Cincinnati Christmas, Day 4
Dec. 28th, 2018 11:59 pmFRIDAY
I woke up a couple hours early to use the bathroom and went back to sleep. We managed to get downstairs in time for the hotel's breakfast buffet, then returned to the room where I texted Colleen to arrange to meet her at Dad's condo.
We arrived around 11:30 and Colleen, Rab, and Alyssa followed soon after. Gary and I took inventory of the family cedar chest which was in the room where I used to sleep when visiting. There were artifacts for each of us, along with Dad's Navy manuals, Mom's wedding dress, and their travelogue and photo album from Ireland. I took the papers that pertained to me and returned the rest, except for a couple of photos which should join the larger collection downstairs. Afterwards we sat downstairs while Colleen took some phone calls and Alyssa showed us some of the jewelry she chose from Mom's collection. Just before we left, Rab returned the end table from Dad's apartment which we replaced with his new table and lamp combination.
We all had lunch at the Olive Garden off Colerain in Bevis (heh heh...), where I spotted a young black dude enjoying his lunch in the next room and a muscular dude emerging from the restroom. We had a nice chat over lunch and then went our separate ways.
After we got back to the hotel, I ended up taking a nap for about an hour and a half while Gary sat up in bed watching TV. For dinner we went to Skyline Chili, then came back to watch the end of the hockey game (Toronto beat Columbus 4-2) and the Valero Alamo Bowl between Iowa State and Washington State. I hit the sack early before the game ended, but found out later that WSU won by 2 points.
I woke up a couple hours early to use the bathroom and went back to sleep. We managed to get downstairs in time for the hotel's breakfast buffet, then returned to the room where I texted Colleen to arrange to meet her at Dad's condo.
We arrived around 11:30 and Colleen, Rab, and Alyssa followed soon after. Gary and I took inventory of the family cedar chest which was in the room where I used to sleep when visiting. There were artifacts for each of us, along with Dad's Navy manuals, Mom's wedding dress, and their travelogue and photo album from Ireland. I took the papers that pertained to me and returned the rest, except for a couple of photos which should join the larger collection downstairs. Afterwards we sat downstairs while Colleen took some phone calls and Alyssa showed us some of the jewelry she chose from Mom's collection. Just before we left, Rab returned the end table from Dad's apartment which we replaced with his new table and lamp combination.
We all had lunch at the Olive Garden off Colerain in Bevis (heh heh...), where I spotted a young black dude enjoying his lunch in the next room and a muscular dude emerging from the restroom. We had a nice chat over lunch and then went our separate ways.
After we got back to the hotel, I ended up taking a nap for about an hour and a half while Gary sat up in bed watching TV. For dinner we went to Skyline Chili, then came back to watch the end of the hockey game (Toronto beat Columbus 4-2) and the Valero Alamo Bowl between Iowa State and Washington State. I hit the sack early before the game ended, but found out later that WSU won by 2 points.