Well then...what's next?

Terri covered a lot of territory with her post, but I have one thing to add concerning the trip for now. As friends and family are aware, I am fond of pointing out the stupidity of stupid people. The ride home provided an excellent opportunity.

We stopped at a Burger Krud somewhere in South Carolina. After we ordered, the lady behind us was one of those ladies. She was probably nearing 70 and looked like she had a tragic collision with the Revlon counter. She was thin and nicely dressed, and exuded an "I'm richer than you" attitude. When she was asked what she would like to order, she asked what came in the fish sandwich combo. Without laughing, the girl at the counter explained that it came with the sandwich, choice of size of fries or onion rings, and a drink.

"Oh no, I don't want all that!"

Then she orders a fish sandwich, medium fries, and two drinks. Brilliant.

I do have some very good photos from the trip, my new camera is awesome, although I may have to bite the bullet on a good flash unit. My photography interests are mostly outdoors, but when you buy a nice camera people expect you to take good pictures of family activities, which often require a flash. I have one but apparently it doesn't synch with the new camera correctly, though it should. In any case, I will work on getting some pictures posted when we get back from Williamsburg.

Which brings up the schedule for the next few days. Tomorrow I'm going to take the kids to the lake and let them fish and swim. I may let them go out by themselves for a bit while I cut some more acrylic to fill light kit orders. Jason handles the boat pretty well and Sam is still intimidated by it so it doesn't create an "I wanna" situation. Thursday afternoon we're on our way Williamsburg to visit Busch Gardens on Friday. Hopefully I'll add to my pictures needing to be posted. We're going to visit Captain George's Thursday night, which is sort of a twice a year treat for us. Then it's back home so we can celebrate my dad's 60th birthday on Sunday (it's actually Saturday) and then I think I'm taking Jason up to Mike & Annie's to spend a week. I'm planning to take Sam fly fishing while Jason is gone, since she's more into it, and then we're hoping to see Alice and family at Uncle Bill's (Terri's great uncle, Alice is a cousin) the following weekend, when Jason will be back in my clutches. That leaves one week before school starts, and I'm planning for an overnight trip with the kids to fish the Rappahannock River southeast of Fredericksburg.

This morning Terri and Jason and I visited his new high school to attend the AF JROTC orientation. The program is new to the school this year, and is being run by Lt. Col. Harvey and MSgt. Lewis. Col. Harvey has been running JROTC programs for some time, and retired from launch control. Sgt. Lewis has a background in security. I was impressed with both and have high hopes that the program will work out well for Jason. he has a couple of friends that are going in this year as well. Terri was in uniform because she had to go to work after, so Jason has been identified as a military brat. We also got into my background, and it sounds like Col. Harvey may tap me for color guard, drill, and if they can pull it off, marksmanship help. We'll see. They also have a model rocketry program; I didn't even get into my background there.

It's going to be a busy nect couple of weeks, as the entire summer has been, and then we'll settle back into our routines. mine will be a little more energized with the writing goals at the top of my list.

We'll keep you posted, and I'll get some pictures posted soon, promise!