Sunday, February 13, 2005

Phoenix, Palm Springs lie ahead

I've got a lot to do this week to get ready for the upcoming trip to the Southwest. Mother and I will leave Friday and fly to Phoenix. We'll visit with my cousin Barb who lives in North Phoenix and works in Scottsdale.

She travels all over the United States and the world as a consultant for a drug company specializing in orphan drugs. Those are the ones created for rare diseases. Seems to me she says that only 500 people in the United States and maybe another 500 in the world use the one she's specializing with now.

This week she'll be in Sweden until the day before we arrive. We'll spend time in Mesa visiting friends and relatives. We'll go to the Scottsdale Arabian Show and we'll go whatever Barb, the tour guide wants to show us.

Then, we'll drive to Palm Springs and spend two days at the Renaissance Esmeralda, a rather fine establishment in Indian Wells. We're both hoping for sunshine and some more fun visiting with friends. Thanks to Annie for securing the reservation at a "nice" price.

Before we go, though, I've got to finish a couple of stories. One is almost polished off, and the other is basically a rewrite, so that shouldn't be too bad. Though we've had a wonderful winter, I'll enjoy seeing some different scenery.

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