Hello friends,
I know it's been a LONG while, and a lot has happened since I posted, but I've missed you lot! My Mum was here for over 2 weeks and left this afternoon (thankfully). It's bloody hot here, and the heat has really been bothering me. I'm starting to feel a bit better from my exacerbation, but I did milk it for everything I could while Mum was here.

So, what have you no good lot been up to? I see you're planning a trip in Chicago or thereabouts. I haven't read through the entire thread, but I'm going to try and see if I can make it up there and finally meet some of my cyber friends. I hope you are all well. It's good to be home.

All the best,
Chris

Welcome back! LOL My mom is coming in July and staying until January...lol

Your thinking about coming up to Chi town? Whoohoo!

Oh dear, lucky you! No, it was lovely having Mum here.

What are the dates for the Chicago gathering? That thread will take me weeks to read.

Hiya, Chrappy! How marvelous for your mum! That's one heck of a commute. What'd she bring me? Huh? What'd she bring me? Huh? What'd she bring me? Huh? What'd she bring me? Huh?

I've been missing you a lot! I had begun to wonder if you'd gone all the way to maximum poopy. That would stink.

DM is her usual pain in the butt. Sal & Beth are on the mend, Jappy's having a rough time of it, FG is flying and the rest of the gang is about now and then. Oh, I'm okay too.

You might come up for the GTG???!!!! Are you kidding me? You're stuck with DM, I have a roommate!!!

Cindy has a schedule set up. Maybe she'll post it here. lmao

Mum brought you a new UMBRELLA! I need your address, or perhaps I'll use it to get to the gathering.

What was wrong with Beth and Sally? I'm glad they are on the mend. I'm sorry to hear about Jappy. Here are some hugs for my Jappy ((((((JAPPY)))))).

I see that Cheryl is in Washington. How cool. Yes, I'm thinking of coming to the gathering. I love Chicago (except in the winter). I need dates, hotel names, etc. however. I'm going to have to room with a PRINCESS? I'm really not fit for royalty. I'm just a commoner.

Well, I hate to break it to ya', kid, it's not in Chicago, it's a good bit west of that nasty town. It's actually in Freeport, IL. It's hardly a town, but it's more doable.

Can we change it to Freeport, Bahama? I never heard of Freeport. Which airport would I fly into?

Well, you could use ORD, or The Quad City International (MLI). If you land at the Quad, I can make DM pick you up!

I never heard of this airport or town. Let me get on the airline sites and start checking things out. We are a bit limited here with airlines. Delta and AirTran are the two big airlines that fly out of here, and Michael has a ton of points on Delta. Let me see what I can do, but having some dates would help.