A Conversation with Elizabeth
1999
Ice and Holiday

From:          LMixson
To:            Elizabeth
Sent:          Tuesday, January 19, 1999 8:56 AM
Subject:       Ice and Holiday
 
Yes we had Monday off.  This is the first job that I've had that gives Martin's day off.  Since many of the contracts the company has is with the federal government a lot of employees can't work on MLK day so they give everyone off.  Actually the "holiday" started last Friday with the ice storm.  The storm was quite bad.  It was supposed to change to rain by mid morning but stayed as freezing rain and sleet all day.  Everything was coated with ice.  It looked like one of the winter scenes from Dr. Zhivago.  With the ice coating the power lines and trees which then fall on the power lines much of the area was without power, some still even yet today.  Fortunately I didn't lose power except for a few moments here and there.  I did come into work Friday morning only to find our building was without power.  I walked up three flights of stairs in total darkness to find a half dozen people here.  I stayed for about a half hour then went home taking some papers with me so I could claim to be "working" at home.  
 
To catch up:
 
No I have not seen Dead Man Walking, I heard it was quite good but haven't made it.  The drive from Melbourne to UCF was just about one hour one way.  It was a pretty easy drive on those long strait roads, e.g. the Bee Line Expressway.[1] That was really crazy for your neighbor to have such a loud alarm and be able to sleep through it.  I usually say "we" when it is something that Julie and I do together.  No change with Julie, we still see each other three or four nights a week.  I believe it will all work out but will likely take six or more months.  There have been some good things about it for being apart has allowed each of us to re-examine the relationship for what we like and dislike about it.  I believe in the end it will have been a good thing.  I really liked the X files, not only because the bit about the nano technology but because it got back to the conspiracy stuff.  Well back to work.  Larry

[1] I drove twice a week from 1982-1987 from Melbourne to UCF to complete my BS degree. It was on one of these trips that I happen to see Elizabeth riding her bike along side the road. It was the last time I saw her in person. [link 1983]

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