Erin and I dropped the children off yesterday to spend the week with Mam-maw, Pap-paw, and Aunt Summer. We left the house about 7:15 AM. We had to run by the library and return some books before we left on our trip. We actually hit the interstate about 7:30. However, before we got to the next exit (9 miles away), Erin realized that I had forgotten to pack the diaper bag. DOH!!! So, we turned around and went back home and got the diaper bag. We finally actually got on the road about 8:15 AM.
We had a safe and uneventful trip from Millbrook, AL to Clarksville, TN. We put Mihaela in a diaper for the trip, but stopped everytime she said she needed to go potty...which was four or five times. We got to Clarksville about 12:45 and met Mom and Summer at a McDonald's. We ate lunch and then I moved the stuff over to the van and off the kids went away. Erin and I misted up a bit...
However, we drove back to Florence, AL and to our hotel, the Marriott Grand. I can not tell you what a great hotel this is. It rocks. We had dinner at the hotel's Bronzeback restaurant and then crashed. This morning we got up when woke up (i.e., no alarm clocks or hungry babies awakened us). We drove over to a riverfront park where an antique fair was being held. We walked around and purchased some small antiques. Then, we drove over to Tuscumbia (the birth place of Helen Keller) and found a small local "meat-and-three" for lunch. It was fabulous. After lunch we came back to the hotel and laid out by the pool for several hours. It was great! I read the entire book "The Magician's Nephew."
Tonight we had a reception for the conference. I networked a little bit. Very uncomfortable for me. Anyway, tomorrow we start the conference in full swing. I speak on Tuesday morning and don't have my stuff ready yet. I guess I will work on it tomorrow....tonight, I am just relaxing and having fun. This has been my first day of just goofing off in a long time and I have enjoyed it.
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