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Typing this from Florence, South Carolina. The first day of travel went well. Tim and I are in our hotel room now, relaxing and watching 'Bob's Burgers' on the tv. I've got my laptop hooked up to the library WiFi and trying to catch up on the flist a bit.

We left a little later than I meant to, but it all worked out perfectly. We were on the road from my parents' around 10:30-11. It was smooth sailing all the way, once we got out of the traffic that is Virginia. We got to the hotel around 5:30, which was good because my Dad was fading fast.

My Dad starts to get a little weird once the sun goes down, it seems. I think part of it is just getting tired but it is possible this is "sundowning" and may be the early stages of dementia or alzhiemers. I also think it might be tied to alcohol, as when he is at home, he starts to take shots of whiskey when the sun starts going down. I think he actually did really well today because he couldn't drink anything but water. My Mom said he was sick last week too and is recovering so he is a little drained.

Tim is a real trooper considering he drove the whole time and my parents and I ended up talking the whole time. I'm not sure if we will be able to maintain that tomorrow. I should download some NPR podcasts or something to listen to in case we have nothing else to say LOL. My Mom and I are good at talking about nothing for long stretches of time though. It is a Grady skill.

Anyway, need to get to sleep, another day of driving and talking tomorrow. But in the end, we will be in Orlando so YAY!
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Tomorrow is the first day of our not-quite-a-week long trip with my parents.

I'm excited but also nervous - as I think I have mentioned before, this will be the longest amount of uninterrupted time I have spent with them since I moved out. Definitely the most Tim has ever spent with them LOL. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly and we have a good time.

Both my parents retired in July and my Mom made a comment while we were at the Bastille concert that my Dad doesn't seem to know how to get out and do fun things so I thought HARRY POTTER WORLD! We are all movie nerds and I had such a great time at Universal Studios a few years ago. Plus, now that we are not trapped in the summer vacation cycle, they can experience the park when it is not crammed with people and 100 degrees outside.

At least, that is what I am hoping for! Right now, the forecast is looking good, with mid-60s and 70s temps on the two days we have in the park. I'm hoping we can just take our time and wander around because 2 days is plenty of time for both parks, so no rush.

We are driving so tomorrow we will go a little less than 7 hours and stop in lovely (I hope) Florence, South Carolina and then pick up on Sunday and go the rest of the way to Orlando. Staying at a Universal resort so we can have the shuttle back and forth and early park admission and whatever the other perks are.

Anyway, I am way behind on my flist, so sorry about that but obviously not catching up this week! I need to get to bed as it is midnight here and I want to wake up around 8am. A little extra sleep from a normal work day. :)

You can follow my adventure on twitter and instagram, if you want. I'll try to post often to prove we are alive and having fun!

See you on the flip side!
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I just had to share this because it is classic family interaction.

My mom sent my brother downstairs to get the ice cream she had made with her ice cream maker. He comes walking up the stairs with this metal cylinder and I hear him mumbling:

"Dodgson! We got Dodgson here!"

I respond with the appropriate "See, nobody cares."

And he laughs and says "Yeah, it was really cold so it made me think of embryos."

Now, does anyone else out there understand what that whole conversation was about?

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