{"id":64762,"date":"2022-09-30T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=64762"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:20:23","slug":"friday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=64762","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready! Get Set!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Fact: The busiest international flight route is NOT New York &#8211; London!\u00a0 <\/strong>In fact, the busiest international route is Hong Kong-Taipei, Taiwan: 6.5 million passengers traveled between the two Asian destinations in 2018, on almost 27,500 flights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are leaving tomorrow morning, so we had to do many last-minute things, like packing meds and going through our paperwork one more time.<\/p>\n<p>Colleen had errands to run, and so did we.\u00a0 During breakfast, we got a call from our Jeweler; Mary&#8217;s anniversary present was ready for pickup.\u00a0 We visited Laguna Beach, saw him, and picked up the new gift.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64766\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64766\" class=\"wp-image-64766 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-02-30-002-650x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-02-30-002-650x492.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-02-30-002-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-02-30-002-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-02-30-002.jpg 1397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was quite stunning!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had to be home by 3:00 pm as Juan was coming to wash the cars.\u00a0 I had a drink at lunchtime, and nature was calling; she was yelling.\u00a0 I looked around, and everyone was talking, so I did what I had to do.\u00a0 Little did I know that Dr. Mary had her camera out!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64767\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64767\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64767\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-001-650x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-001-650x637.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-001-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-001-768x753.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-001.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I could not help myself!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we returned home, Robin and Colleen were chattering and giggling; all was well.\u00a0 We decided to go to Aces for dinner and had a great time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64769\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64769\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64769\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-003-650x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-003-650x465.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-003-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-003-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022-09-30-003.jpg 1335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just us.\u00a0 Why do the girls keep saying, &#8220;Get a room!&#8221;?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Robin headed home after we attempted to watch Hocus Pocus II; we all fell asleep.\u00a0 It was a long day, and tomorrow we are off.<\/p>\n<p>Collen and Scout are staying at the house and will have visitors like my son Joe, Irene, and Vicky.\u00a0 The house will be full of folks while we are gone.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Kelvin and Jeff, for watching over the place (and Colleen) during our absence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: The busiest international flight route is NOT New York &#8211; London!\u00a0 In fact, the busiest international route is Hong Kong-Taipei, Taiwan: 6.5 million passengers traveled between the two Asian destinations in 2018, on almost 27,500 flights. 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