{"id":2558,"date":"2007-01-02T12:08:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-02T12:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/01\/packing-for-the-eternal-city\/"},"modified":"2007-01-02T12:08:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-02T12:08:04","slug":"packing-for-the-eternal-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/01\/packing-for-the-eternal-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing for the Eternal City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/010107Chris.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"010107Chris.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/010107Chris-thumb.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy dear friends Christopher and Lisa Hoffer\u2013Schaefer and Nadine Casey spent their New Year&#8217;s Day afternoon and evening helping me pack.  I would never have been able to do it alone.  We had great fun doing it.  That is Chris with the roll of packing tape.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/010107Lisa.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"010107Lisa.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/010107Lisa-thumb.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe ladies, with characteristic efficiency, were amazing.  Nadine prepared address labels for shipping.  There are three boxes of books ready to be sent to Rome.  The suitcases and carry\u2013on bags are ready.  This has never been known to happen in my life.  I usually pack in a mad frenzy on the eve of my departure.  Lisa, seen above, is the Queen of Get\u2013It\u2013Done.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/010107Nadine.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"010107Nadine.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/010107Nadine-thumb.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNadine (above) appears to be working contemplatively.  After a few hours of packing, Christopher and Lisa produced a splendid New Year&#8217;s supper of salad, chicken, and shrimp.  And, of course, there was the obligatory bottle of  Prosecco.  I thank God for the good friends He has given me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dear friends Christopher and Lisa Hoffer\u2013Schaefer and Nadine Casey spent their New Year&#8217;s Day afternoon and evening helping me pack. I would never have been able to do it alone. We had great fun doing it. That is Chris with the roll of packing tape. The ladies, with characteristic efficiency, were amazing. Nadine prepared <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-musings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Fg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}