Trips

Here we are just two and a half weeks from Christmas. The siblings plus will soon be here. Siblings plus some others. And in ten days we head off south again, reliving the same road trip we took just a couple of weeks ago. But not quite as far as Palm Desert. Plam Desert was pretty relaxing despite driving 1,000 miles just to spend one weekend. The weather was perfect. The timeshare talk was tolerable - much less preesure than what we experienced in Bali, in exchange for spending a fraction of what we would have spent otherwise. But then again, we probably would never have made it ever to Palm Springs - not high on places to see before I die kind of list. Given that it was just before Thanksgiving, we got lucky to be able to book a room. The man and a half got to play a round of golf and the man played a second round at the course that boasts a long list of celebrities from Bob Hope to Bill Clinton. That corridor leading to the golf shop was like a walk of the rich and famous. Overall, I can't complain.

And soon, maybe, hopefully, the man and I get to see Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, and the other regulars on the golf channel. Gotta get me an autograph book and hide it in my volunteer shirt for some surreptitous requests. 3 days of rubbing elbows with the household names of the golfing world.

But before that, a huge family reunion at our humble abode. It will be noisy, crowded and wonderful. Can't wait. We bought some lights and stuff. To decorate a bit - this new neighborhood is BIG on Christmas decorations. For crying out loud, there is even a neoghborhood Christmas lightings competition, a much smaller version of the one we used to have at Orchard Road.

Then from watching the golfing greats to freezing cold as we rejoin the family at Big Bear. Hope there will be snow, lots of snow.