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Jack's Ramblings
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: bradINblue on July 26, 2009, 03:36:59 am ---I might be a day off, but Happy Birthday Jack. You're a good guy and deserve the very best.
Brad
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Thank you Brad. I appreciate the wish and the comments. And it is fine if you are a day off.
Jack
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: Kelda on July 26, 2009, 09:48:41 am ---Jack.. lovely that your boy is here.. hope you are enjoying yourself!!!
And as for your other messages, you seem to be in thoughtful unhappy mode... I hope the boy has pulled you out of that.
And lets be very clear - in my mind and I know many others - you are very very popular and fun guy to have about!
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks Kelda and yes he did pull me out of my kind of unhappy mode which you obviously picked up. I think I was down in the dumps about the whole Alberta deal. I felt all along that I did really poor planning for that trip. Usually I think I do well in that department, but not this time. About the only thing I did right is getting my passport which of course I didn't use anyway. It seemed that the trip was always somewhat up in air for me and I never really took charge with my plans. That was nobody's fault but my own. The other trips I took, to Chicago and New York, basically worked like magic since I did excellent planning there. I stayed very busy in both trying to see all the things I wanted to see, but of course I still didn't see everything. I would plan more time for Chicago than I did, but basically all was fine. I have found that it is truly best to count the day of your flight as a missed day on a trip since by the time you get somewhere you are tired or have had flight delays. Plus the check in time at hotels is always late. I do know now that not arriving until the 27th for Alberta would have been a bad idea which I did not consider that much at first. I think the best advice is to arrive at the beginning of something like that or don't go. Anyway I am fine with things now since the date when I was supposed to arrive has passed. I still plan to take this coming Friday and next Monday and Tuesday off to basically do nothing. Plus I have a possible trip to L.A. in September/October in the works. Next year I would like to plan a trip to either Boston or Seattle or both along with some other things I will do.
Kelda:
your possible trips ahead sound fun!
hey and if nothing else your 'bad planing' here will mean you wont go doen the same bad planing route next time!!
:D
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: Kelda on July 28, 2009, 10:16:33 am ---your possible trips ahead sound fun!
hey and if nothing else your 'bad planing' here will mean you wont go doen the same bad planing route next time!!
:D
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Yeah and who knows I might enjoy these trips more. I kind of look at things as happening the way they were meant to happen. Plus as you say I learned something more about planning and avoiding making the same mistakes again. I actually consider myself a good planner basically. I think I have done really well especially in the trips I have planned and taken by myself. I have always had my plane booked, hotel reserved, and my plans of how to get from the airport to the hotel. I have also done research on the area I am going to stay in as well as the city I am visiting so that I at least have an idea of where I am going to be. A lot of times getting involved with a group throws me off some. By the way, from looking at your New York trip, you are also a very good planner.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on July 28, 2009, 01:06:21 pm ---Yeah and who knows I might enjoy these trips more. I kind of look at things as happening the way they were meant to happen. Plus as you say I learned something more about planning and avoiding making the same mistakes again. I actually consider myself a good planner basically. I think I have done really well especially in the trips I have planned and taken by myself. I have always had my plane booked, hotel reserved, and my plans of how to get from the airport to the hotel. I have also done research on the area I am going to stay in as well as the city I am visiting so that I at least have an idea of where I am going to be. A lot of times getting involved with a group throws me off some. By the way, from looking at your New York trip, you are also a very good planner.
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Us Shelton's like to plan trips!!
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