The weather forecast was dismal – blizzard conditions throughout the state – but Carah and I were in high spirits driving south in her Geo Metro. It was New Year’s Eve 1998 and we were traveling from Alpena to Dayton, Ohio, to surprise Carah’s husband who was stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
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This summer I was invited by my friend, Larry, to drive down to Tennessee and stay with him for a few days during my vacation. He is one of my best friends, and I wanted to spend some time with him as he has been struggling with a messy divorce. The trip was completely his idea, and he began pestering me about it in July, even though I was not actually taking my vacation until September.
We talked every day, even if it was just for a few minutes. However, as September neared, the phone calls on his part became fewer. When I called him, he would not always answer the phone and never called me back when I left messages. Finally, two weeks before my vacation was to start, I decided to postpone it and take it later in the year.
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