During 2017 we actually drove back and forth to do 3 stints at Oregon State as well as driving to Phoenix for a "new" gig of teaching the imaging course at the new veterinary school at Midwestern University (Yes, Midwestern in Phoenix). That University has a base campus in Schaumburg, Illinois with a medical campus in Glendale, AZ. A really nice job and spending from Thanksgiving to March in AZ with a quick trip home to do Christmas with the family.
We didn't care for that travel back to Illinois in December with a rush Christmas and another rush back to Phoenix over the Christmas/New Years week, so worked out a deal where Amy Roth Jones, a newly boarded radiologist taught the Fall part for the second year. However on our way down Just before New Year of 2018, Georgia came down with pneumonia our first day on the road when we only got to Alton, IL (A suburb of St. Louis.) I had a big day of teaching while Georgia was in the hospital in Alton, so Greg came down to be with her while I rushed off to Glendale to get things set up and teach 3 hours before grabbing a quick sleep and early take off to drive back to Alton. That was a miserable deal because by driving nearly straight through, I gave myself a bug and I could hardly talk, then had a head full of snot for several days. We got Georgia out of the hospital, Greg back home and us on the road again to Phoenix. The warm Southwest weather was welcomed, but when it was over and we came home, we had one of the coldest, nastiest, Aprils I remember.
The highlight of that trip was a stop off in Waco to see first hand the Magnolia complex. Georgia had become quite a fan, so that was a bit of a blessing.
The timeshare at the Maverick Resort in Ormond Beach, FL that Georgia's folks had left for Georgia and Nan had been an issue the past couple of years because the Hurricane .... I think it was Matthew.... Had pretty much wrecked the Maverick and it was unusable for 2 years. We did salvage a Florida vacation with Rod's family through Nan who got us in contact with her former neighbors, the Turners who had a place on Jenson Beach which is a couple of hours further south. Had a great time with Rod's, Ava, Mahala, Nan and her Grandsons Kreighton and Kaeman. One day we ran up to the Kennedy Space Center and got wowed. We did stop by the Maverick on the way home to see the progress. It is now open and ready for Business... Jeff and Pam are going to use it this summer.
Georgia and I have curtailed our travel because she has not been well. In fact we have done no more teaching since coming home a year ago from Midwestern. Another major even in our lives has been the move. We loved our 2 story house with a large basement and back yard garden and lake, but late in the summer, she nearly fell down stairs several times. We thought..... This can't be... So had no hesitation to start looking for a single story home. October 27, we moved to a "flipped" house in Urbana, just a few blocks from where we built the first house in Myra Ridge Addition in southeast Urbana. Full circle for sure. As much as we enjoyed living in Mahomet, this is probably more practical and of course, we don't need to worry about falling down a flight of stairs. Now if we can just get through this cold.
From past posts, you will see some new people in the Christmas Group Photo below. We had to do it outside because we didn't find a place in the house to pose everyone. Thankfully the weather cooperated. Wonder what the future will bring.
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