit near as bad as MS.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50744)
• United States
30 Dec
Safe travels.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you!
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@wolfgirl569 (108824)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Dec
Have a safe trip and fun time
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you!!
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@JudyEv (342489)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec
Enjoy your baby-sitting duties.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thanks, Judy!!
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@jstory07 (140370)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Dec
I hope you have a good time and your old laptop works.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Thank you! The laptop worked on and off so wasn't a total waste in bringing it!
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@rakski (126771)
• Philippines
30 Dec
Enjoy your bonding time with your granddaughter. I would like to say yay for the laptop but most likely I think it will be nay.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
2 Jan
@rakski Yes, it helped the time go by in between helping her catch up on laundry!!
@kareng (62653)
• United States
1 Jan
Worked good until the mouse quit and was a no go in charging. I did get a new mouse though the next day, so that was nice!
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@rakski (126771)
• Philippines
2 Jan
@kareng that's great
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