I headed south for the weekend and my first stop was to visit Jeff’s brother for dinner. \u00a0 And of course I hit traffic in Columbus. \u00a0There was an accident on 270 – which is only to be expected for rush hour. \u00a0Then construction split the lanes of traffic right down the middle. \u00a0I gritted my teeth, followed the signs, swore several times, and managed to navigate through the mess to reach the\u00a0restaurant. \u00a0 Really, who came up with the plan of “Let’s start in the middle of the lanes!”?<\/p>\n
Anyway, I actually got to the\u00a0restaurant\u00a0before he did – even though he was only minutes away. \u00a0There was another traffic accident that he couldn’t avoid between where he works and the\u00a0restaurant –\u00a0\u00a0so, I busied myself with a little paper folding until he arrived.<\/p>\n
We talked for a bit and enjoyed our meals at the bar. \u00a0He brought up the apartment deposit and I downplayed that a bit. \u00a0I was cranky about that for a while, but I’m pretty much over it. \u00a0We talked a little about how his family is doing and had a few sad moments when we talked about Jeff’s car and about taking his ashes to the beach to be scattered from the pier.<\/p>\n
I didn’t stay too late since I had another hour to drive so we said our goodbyes and promised to keep in touch.<\/p>\n
I continued on my way to my sister’s place to see her and my brother-in-law. \u00a0The next day my folks came to visit as well and we all had fun hanging out with my niece – who has named me “untul”. \u00a0 \u00a0That’s as close as she can get at the moment to Uncle – and I’ll gladly answer to it. \u00a0We had Chipotle for lunch (except for Dad, who strangely doesn’t like it) and just had a nice time together. \u00a0 I crashed early that night with a bad headache that wanted to be a migraine when it grew up, but was much better the next day.<\/p>\n
We had lunch together before we headed out and made some tentative plans for our next visit.<\/p>\n
When I got \u00a0home, my neighbor was out in his yard and invited me over to his fire pit. We sat back there for a while and talked about the neighborhood. \u00a0I went in because it was getting buggy and called it an early night.<\/p>\n
It was a good weekend and I had fun – even though it was pretty laid back. \u00a0Looking forward to getting back to the pool – I’m at 50 miles for the year so far – and maybe doing a little yard work when I get home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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