Trip Home

Christmas was great. Enjoyed the evening with the Dennis's then Chirstmas day we went to Brian and Bridget's. Enjoyed the time there ... good food and got to see more Family. Barbie and Mike were there, David Brown, Eric, our kids (Kelly and I of course), the Rexroth kids, and a couple Barbie sits with. The chefs did an excellent job with all the food. Good thing I'mnot counting calories (although I probably should).

We were thinking about heading out Saturday evening for home - maybe take advantage of one more trip to Dollywood. However the weather was going to be quit chilly, so I was reluctant to try that. Ended up going to Columbus, trying out the Spaghetti Warehouse and then going to COSI for the afternoon. So we stayed at Eric's and left out this morning. The trip is suppose to take 8 hours of driving, but we usually can count on 10 hours. Kelly started driving and traffic was pretty good. I took over somewhere in WV and all was good 'til we can out of the 2nd tunnel and in VA. People just need to learn how to drive! I was ready to experience some road rage. I realize the holiday traffic will cause some congestion, but there were no accidents or construction delays. So people were just braking to see red lights like they were missing Christmas already! Come on ... learn how to drive. It was stop and go, 70 MPH. then 5 MPH all the way through VA. I get mad just thinking about it.

Thankfully that was pretty minor and the only "problem" we had over the holidays. Had a great time with my brother and it was the best traveling our family has done in quite some time. COSI was really cool. Hate that Seth was sick over the week end but we got to do Christmas together. Hope he really enjoys his Penn State chair.