I made it! And we have dialup!!!
The plane was a little late getting out of O'Hare, but it was a good flight. A couple of noeworthy things about it...I had to wak out onto the tarmak at O'Hare to get to the smallish jet (50 seats). We had a female pilot...the ranking captain was a woman. This is the first time I have flown where the pilot has been a woman. I fly a couple of times a year...not a whole lot, but I was surprised and somewhat shocked to make that realization.
Janet picked me up. She's fun. Janet loves to talk. I know no-one else who talks as much as Trish's mamma. Whew! But she's fun. We got cought up in about three minutes. Jerry, Trish's daddy, on the other hand does not speak nearly as much. He and I have been having fun, though. He's got a wicked sense of humor and likes to pick on Janet. I just sit in the back seat and giggle. He winks at me through the rearview mirror. I think Jerry and I may be in league with each other that way. You tease the ones you love.
He and I watched The Pianist on Starz last night. Wow. What a great movie. He seemed to enjoy it as much as I did. There are about 100 sermons in that film...the last 20 minutes being the most powerful interpretation of giving someone your cloak I have seen. It just further convinces me that mostly people try to do the right thing. As heinus as something may be, it is rare that people are setting out in their minds to do wrong. As clearly evil as something may be, it is what they think is right given the way they see the world. Curious.
Dinner last night was grand. We went to Country Kitchen. They have a $5.00 all you can eat buffet. So, I tried a little of a lot of things. Baked chicken, meatloaf, creamed potatoes, blackeyed peas, green beans, corn, salad...bananna pudding...a little of a lot. It was all good. The place was clean. I give it four stars out of five. The service was less than perfect. I gotta say, however, the sweet tea was awesome. I love sweet tea.
So, today I am off to the mall with Adam, Trish's brother. He's one of the groomsmen. We have to get rolling on the appropriate duds for him. Also on the docket is a visit with the pastor of Mentow Baptist Church, Tim Mathia. I need to talk to him about the hordes of Yankess, Episcopalians and other barbaric peoples who will be coming to the wedding. We may overflow the joint. Um, yeah...overflow. It's a little country church, seats about 175 people. We will most likely top that. No guarantees, but I gotta make sure that there are enough communion cups and find out how we go about setting up for this thing.
More later...
Posted by tripp at August 5, 2004 07:28 AMSo, does being a Yankee and an Episcopalian work like a double negative and cancel out, or is that just doubly bad? :)
Posted by: Susie at August 5, 2004 11:09 AM