January 17 – “A very quick road trip”

We are back.  I know, you had no idea we were even gone, right?  Well, after enjoying Cailyn’s seventh birthday party so much on Friday night, we decided that we just had to have another one.  Unfortunately, the closest one we could find was Caleb’s - four hours away in Waco.  But we were not to be deterred … road trip.

We woke up around six and hit the road sometime around seven.  That would be after a quick stop at the donut shop, of course.  Chris did the driving, of course.  That made it possible for me to hook up the computer and finish my blog entry.  The entry was no problem.  Trying to get it posted was quite another story, however.  For some reason the computer would just not hook up with my phone.  You know, that feature on iPhones where your phone can become its own hotspot.  Oh, it made the attempt.  I could see the little blue line across the top of the screen that indicates someone has logged on flickering down and up, down and up.  No idea what was blocking the effort, but I finally gave up on it.  I eventually managed to make the post happen when we got to Josh’s house after Zakary’s basketball game and before the birthday party.  The rest of the trip I spent watching movies.  Haven’t done that in a long time.  On the way up (and part of the way back – that hassle with the internet made me run out of time) I watched Avatar again.  That movie has some of the most amazing scenery I have ever seen.  Chris told me she has never seen it.  Not sure how that is possible.  We own a copy of it on DVD.  On the way back I watched Ender’s Game.  That was another of those movies made from a book where the book is better.  Always happens that way. 

Caleb’s party was a rousing success, by the way.  Hard to beat Chuck E. Cheese when you are seven years old.  We gave him some of those coin collecting books where you put the coins into the designated slots.  Quarters, nickels and dimes.  Oh, and one that was a map of the United States with slots for the special issue states quarters.  My favorite, though was our Hurricane Ike Coin Reclamation Kit.  We have a lot of coins that rode out Hurricane Ike at the bottom of five feet of water here in our house.  As a result the pennies in particular have begun to corrode.  We gave him a jar full of those, a jar of vinegar, a toothbrush and some rags.  All he needs to clean off the corrosion and discover what damage, if any, has been inflicted on the coins.  A science lesson, to be sure.  Not to mention the added enhancement of spending the cleaned-up loot. 

We got back home a little before ten.  Plenty of time for Chris to put the bean soup in the crockpot for dinner on the grounds after church today.  Road trip concluded.  Eight hours on the road, the rest with family.  Are we crazy, or what?

2 Peter 1:4 says, “… he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

Father, we do love the family you have gifted us with.  Thank you.  Amen.