Well, it’s been almost a week of me without Nichole and Poppy and boy am I ready to be back together. Heck, I was ready to be back together five minutes after I left Michigan in the wee hours of last Tuesday morning with Poppy still asleep and Nichole waving to me from the window. It has been quite a week — here’s a quick review for anyone who cares to read farther
Tuesday, December 5, 2006: Drove from St. Charles, Michigan to Washington DC through just about every weather type imaginable and stayed the night with my grandmother. We had a lovely dinner with my Aunt Anita, Uncle Troy and my cousin Austin.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006: Drove home to the Durham area, stopping along the way to keep from killing some of the horrible drivers on I-95. I really dislike that road. Went straight to lab and worked until 10:00 and fianlly went home to a very quiet house
Thursday, December 7, 2006: Woke up in the same very quiet house and had a very quiet breakfast. Worked all day, except the hour I took at 5:00 to attend a departmental Christmas party. Since I missed the food at the party, I stopped at Fosters Market on MLK boulevard here in Chapel Hill for dinner. Tres tasty. Went home and watched CSI and Shark while I wrapped some Christmas presents
Friday, December 8, 2006: A big day because I went to Target in Burlington after work and made some returns. Please don’t laugh — I really enjoy walking around Target. Had dinner at Moe’s and was unimpressed. Back home for more housework and bed
Saturday, December 9, 2006: Got up and enjoyed a nice temperate morning. Worked all afternoon adn then met my good friend Terry Roberts and we went to the UNC vs. High Point game together. Terry works for the sports information department and he got me a great seat in the Dean Dome for the slaughter that ensued. Lucky me — it was Roy Williams’ 500 victory. Anyway, I had dinner afterwards with Terry and my good friend Daniel Hooker from my days at WCU. All-in-all, a very nice day
Sunday, December 10, 2006: After a morning of work, I picked up Terry and we went to the UNC vs. WCU womens game at the fieldhouse. WCU played well considering the ability of UNC. The cool part was that I got to sit on press row and I was the halftime interview for the Catamount Sports Network (yes, that’s how hard up they were to fill dead air…). Spent the evening installing door locks in the kitchen so Poppy can’t toss trash all over the place or crack her head on pots and pans. I wrapped some more presents and watched the CBS Sunday evening lineup all the way from 60 minutes to Without a Trace. I fell asleep to the sounds of Hank Hill berating Bobby about being himself
Monday, December 11, 2006: …which brings us to today. Work, work, work, eat, work, work, work, eat, clean, sleep. And then it’ll be tomorrow!!!!!! I am so happy that tomorrow is the day Nichole and Poppy come home. I have missed them so much it’s hard to describe. But tomorrow they’re coming home and everything will be as it should be.
Y’all take care and enjoy your Monday. (I said “y’all” because I’m listening to Whiskytown right now and you can’t listen to them without saying “y’all” for at least an hour afterwards.)