church, then lunch with the family... how many parts of the country can you order fried okra, a baked sweet potato with brown sugar, and baked apples as your side dishes? yay south :-)
came home, and in our 40F heat wave, i washed my car (very much needed)...
about then, jenny came over and saw the birds, etc., visited for half an hour before we headed out again.
picture: jenny with a baby tortoise, dad with a cockatoo, brother with the momma tortoise:
then, jenny and i headed to the theater to meet up with jessica (yay for seeing both my key HS friends i still keep in touch with at the same time again!)... she had her cousin with her, and the 4 of us ran down the street to get tea/coffee/etc. and sit for a little before our movie, and then went to see phantom... i was amused at scenes they rearranged/added and lines they modified, but was generally impressed with the whole production... it was fun :-)
after that... dinner with the family
picture: me at the dinner table with nermal, one of our cats:
since then... packing... it's a goal to eventually get all my crap out of this house, so i chip away at it each visit... current additions to the car for the return trip? a 20 gallon fish tank stand without the fish tank (to become a table for my plants)... a wicker chest half the size of my car's trunk full of balls, frisbees, water guns, etc.... 17 years worth of yearbooks and some misc. scrapbooks... a rack for all my casette tapes... and of course my christmas presents... the car's decently packed but nothing like my college moving trips :-P
the plan... wait for laundry to get done, pack my large suitcase of clothes, then get 4-5 hours of sleep... tomorrow, hopefully be on the road around 6am central time, spending the night in pittsburgh tomorrow night (13 hour drive tomorrow, 6 hours tuesday)...
more news from the jersey front when i get there :-P
farewell from the south, y'all!
be parties one and all :-P
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