I've had a couple of wonderful days in a row, now. My daughter and her family have been visiting since Thursday. Friday my daughter, SIL and Older Son went to Baton Rouge to visit LSU. My Older Son is probably going to go there, 'cause it's free, and my SIL has applied to law school there and wanted to check it out. They were gone most of the day, and they came home impressed. What a relief! Older Son has been stressed about having to go to school there, but c'mon, dude...it's FREE. And it's a good school! Far enough from home that we won't be popping in on each other, but close enough that he can come visit easily on holidays.
I spent the day with my Younger Son and my grandson. They played happily together all day. Grandson is almost two years old, so I had to change diapers again. Oh, lordy I don't miss that at all.
Today, all my children, my son-in-law, grandson and I went in to New Orleans for the day. SIL has also applied to law school at Loyola, and wanted to see the place. We parked in the French Quarter and had lunch there. We walked up Bourbon Street, across Canal to St. Charles Ave. and caught the streetcar going uptown. We got off at Loyola. The little boys played at Audobon Park across the street, while the student age folks went to see what they could of the school. Son in law was awestruck.
When people think of New Orleans, they usually think of the French Quarter and drunken debauchery. Oh, and crime and racism. There is another side to New Orleans, though, and that's Uptown. Beautiful old Victorian Mansions, ancient oaks, attractive young people jogging on the streetcar tracks (easy on the knees, because it's a flat dirt path), and the streetcar itself, a real-live electric trolley, that goes from the Quarter all the way upriver. It's beautiful. It certainly didn't hurt that the weather was superb today (low-mid 70's, blue skies, puffy clouds, and lots of sunshine).
Louis Armstrong did a song, "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans," and on days like today, I never want to live anywhere else. Even though I don't live there.
I spent the day with my Younger Son and my grandson. They played happily together all day. Grandson is almost two years old, so I had to change diapers again. Oh, lordy I don't miss that at all.
Today, all my children, my son-in-law, grandson and I went in to New Orleans for the day. SIL has also applied to law school at Loyola, and wanted to see the place. We parked in the French Quarter and had lunch there. We walked up Bourbon Street, across Canal to St. Charles Ave. and caught the streetcar going uptown. We got off at Loyola. The little boys played at Audobon Park across the street, while the student age folks went to see what they could of the school. Son in law was awestruck.
When people think of New Orleans, they usually think of the French Quarter and drunken debauchery. Oh, and crime and racism. There is another side to New Orleans, though, and that's Uptown. Beautiful old Victorian Mansions, ancient oaks, attractive young people jogging on the streetcar tracks (easy on the knees, because it's a flat dirt path), and the streetcar itself, a real-live electric trolley, that goes from the Quarter all the way upriver. It's beautiful. It certainly didn't hurt that the weather was superb today (low-mid 70's, blue skies, puffy clouds, and lots of sunshine).
Louis Armstrong did a song, "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans," and on days like today, I never want to live anywhere else. Even though I don't live there.
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