DH and DD are making their way toward home from North Carolina, where they've spent a week at the beach condo. Early this morning, they checked around to make sure that nothing was forgotten, did a little straightening up, and left the condo keys on the countertop. The owner comes in to clean up between rentals. One of the reasons we get to rent it for next to nothing is that she doesn't have to clean the unit after us. For a saving of $400 over the going rate, they can clean a little.
I've already heard from them several times from the road. They've decided to speak only in "Southern Accent" mode, and think that no one can tell. (Wait until someone knocks them over the head) They've also revived my "driving through the South" travel game of "who can find the church with the most outrageous name?"
DD was talking to me when she spotted a possible winner: "New Jerusalem Holiness Pentecostal Full Gospel Tabernacle." I told her she'd have to do a lot better than that - and that billboards in front of a church do not count. that must be a Southern phenomenon, we sure don't see it here: a letterboard in front of a church with some pithy message that boils down to "come here or go to Hell."
They sound very, very happy, and very relaxed. Barring any major obstacles, they'll be home tomorrow afternoon, and I'll see my happy, sunburnt family again. It's time - I was starting to miss them a little. :-)
Kathy N-V