On August 6 I arrived in Albany for the first time since I left on August 31, 2007, when I moved to St. Petersburg. It was a "compact" visit, so I tried to cram a lot into a short period of time as possible . My plane landed in late afternoon, and after picking up my rental, I headed over to Linda's and Louie's where I stayed while I was in Albany. Ray and Iz came over and we had a delicious home cooked meal!!!
On Friday morning, I met Ray and Russ and Jose at Grandma's Pie Shop for breakfast. Ray and Russ and I grew close from our time at the support group at the CDGLCCenter. Russ now lives in the Canary Islands with his husband Jose. Talk about another galaxy! 
I LOVE breakfast at Grandma's!
I LOVE breakfast at Grandma's!
After spending a couple of hours reminiscing and catching up, I left for Syracuse and Mike's and Katie's wedding celebration. See Mike and Katie Get Hitched
I left Syracuse early Sunday morning to head back to Troy to be a guest, along with Russ and Jose, on the weekly radio show on WRPI. Both Ray and Ulysses are co-hosts on the show each week.It was a blast doing the show. We talked about our experiences and how our lives have changed since going to the support group.
Later that afternoon, Jim hosted a get together at his house, to celebrate our homecoming.
It was a treat to see everyone!
On Sunday night I met Ron, Joe, Dave and Gavin, to hang out for a while and catch up.
On Monday morning I met a couple of former co-workers from my last days at DCJS. Poor Rick got delayed in Buffalo, so wasn't able to make it back in time.
I also stopped in to see cousin Dave on Monday morning. He and Marilyn weren't able to make it to the wedding because of an emergency. It was fun chatting with Dave . . . his homemade wines have won some awards!
I met Patty, another former co-worker from DCJS, at Johnny Rockets for lunch. It's good to know that some things don't change!
And then later that afternoon I met Don for coffee. Again, it was nice to catch up with all that has been going on!
Finally, on Monday night, I went to the weekly support group meeting. It was very surreal being back after two years, and thinking back to all that was discussed in that room. Sunrise . . . Sunset . . .
All in all, it was great to visit. I did find that I was missing my palm trees though!
It was a treat to see everyone!
On Sunday night I met Ron, Joe, Dave and Gavin, to hang out for a while and catch up.
On Monday morning I met a couple of former co-workers from my last days at DCJS. Poor Rick got delayed in Buffalo, so wasn't able to make it back in time.
I also stopped in to see cousin Dave on Monday morning. He and Marilyn weren't able to make it to the wedding because of an emergency. It was fun chatting with Dave . . . his homemade wines have won some awards!
I met Patty, another former co-worker from DCJS, at Johnny Rockets for lunch. It's good to know that some things don't change!
And then later that afternoon I met Don for coffee. Again, it was nice to catch up with all that has been going on!
Finally, on Monday night, I went to the weekly support group meeting. It was very surreal being back after two years, and thinking back to all that was discussed in that room. Sunrise . . . Sunset . . .All in all, it was great to visit. I did find that I was missing my palm trees though!
2 comments:
It was so GREAT to see you a couple of weeks ago! I hope all continues to go well.
Like this. Would you send me the picture of me,Louie, Ray and Iz. You're stretching the home cooked food a little though!
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