*Sybil Bruncheon's "My Merry Memoirs!"... a stroll down Memory Lane to March 4th, 2020.
/LOLOLOLOL! Is it possible?!?... only 4 years ago today, George and I were stranded in the little airport in Springfield, Illinois!... so little that the desk-staff was responsible for checking you in, putting your luggage on the rolling cart to the plane, and loading it in too! And this the state capital!... of Illinois! Interestingly, the most startling thing about this business trip was that George's travel agent had mixed up Springfield, Illinois with Springfield, MISSOURI!!... which is where we were due at 9am the following morning! Thank God we had been lucky enough to go out a day early... and that it wasn't Springfield, Idaho or Maine or Arizona!
Of course, with all the packing, planning, and running every week to different events in various states from one corner of the country to the other, we only realized we were in wrong state as we taxied into town and saw all sorts of "Abraham Lincoln" stuff on signs along the way. George was chatting merrily away with the driver, but I was thinking, "I don't remember Lincoln having that much history with Missouri!... Kentucky maybe, but Missouri??"... I finally interrupted and asked George where were we supposed to be... and... well... back to the airport we went! Unfortunately, the airport basically closed at about 4 in the afternoon! Can you believe it?!.. And again, in a state capital!!
Well, after some intensive research, many, many phone calls, and a ton of feverish negotiations, we found a limo company that would drive us all the way from Springfield, Illinois to Springfield, Missouri... some 300 miles!... by limo! We hit the gorgeous St. Louis arch at dusk with the stars just beginning to come out above it!
I feel like I've lived a century since that evening and the subsequent week in cute little Springfield, Missouri. And it's astounding to me that not only was it ONLY four years ago, but also that the Covid catastrophe was only just beginning to take hold!... what with orange idiots denying it... or suggesting drinking bleach or horse dewormers... whatever.
Four years!... and who would have guessed that on our return to NYC we would suddenly be faced with decisions about leaving along with the stampeding masses and moving to the suburbs of Philadelphia? Ah well... I've always been amazed at how big and surprisingly unexpected life is! I'm so grateful that my life is not "just rushing by"!
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