Day 1- continued

I had high hopes for getting out of town by noon. But packing up clothes and craft supplies for two months is harder than you would think. Thankfully my son Chris was there or I would still be there. He helped me load up, get the camper ready and mostly kept checking in to see if I needed help.

I love how Scotty is looking! I painted the inside a soft aqua color a couple of weeks ago and it looks so much brighter and more cheerful. May daughter Maryanne (Ironman) stopped over last night and I was telling her about the leaky side of the camper- she touched part of the roof and all this dusty rotted wood fell out on the cushion. So day Chris helped seal it up on the roof and inside with some spray rubber- I’ll let you know how it goes… possibly sooner than you’d think, since it rained about the last hour I drove tonight…

The other thing that held me up was printing and adhering the sponsor decals on the back of the camper. I was waiting to hear from a few sponsors and finally I got the answers I was hoping- YES. So then the printer decided to put lines across some of the artwork. Anyway, I finally pulled out of town at 5:15 and called to check on this brake question I had. Chris said Oh Dad just walked in… We wound up meeting up at Chili’s for one more meal together which was really nice.

So I started driving and was shooting to arrive in Lumberton, NC tonight but had to stop sooner because I was getting tired, plus it started raining pretty hard. Lucked out with a Quality Inn from Hotwire! Very clean and I even took my shoes off and went barefoot on their rug- that does not usually happen!

Day 2

I spent a very restful night. When I woke up I did some email, started this blog post, then decided that I should get going. I was still about 700 miles from my friend Cheryl Boglioli’s where I was spending the night. So I just drove and drove. I talked on the phone a lot of the day, listened to music and thought about whether I had everything I needed ready for my first class at Everything Scrapbooks and Stamps.

Arrived at Cheryl’s house at about 12:30 and hopped into bed. She had the most comfortable mattress! I didn’t want to get out…

Then it was off to Michelle’s store. We got there on time but wound up sitting n the parking lot for 30 minutes while a huge thunderstorm rolled through.

The ladies didn’t let a little storm stop them though and had a great time in class. I was so grateful to have Cheryl there with me helping to make sure the class was running smoothly. Didn’t the class do a great job on the Flower Boxes?

After class, we went to the Old Key Lime House, the oldest restaurant in Florida. Cheryl, Michelle and I spent three hours sitting outside, enjoying the delicious fresh fish and talking shop. Then it was back to the Hampton In where we tried to catch up on social media, (but kept talking instead!) prepped for class tomorrow and finally headed to be.

See you again!