Away from home meme

[gerisullivan]

Here's my list of the towns or cities where I spent at least a night away from home during 2009. Multiple non-consecutive stays are marked with a star.

Off the top of my head, with a couple of email checks for town locations of various hotels:

Chicago, IL
Boston, MA
Cambridge, MA
Framingham, MA*
Middleton, MA* (many, many, and an extra long one, too)
Worcester, MA -- hospital :-(
Battle Creek, MI*
Lansing, MI*
Reno, NV
Bronx, NY*
Islandia, NY
Tarrytown, NY
Yorktown Heights, NY
Altoona, PA
Lake Harmony, PA
Montreal, PQ Canada
Milwaukee, WI

I don't have a firm number for total nights away from home but do know it's at least 76 and more likely something in the 80-85 range. That seems a lot considering how little I'm traveling these days.

Many, many thanks to the multitude of gracious and welcoming hosts: debgeisler and benveniste; benyalow; nesfan and Mark; carnyjack; papersky, rysmiel, and zorinth; Joe & Edie, Daddy, and my sister.

Notable stops missing from my year: all people and things Minneapolis, and also Pittsford, NY. kip_w and malibrarian, I'm sorry the weather sent me east via I-80 last week. The NY Thruway is usually the better bet for winter travel and I was really hoping to see you and Sarah on my way back home.

Overnight visitors signing the Friends of Toad Woods Register during 2009: elaine_brennan (multiple stays and much help through various health woes); cakmpls and R.; jcbemis and fla_sunshine; Susan and Gavi; carnyjack; and batwranglerand her fluffy white dog. I really must remember to add at least Milo's paw-print to the book one of these times. Given the number of different dogs who have visited (and who I hope to host in the future), a doggy register might even be in order.

Total guest nights here: 53 with human-type folk, plus 9 with canines. Eight of the latter were of the unaccompanied canine variety.

That's well over 4.5 months spent with others both at home and away; it's rapidly closing on 5. Ah, yes, I am so very blessed.

Here's hoping for repeat visits and visitors again next year, along with several new ones to add to the good times spent with friends and loved ones in 2010.

Comments

[kim-huett.livejournal.com]

So far I've been outside of Canberra three times this century, twice on overnight trips.