Messages By: marcia52

I wanted to offer a THANK YOU to both you and Linda!

I appreciate your suggestions and tips! Im using them and all of them have been an enormous aide! Its crunch time. Three weeks from tonight my cousin P**** and I will be in Hollywood!

So, ANY tips you have will be greatly prized!

When I read your tip about organizing my folder, I grabbed some Post-It notes, some paper clips and organized everything!

Thanks,

Brenda

I did actually call CBS today and they DO just hold cell phones if you bring them!!!

And, to my great surprise my sweet but rather timid cousin P****, when I was discussing transportation options with her today and mentioned the Metro, she said Well, when we took the seniors to Washington we used their Metro system to travel all over the place! I'm sure that we could figure it out!" 

Im going to look for a map as soon as we land in LA. I just havent been successful in locating a full folding paper map of all of the attractions AND Metro connections, online.

I was advised by the hotel- which is right next to the Hollywood and Highlands Center- that the Metro station was, almost next door! The hotel personnel have been very helpful, as well!

Thanks, Again!

Brenda

It has been bitterly cold here! I know that the rest of the country has been much, much worse. It was supposed to get down into the single digits night before last. It got down to about 14 degrees. Coastal South Carolina is almost subtropical, so this is quite different for us. I mean, it does get cold enough to snow and/or sleet about every other year but single digits?!?!?

Oh, and my 16 year old niece is now in Washington for the inauguration, with some other students chosen from her school in San Francisco! My twin sister had been trying to explain to my niece what the bitter artic weather front in Washington will feel like. They gave my niece a list of must-have-items to buy. When she returned from shopping my niece, instead had chosen some thin cotton items, including cotton ankle socks! My twin and her husband immediately took the girl, right back out to the Mall and under my nieces strongest protests they purchased thick cotton thermal long johns and other clothing that she could layer with and my niece was fuming! In choosing her gown, my niece was looking for something backless with spaghetti straps! To which BOTH of her parents said, Oh, NO! My, my, my, they have been having such a struggle with our 16 year old girl!!!

In the meantime, my sister has called me four times in the last 48 hours, in tears, outlining the nine easiest ways anti-American activist could end her daughters life while shes in Washington. (My twin sister cant be left alone with her brain, either.) I am praying for safety for everyone and trying to support my sister who has become a fretful little Mama. Ive been reminding her of the beefed-up security surrounding this entire history-making event. Im still going to be praying for safety for ALL throughout this time.

Oh, my sister DID say something that stunned me, during one of our more than hour-long talks. She said, I really am sorry that you wont get a chance to see a taping of the Dr. Phil Show. There wasnt a trace of cynicism in her comment, either. She was being quite genuine. (How sweet!, I thought!) I responded with, So, does that mean that you would join me, in the future, for a taping of his show?!? There was a VERY LONG silence then she said, Uh-um.Why dont we continue this talk right after you and I return from ice-skating in HELL. Honestly, that GIRL!!!

Brenda