Paul and Cori

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

I never thought I would...

Right now, Paul is in Ohio, later this week he will be flying to California- all for his job. Paul is soon returning to a college lifestyle- class and a part time job. Before that happens, I want to express my appreciation for him bringing me to DC. Paul's "real" job has provided me with experiences I never would have thought I would get, and taken me places I wouldn't have expected to visit. Quitting my preschool photographer job at lifetouch allowed me to follow Paul on some business trips. While he is at his meeting I would wander around the area of the hotel, it was a great time to take some new photos and see some new places.
The first place I went with him was Arizona. His meeting was in Tucson. Then we drove the rental car up to Flagstaff, where we thought we wanted to live at the time.
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 Very shortly after AZ, we went to Puerto Rico. This trip was really awesome because we got to take a tour ON the Arecibo radar telescope! Plus the hotel was walking distance to the beach.
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A few months later we drove to Woods Hole, MA in the Cape Cod area, where I could again walk to the beach. Of course, it was a very different beach.
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The last business trip I tagged along on was to Irvine, CA. Lucky for us, we have a friend who lives in LA, Brian Bitner, so we were able to do the whole tourist thing in one go. One great, fun, exhausting day! And at the end, I got to finally meet Kunal Nayyar! We had dinner with him, WOO! (Paul and Bitner went to high school together; Bitner and Kunal studied acting at Temple, in Philadelphia, together.)  Paul had already hung out with him probably 3 times, one time he brought me back an autographed photo, "Dear Cori, Paul and I had a blast!! He got drunk. -wish you were here." haha!
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While I am so happy we got to take these trips together, I am also happy that Paul is soon going back to school full time, so he can get a job doing what he really wants to do- teach high school math. I am also super happy we got to take these trips because soon we won't have the money to take such trips. Life goals for us, seem to add up to us having not much money- all we want is a teaching job for Paul, a house, a garden, in a relatively small college town, and perhaps a couple kids.

3 comments:

  1. I love you! You'll get there, and I'm happy that you are getting ready to start the transition period so you're closer to him getting a job he'll enjoy. :)

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  2. Great pictures, Cori! That's awesome you got to meet one of the stars of The Big Bang Theory - we LOVE that show!

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  3. I do hope I got on a few more trips with Mike. But I have to admit, I do like staying home in my house, with my garden and my kids. Maybe a two day "quick trip" to Paris will change my mind.

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