Better Late Than Never

Again, my life has become insanely busy and yesterday was quite possibly the busiest day of my hectic week, so I'm a little late.  My deepest apologies to the birthday boy.   I figure it's okay though since he's spreading the celebration out over the next week and a half.  In all fairness, I did try to put something together yesterday, but it just wasn't finished when I ran out of time.

Today is a big day.  The big Red Bus gets to lose a car seat because one of it's frequent flyers is turning 8.  I'd like to wish a very happy birthday to my favorite little nerd.  Wii Man you never fail to bring a smile to my face with your great big welcoming hugs.  You are the only person I know who can talk about the Wii 24 hours a day and although it sometimes gets rather tiresome, it's okay because it makes you, you.  Believe it or not I've missed hearing all of your long drawn out stories and I'm looking forward to next week when I can hear them again.

8 is an exciting age and I hope you are able to embrace every second.  I hope your day yesterday and the upcoming parties are filled with lots of celebration, fun, and lots of Mario.

The Final Chapter

After eight days together and a very enjoyable experience on the beach, we were all ready to head home from North Carolina.  The first day of the trip home had minimal highlights other than I beat BOTD at the backwards alphabet game.  Oh and we stopped in a Tennessee Walmart and Elizabeth Taylor decided to use a her "Southern" accent as we walked in...  Sunday morning led to some confusion when trying to find the church. We got there just in time for the opening hymn.  It was nice to be back in an enclosed church after doing the pavilion mass in NC.  The Charmer was really missing our home priest and tried to make friends with the priest in KY.

Our lunch stop for the day included Little Miss trying to walk home from the rest area in Frankfort, KY.  No worries I got her to come back.   After lunch, BOTD decided he would share the driver's seat for the last leg and AL drove the rest of the way.  This put AL, Wii Man, and me across the front seat of the Red Bus.  What we learned, Wii Man is paranoid about the gas gauge.  We had a quarter tank when we left the rest area and the plan was to drive until we got closer to home.  Wii Man didn't like that plan very much and so spent the next three hours informing AL every time we passed an exit with a gas station and then freaking out every time we passed the exit, to the point he was almost in tears.   He even got told that it had to be a BP and we weren't stopping at any other type of gas station but that didn't help.  Needless to say,  he turned into a much happier fellow when AL finally pulled into a BP.  He really had no need for worry considering the light wasn't even on and we stopped more because we needed ice for the coolers than anything, but hey whatever floats his boat.  AL has voted him least likely to ever run out of gas.   I'm most likely.   At least if I run out of gas I'll know where I'm at, since I consider myself a fairly proficient reader of maps.  Wii Man on the other hand not so much and he didn't appreciate AL and I trying to make map reading a game.

That concludes our Seventh Heaven Vacation Saga 2015.  All in all it was a fantastic vacation and BOTD did an awesome job picking out the vacation spot.