Ok, here is my last blog post for our trip. It is no longer a vacation but an aftercation. Wednesday's journey from just outside Atlanta was pretty much the end of rest and relaxation and the beginning of work. Actually, the moment we left New Orleans was the end. There is the moment when you realize that your vacation is over that sort of feels like the last Christmas present that is being opened. It is all over.....backup to the normal....whatever normal is in our lives.
I will have to qualify this not really as a vacation though. That would have to be a period of time that exceeds 24 hours, maybe even more like 72 hours could qualify. However, a minimum of a week would be preferred. We had the destination of Lubbock with a purpose for that portion of the trip......driving great distances across Texas and Louisiana cannot in any way be consider "part of a vacation". New Orleans.....yes that was a respite for a period of 6:15PM on Monday night to 2:00PM the following afternoon......less than 24 hours......does not qualify as a vacation but certainly a nice time. We will have to do it again to see more.
We were trying to head out of New Orleans to make it into Atlanta to possibly visit with an old high school buddy but unfortunately staying longer in NOLA prevented that. There are some other friends there that make Atlanta fun as well. Perhaps another trip? Then it was on to Columbia for the first jobsite meeting. After a few hours of field measuring and photographs on one of the strangest and largest Wendy's I have ever seen. We are going to have to be creative to figure this anomaly out. My wife also has a good friend that she wanted to visit with that evening for a time but our client pushed another Wendy's up in the work schedule in Durham, North Carolina and we needed to head that way. There could be some fun in that part as well but alas it looks like we are going to push to make it home tonight. See I did try to throw a little pleasure into the mix.....or a lot of pleasure into a little mix....or maybe it was just a sprinkle......okay can you tell I am bored driving....well riding right now as my wife drives.
I am really not a fan of driving long distances. Not sure how my wife does it. She left almost two weeks ago from home driving to Texas and now back.....no thanks. Maybe we can come back soon. We will more than likely have to come back down to Columbia when the construction drawings are completed. That could be a fun trip. The city looked like it had some fun sites to see. A long weekend would be good. And then again in June once the construction begins. I am sure that there will be some things that need figured out as we begin demolition and expose some of the structural concerns. A short stay in Columbia and then maybe on to NOLA for another visit....a summer visit.....sounds fun. I can't wait.
But until that time friends you will have to wait as well to hear about another madness trip......June Madness? Summer Madness? Not the same ring. Until then my friends.....enjoy!
PS. Before I got the chance to post this, we had arrived home that evening around 6PM. My wife briefly talked with my oldest son who lives nearby with his wife about some health problems he has been experiencing. He had some stomach problems that were giving him some great pain. Then at 3AM that morning our daughter in law called us saying they were taking him to the hospital. He was having problems breathing. Long story short, after many tests they confirmed it was his gallbladder. Several surgeries are needed to clear out the tubes of stones and then remove his gallbladder. See......the madness always continues around here.
Love your children NOW my friends.
It hurts us parents to see them in pain or trouble.
Et this I believe
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