Tues.-Thurs. 1/29-1/31/13

Today I was surprised to see Joyce (the new volunteer) come in again.  I thought I might have pooped her out yesterday, but she is a gutsy woman.  We put out a lot of new items that had come in yesterday afternoon, but more than half of it was sold by the time we left.  It was another hot day - in the 80's, so after lunch, Dave and I went for a swim in the pool.  We cooked our last dinner and then cleaned out the fridge.  We didn't have too much left over - 3 eggs and a stick of butter which I will take to bingo tomorrow night to give away.

Today was our last day and wouldn't you know it - Dave was throwing something away and cut his finger on a piece of glass that was in the bin.  We drove to the clinic, but it was not a candidate for stitches as it was more of a gouge than a slice.  The doctor put a gel sponge on the wound and then wrapped it up in a huge bandage.  Of course, it is his middle finger so if he raises it, there will be no doubt about his message!  He lost a bit of the meat on the finger and says he will go to any lengths to lose some weight!  We have both been dieting while down here so we will be anxious to see how much weight we have lost in a month.  We went back to work to finish out our day - Dave just had to take it a bit easier.  The bosses surprised us with a lovely thank you card and a cake (there goes the diet)!  They were so nice and good to work for.  We came home (skipping lunch because of the cake and because we are eating out tonight) and did laundry, vacuumed, etc.  We packed the suitcases and the car just keeping out our clothes for tomorrow and a change for on the road.  We ate out at Cody's which was a good choice.  Although we had to wait for a table, it was well worth it.  I went to bingo, but didn't win anything this week.  I said goodbye to some of my bingo buddies and got to bed by 9:30.  I didn't read as long as I normally would as I knew we would be getting up on the early side.

We got on the road at 5:45 AM.  The temp was 62.  We drove up to the Florida border and then into Georgia.  The stories about the cops in GA are true - we saw 11 police cars either at radar traps or having pulled a car over to the side of the road.  I kept strictly to the speed limit and we stopped for lunch in South Carolina.  We saw a bald eagle cross in front of us on the highway which was thrilling!  We soldiered on, changing drivers every three hours until we finally got to Hopewell Springs, VA at 6:30 PM.  This is on the ring road just south of Richmond.  We checked into a motel and walked down the block to an Italian restaurant.  We chatted with the motel manager about how long a drive it is until we hit the Washington beltway and have pretty much decided that we shouldn't get on the road until about 8 AM tomorrow so as to let most of the commuters into DC to get where they are going.  I really hate sitting in bumper to bumper traffic!  We will be home sometime tomorrow and will be happy to sleep in our own beds.