{"id":249,"date":"2005-07-10T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2005-07-10T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2005-11-15T08:57:03","modified_gmt":"2005-11-15T15:57:03","slug":"getting-ready-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2005\/getting-ready-to-go.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready to go&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the <b>Meximize Team<\/b> is now on the road. &nbsp;They left Sudbury today and headed for Sarnia (about an 8 hour trip). &nbsp;Then they&#8217;ll crash for the night and tomorrow they&#8217;ll be off to Detroit, where they&#8217;ll catch their flight for Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Here on the home front, we just got home from church. &nbsp;We&#8217;re going to have some lunch, and then it&#8217;s just a few hours before I head out. &nbsp;Everyone&#8217;s going to ask,&#8221;Are you ready?&#8221; &nbsp;Well, not as ready as I would like to be!<\/p>\n<p>People with migraine like me always have to remember to leave an extra day of leeway. &nbsp;Yesterday I had a bad migraine attack (which hasn&#8217;t really gone away yet), and I ran out of steam pretty early. &nbsp;But, such is life! &nbsp;We&#8217;ll all make it somehow. &nbsp;Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to recover over the next day or so (after a migraine attack like that, it usually takes a day or two to recover. &nbsp;Migrainuers often have symptoms like a hangover). &nbsp;Maybe I&#8217;m just getting it out of my system!<\/p>\n<p>Shari is getting ready to go too. &nbsp;She, Hannah and Nathanael will be heading for Saskatchewan on Tuesday. &nbsp;Her sister will be travelling with her, so that will be nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the Meximize Team is now on the road. &nbsp;They left Sudbury today and headed for Sarnia (about an 8 hour trip). &nbsp;Then they&#8217;ll crash for the night and tomorrow they&#8217;ll be off to Detroit, where they&#8217;ll catch their flight for Mexico City. 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