{"id":184,"date":"2008-02-08T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-09-11T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T16:29:32","slug":"155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/155","title":{"rendered":"Aberystwyth Bound \u2014 Part 8."},"content":{"rendered":"

Huzzah!\u00a0 These are the final journal entries.\u00a0 Life can go on now.<\/p>\n

Journal Entry \u2014 September 21st: The National Library of Wales<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday found us completely ignoring the alarm (the first time we set it all week, too) until the last minute.\u00a0 Had showers all around (and the absolute coldest shower I’ve ever has… these folks don’t fuck around when it comes to cold water) and then a walk into town for lunch at the Varsity.<\/p>\n

After lunch we made an impressive uphill hike to the National Library of Wales<\/strong><\/a> to visit Sweet’s work friends, and to be shown off too.\u00a0 Really nice folks, Sam especially \u2014 she’s loud, forward, unashamed and would fit in quite nicely with the rest of the tribe back home.\u00a0 Had coffee, caught our breath and started for home.<\/p>\n

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Worked our way through back-paths and strange pathways, had some nice quiet times along the walk and crossed through a churchyard… complete with a cemetery.\u00a0 Took some pictures of the headstones (purely for research, of course).<\/p>\n

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Here I am, back at the house, catching up on days of missed journal entries and making my hand hurt.\u00a0 Blech, I need to keep up with this nonsense.<\/p>\n

Journal Entry \u2014 September 22nd: Ceredigion Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We slept in Saturday, then made our way into town for some lunch.\u00a0 After eating we went to the Ceredigion Museum<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Fun and fascinating local history… learned that parts of Aberystwyth didn’t have electricity till the 1950’s and later.<\/p>\n

Made our way back home and relaxed with the gang.\u00a0 Watched O Brother, Where Art Thou, and realized that the old-tyme deep south accent was as bad if not worse to understand than the thick Welsh accent.<\/p>\n

Journal Entry \u2014 September 23rd: Homeward Bound<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Turned in early… yeah, right!\u00a0 Woke up early, though, and Andrew drove us the three hours to the Manchester airport on Sunday so Sweets and I could have some more time together.\u00a0 Spent a long time on little winding country roads and got to watch the sun rising over the mountains.\u00a0 It was beautiful countryside and definitely a trip back to an older portion of the world, a place with more history and heritage than I’ll ever know.<\/p>\n

Spent ages saying goodbye at the airport, and I damn well didn’t want to leave \u2014 I miss Sweets something fierce!\u00a0 Breezed through security (after a “meh” full English breakfast in the airport), made the gate with time to spare and the plan took off on time.<\/p>\n

Had an uneventful flight, and coach seating wasn’t horrible.\u00a0 Was fed and watered lots, watched movies, etc.\u00a0 Made it to Atlanta OK, cleared customs, had a bite to eat and got some coffee.\u00a0 Made my gate with time to spare.\u00a0 Scant minutes before boarding I hear the announcement about a mechanical delay.<\/p>\n

Fuck Delta.\u00a0 Fuck the Atlanta airport.\u00a0 I’m tired of this shit, man!\u00a0 So here I wait.<\/p>\n

Flight finally took off, late of course.\u00a0 The flight between Atlanta and Austin was the roughest stretch of the entire trip, and the crosswinds in Austin were so bad that the plane was coming in at an angle.\u00a0 Bounced once, twice and then settled down onto the runway… not too bad considering how briskly the air around us was moving.<\/p>\n

Home at last.\u00a0 Alone.\u00a0 That’s the part that sucks.\u00a0 A piece of me is still 5000 miles away.\u00a0 I miss that girl more than I can ever put into words, and I love her so much, that my heart is fit to bust it’s so full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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