If you can believe it, I managed to stay off line for 6 days. This has been good and bad for me. Good in that I have a break in my internet routine. Bad in that folks that depend on me for website stuff found out that I was not easily reached. Still, it has been a good few days.
I enjoyed my stay with Bobber. We talked about everything from Ron Paul to religion to Debian. I saw the home for his website. I saw the groove racing track. It was a great time. We started saying goodbye at 9:15am, my family left at 11:30.
I also enjoyed our stay with Scott. More on that later.
More importantly, it looks like we may need to return home another way. First stop is Raleigh to see Kurt, but then the trip is a northern odyssey. If we go too far north, we hit major snow in Chicago. If we go back the way we came, we face flooding in Kentucky. At this point, it looks like we will be traveling Raleigh to DC to Columbus, Ohio to Indianapolis to Davenport, IA to home. I want to see Scott and Bobber again, but the weather may not cooperate.
More on that later, but I’ll take a really big internet risk here. (Phone number removed despite it being a permanent fixture of the internet now.)
BALEETED!
That’s me. I need folks to reach me, so there it is. I’m ready for the prank calls. If you’re my friend and pretend to be a prank call, I will hang up on you. You’ve been warned.
Anyway, I’ll let you know as Tuesday approaches. We are leaving here that morning and making our way West (and North, then West, then kinda Southwest.)
It has been a much needed break away from the regular things in life we’ve had the past three years. No church stuff, no appointments, no surgeries, no nothing. Just the ocean, a lot of wind, much family, and good seafood.
I had hoped that being here would also spark a spiritual renewal, but outside of the release of tension, that hasn’t happened yet. I feel strange addressing a church on Easter Sunday, but I remember that Jesus came to call the sinners, not the saints. I’m only there to introduce my children for whom this little church has prayed continuously for over two years. Whereas before they saw only pictures, Sunday, they see them face to face. Heaven is like that, too, but that’s a different topic altogether.
I do hope to see Doug and Ryan on the trip back. All I ask is to show me where a Chick-Fil-A is located.
I plan on writing much more in two weeks.
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Cool. It’s been a busy weekend and it’ll be a busy week, but that’s OK. Of course, you won’t read this until after the fact …
We’re in Toledo now and got 6 or so inches of snow last night. I don’t think there’s more coming, but perhaps Chicago is different. Columbus got no snow I hear.
Chick-Fil-A is out the neighborhood to the left back to the highway. Over the bridge and it’s a mile or two on the right.
I’ll call you.
If you come via San Antonio there’s no snow or rain and there’s Chick Fil-A less than five miles from the house.
fwiw - we spent Easter w/end going to a unexpected funeral. My hubby’s brother in Abilene lost his wife suddenly. So between Good Friday and Easter Sunday we had a funeral and a burial. Rather symbolic, eh?
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I hadn’t thought about it yet, but we had a weekend situation like that too, but more pleasant.
We heard Friday night that Maria’s father had gone in for emergency surgery and had to be put on a ventilator for the surgery. He had demanded the vent. be for the surgery only, and they now expected that he wouldn’t survive being removed from it.
Saturday we scrambled and got her a plane ticket to MO.
During her trip, they removed the vent. and surprising to everyone (including him) he stabilized. Over the next 36 hours, he was off the vent., reduced his oxygen to about the level he had needed going in and dropped the blood pressure meds he had required.
So, figuratively, on Friday night her father was assumed to be as good as dead and by Sunday morning he was essentially back to where he was.
Pretty cool.
Water crested here on Saturday if that helps any.
Sorry you didn’t make it our way on your way back. Much love!!
Can’t believe I missed you guys on the return trip! We had Friday off, so I was nowhere near my computer to see your blog post. Durn it!
I really hate I missed you, man! Got your correct number in my phone now.
So, did you find the nectar?
Had a nice, but too short visit. The kids were great and it was good to meet your better half. Hope you made Galesburg earlier than you did Columbus.
Hopefully next time we’ll get to talk more.