The best meal I had on the trip was a Low County (shrimp) Boil. Sort of a staple for the area it has shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, and sausage.
It’s a mess to eat – like, moist towelette mess – but really good. I ate till I was stuffed and enjoyed every bite.
Oh, and the restaurant was called Captain Woody’s – naturally.
We also has some pretty good pizza and some fairly good mexican – sort of a tour of meals – but nothing topped the boil.
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I managed to keep up with the sunscreen and didn’t burn except for a bit on the last day. It was a beach day – a little cloud cover – and I didn’t apply after I got out of the water from my swim. Got a little burn on my face and chest, but some aloe has helped and I’m not pink anymore. I’ve had much worse – one year sent me to the stat care for treatment. I probably get too much sun in the summer to be healthy, but the winters in Ohio are brutal and the memory of those nice days is all we’ve got to get through it.
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The drive back home to Ohio was… grueling. 12 hours – it included some stops for gas and food, but it was still long. We took turns driving and listened to a lot of music. The country was pretty enough, but I was already missing one of my co-workers that had his last day while I was gone on vacation. And a former co-worker had messaged me about some disturbing emails that had been released via a public records request about the recent cuts. So, I had that in my head as well.
But, made it home safe and ThunderCat was delighted to see me. We played a bit while I unpacked, then he sat with me while I got my video game fix.
On Monday, back to work and the unenviable task of trying to get caught up on the accursed email.
So, good vacation and good to be back. Going to work on the Halloween costume today – though this may be the last one for a while. Things have… changed at UA and it’s just not as fun of a place anymore.