Weekend Collection

Another trip home.  Another 10 hours there.  But before we could even leave, Karl had to work.  I packed his suitcase, checked my luggage, and was sucked into watching "Once Upon Time: Wonderland."  Before I knew it, he was back home at 8:00 pm, and we were on the road.

Armed with snacks and drinks, we set off on the highway.  Lucky for us, the trip really isn't awful.  In fact, it's a pretty straight shot.  Like the beast that I am, I drove from 1 am to 4 am.  Karl really doesn't expect too much of me in the driving way.  Normally I'm a napper.

We pulled into the driveway early Friday morning and slept a few hours.  Karl had errands to run and people to visit from work.  The poor kid was still working, even on his "vacation."  I just chilled at home, and later that evening we enjoyed a very fine meal with his family.

The next morning was spent sleeping in, catching up on the sleep that we had missed in the car ride.  Eventually, we repacked our things and headed to my mother's house where we would spend the night before church.  That evening, we watched the television series "Psych," which I have missed, and enjoyed a blazing fire, which I have also missed.

On Sunday we attended our home church where it was fun to catch up with some friends who we miss greatly.  We feasted on local fare that we cannot get in Alabama, and a restful Sunday turned into football Sunday.  Thus, for a few hours, I crept away with my friend to enjoy fantastic wings and fried zucchini planks (very fattening. very good.) and of course, catch up on all the local news that I have missed while being away.

Monday was Karl's dentist appointment (always the reason we need to return home), but then we were off to visit the grandparents.  On our way around the city, I noticed all the things that I missed.  The leaves have not yet turned in Alabama, and if I do say so myself, Pennsylvania is especially beautiful in gorgeous fall weather.

Again, we made another late night trip back to Alabama.  I had thought we were going to stop halfway and rest for the night, but Karl made other plans.  We were going straight through.  This time, he drove all the way.  And even though I did not drive at all, nor did I sleep at all, because Karl turned the car into the Arctic circle so that he could stay awake.  My job?  Give him synopsizes of books and movies.  He received an extremely elaborate plot summary of "The Flowers of War," with Christian Bale, the Divergent book series in comparison to The Hunger Games, among some others.  However, I was not allowed to divulge  information about "The Fault in Our Stars" and "The Book Thief" because he was afraid I would start crying.  Typical. On a side note, the author of TFiOS raved about "The Book Thief" film (which he was able to see at a film festival), and for me, that is extremely promising.

Eventually we made it back.  And I've never been happier to slip under the covers.  We fell asleep almost immediately.  Unfortunately, Karl had to work today.  Hopefully he will be able to stay awake.

On another side note, I am pleased to introduce you to our Compassion child.  Her name is Besty.  She is from Peru.  And she has the most darling little smile.