Greetings from…Anderson, South Carolina?

Well, I didn’t wake up yesterday intending to be here. I spent most of yesterday morning noodling with my new MP3 player and dumping about 1,300 files onto it (organization and playlists are still to come – that’ll take a while). After that, it was on to the one big job of the day: mowing the lawn. Since we’d let it slide for two weeks, it was a bit tall and the fact that it was still slightly damp didn’t help. With judicious use of the bagger (and a couple of passes over the thickest areas) we got the job done.

Now, before I’d started on the grass, Mom called. Dad had been away on a business trip since last Sunday, and it looked like he wouldn’t be back until late next week. She was home alone, just her and Bela, their schipperke. After a week at home alone, I think she was starting to wonder how good of a conversationalist Bela might be – starved for company is a good way to describe it 🙂

Well, takaza and I were wanting to drive someplace this weekend anyway, so we jumped in the car at about 3 PM and told mom we’d be there for dinner. Five hours later, there we were. We got a tasty dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and apple pie, plus good company, and Mom isn’t talking to the dog anymore – I think it was a win-win situation all around 😉

Today, we’ll be heading back home, with a stop at Carowinds along the way to pick up our Paramount Parks season passes and maybe ride on their new coaster, if it’s open. Gee, we really wish we could be up in Chicago for that oh-so-exciting staff meeting, but instead we’ll ride some roller coasters for ya.