24-26 April 2003 (Thursday-Saturday)
- I was really fortunate with the jetlag on this trip which crossed twelve time zones. I was on the road for 33 hours, but I got enough sleep on the airport floor in Bangkok and then at the right times on the plane to keep my body clock somewhat in order. I woke up the next two nights in Kentucky at 4:00 AM, but each time I was able to get back to sleep.
- The first day I did a little running around to pick up some clothes I needed and some computer parts. I'm having two problems with my laptop computer: (1) the display is not operating correctly so I had to borrow an external monitor to be able to use the computer; and (2) there is no backup program on the laptop to allow me to Restore the data files I brought with me in backed up form.
- My brother has a weakened immune system because of chemotherapy treatments he is receiving and he and some of the family were worried that I might be carryiing SARS from Asia, so was able to talk to him on the phone but not to visit face-to-face. When I return after the NY meetings, it will be after the quarantine period for SARS so I will be able to visit Ray then.
- I will be in New York on the day of the primary elections in Kentucky in May so I went to the voter registration office and was able to vote in advance.
- Then I went to lunch with Tony Olges, one of my classmates from the seminary, to get caught up on all the doings in the diocese. On the way home I stopped to see Norma Lewis, the doyen of the sign language interpreters in Kentucky and a good friend and colleague.
- Friday night my brothers and sisters in the Louisville area came out to my mother's house in Pewee Valley where I am staying for a pizza dinner. It was good to see everyone again.
- Saturday morning I repacked the suitcase and box I carried from Cambodia, leaving some things in Kentucky, and then I flew to Maryknoll, New York via Washington, DC. Eileen Charleton and Sheila Matthews, two of our NY-based administration, met me at the Westchester County airport.
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