An Ol' Broad's Ramblings

Exhausted!

18 July 2009, 10:18 pm. 7 Comments. Filed under Travel.

Well, we got to Vicksburg in one piece, which is a bloomin’ miracle.  Ick was following me when the rain hit, and HIT HARD!  Then, it was the hail!  Golf ball plus sized hail.  I now have a crack in the windshield of my brand new truck.  NOT a happy camper.  It was so bad, we had to pull to the side of the road cuz neither one of us could see. And then…..the sun came out, nerves began to unravel, and we made it out of Texas into Louisiana, all the way across the state without too many “Are we there yet?” coming from the passenger seat.

Once we got here, Ick and SP got checked into their hotel, and Jr and I got checked in to ours.  We decided since Jr is 2 weeks shy of 17, she could damn well watch her sister while her daddy and I got some peace and quiet (?) at the nearest casino.  The idea….no kids allowed.  Heh.  We both started with a 50.  I came out with 200 after I played it down a bit.  Hey….I was already tired.  He came out with a $2 chip.  :P

We got back to the hotel to find there had been a medium sized catastrophe.  Seems Short Person can’t keep her feet on the floor, and just HAD to kick a soda…..on MY bed.  Pfft!  They did manage to change the sheets, and Jr and I swapped beds.  THEN….Ick had this BRILLIANT idea!  He decided he was going to take BOTH GIRLS to his room.  Bless his heart!  I’m so brain fried right now, I might have grumbled a lot, but wouldn’t have been able to do much damage to either kid.  But it was probably a wise choice.  Heh.

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7 Comments »

  1. Chris from Racine. 19 July 2009, 9:11 am

    Oh no!! A crack in the windshield? That bites! BUT, I’m glad y’all made it in one piece.

    BTW – way to go at the casino!! :D

  2. olbroad. 19 July 2009, 9:19 am

    Would have been even better if I had gotten 3 ‘tripple 7s’.  Would have paid for the windshield.  LOL  Oh well.  Not gonna complain too much.

    If I can survive this last leg, without too many catastrophes, I’ll be doin’ just peachy.  Heh.

  3. Mr Ol Broad. 19 July 2009, 9:32 am

    @ Chris
    Way cool – you can speak Southern :)
     

  4. Chris from Racine. 19 July 2009, 9:34 am

    @Mr. Old Broad
    Heh! My dad has been married to a South Carolinian for over 25 years…it’s rubbed off a bit! LOL

  5. Mr Ol Broad. 19 July 2009, 10:57 am

    @Chris again
    I’ve always thought that “y’all” was the best collective noun in the english language. Now that I live here, as a “recovering yankee”,  I still think so :)
     

  6. Chris from Racine. 19 July 2009, 11:00 am

    @Mr. Ol Broad
    I agree – I’ve been using y’all for more years than I can remember…

  7. Brat. 20 July 2009, 1:55 am

    *shakes head* yankees shouldnt be allowed to use words like y’all … they get too excited by it.. lol