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Good morning, Y’all!

I’m finally in
North Charleston and we’re temporarily settled into the Extended Stay Hotel and looking for a more permanent place to live.  We looked at one house yesterday that was pretty nice, but I just wasn’t sure about the neighborhood.  All the lawns were a bit overgrown, but Micheal said it was because of all the rain they’ve had here lately.  I hope he’s right about that because it wasn’t a bad house at all.  It has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a nice kitchen, separate dining room and a nice yard, both front and back.  We could manage there very well.  And it would only be about a 15-20 minute drive for Micheal to work. 

I’ve got a call in on a place right now that’s a little farther out, but it sounds pretty good and it would be partially furnished, so we wouldn’t have to worry about renting furniture and stuff to hold us til we can get our stuff Thanksgiving weekend.

I got here Friday morning and I’ve been pretty much on the go ever since.  I spent Friday afternoon getting my nails cut, my hair trimmed and shopping for a few necessities.  Saturday we went shopping for more necessities and yesterday we walked around the outlet mall (about 2 blocks away) and then went to look at a house.  I’m tired.  Today I’m just gonna hang around here and take it easy.

I did enjoy my drive down, though.  I drove all day Thursday with the top down on the car.  It was funny…I started passing this big rig on the highway and happened to look up at the driver’s window as I passed (I couldn’t pass him quite as fast as I normally would because of traffic).  Anyway, I looked up at the driver’s window and he was taking a picture of me with his phone camera!!!  Now how wild is that!!!!!  I’m sure it was the car that caught his attention, but it was still a bit flattering!  And I did look kinda cute with my sunglasses, spaghetti strap top and the lace scarf tied over my hair!

You’d be surprised with the idiots out there on the road.  They see somebody in a sports car and think they can act stupid.  I had several people get really aggressive with their driving, kinda like they were challenging me.  I’ve never had that happen driving my Baja so I know it had to be the car.

I’ve done pretty good with the eating…not perfect but ok considering I was on the road.  A couple of hours after I got on the road Thursday morning I stopped and got breakfast… a ham & cheese omelet, hashbrowns and biscuits.  I only ate a couple of bites of one biscuit, about 1/3 of the hashbrowns and about 2/3 of the omelet.  I didn’t eat again til I got to the hotel.  I was so tired I didn’t want to go out again so I ordered a thin crust Hawaiian pizza and ate part of that.

The next morning (Thursday) I left the hotel and stopped for gas about an hour later.  I got a Little Debbie cake for breakfast (I know, not a great choice, but it was raining and I just wanted to get to
Charleston).  I didn’t eat again til dinner that evening after I’d arrived here, which was salmon and broccoli.  I also had a salad and a couple of golf ball sized rolls. 

So all in all I did pretty good while traveling.

Since then I’ve not done too bad.  Saturday and Sunday both we went to IHOP for breakfast – a ham & cheese omelet and hashbrowns both mornings.  Saturday night I had a taco salad (but I didn’t eat the shell) and last night we had Chinese.  Yeah, I know that wasn’t a good choice either, but tonight I’m cooking and we’re gonna have chicken and veggies.

So that’s what I’ve been up to the past few days. 

I’m off to read some blogs.  Y’all have a great day!