One Week Later ...

Well... it has been one week since I left NY and ... I'm homesick already! There are several reasons for this, so far.

• When any stranger talks to me, I have to constantly remind myself that they are NOT doing their best Jeff Foxworthy impression!

• Everyone tells me "Don't drive on the 501 ... it is way too much traffic and takes forever to get anywhere"... Guess what? You can almost go NOWHERE without taking the darn 501!!! I have been two blocks over ... to the grocery store and Dollar General and the thrift store ... about 5 times already and am SICK of it!

• 3. I got cable TV and cannot possibly WATCH all those channels! Heck... I can't even FIND the channels I want! Who puts channel 2, 4, and 7 up around 10, 13, and 15 (I think)? Where did they put MSNBC and FOX news?

Hopefully I will get used to the local's accents (and maybe even understand them), and will get the nerve up to not listen to everyone and take the dreaded 501, and find some time to study the channel line-up (and someday memorize it) and things will be better :-(

I Have Arrived!

My longggggggggg road trip is over and I am now living just outside of Myrtle Beach ... in Conway, South Carolina. It took 13 hours from Hershey, PA to get to Conway ... but it was a smooth ride and there were no problems for any of us or our 3 vehicles! We got in at 9 pm last night and spent today shopping at Lowe's, Big Lots and a grocery store (who's name escapes me even though I now have their frequent shopper card)!
Thank you to an unknown neighbor who has an unsecured signal that I discovered this evening. Tomorrow, I get my own high-speed and cable TV. Also, our UPack boxes arrive in the afternoon and it will be a big job unpacking them!
Maybe we can actually have time to explore the area, and the beach, in a few days or so ... once the unpacking is close to done!

Promised Photos

Hershey Chocolate Factory

September 21, 2008

On The Road

We started our travel towards the South yesterday. Hit the road at 1 p.m. and made it to Hershey, PA at 7 p.m. We had our caravan of four vehicles ... like a flock of "snow-birds" ... with no mishaps or problems! With plenty of snacks and drinks, an audio c.d. set of Stephen King's "The Cell", an electric coffee cup AND a vibrating car seat cover, the trip (so far) was not bad at all!
Thanks to Chrissy for the already prepared fried chicken and homemade German potato salad dinner when we arrived and settled in at the LaQuinta Hotel! Kristy's daughter, Mya, got out her pent up energy by running between our three hotel rooms ... and Ruthie, the dog, followed suit!
Today is the search for "Willy Wonka" at the Hershey Chocolate Factory. It will be harder than finding "Waldo", but promises to be a fun tour with Trolley Ride and 3-D movie adventure, as well as FREE chocolate samples too! Hopefully, I will have pictures to share with all!
We will be hitting the road again in the early morning, with just 10 (or possibly more) hours left to flock to South Carolina!

Monday....Monday

It was a longggggggg, busy weekend... with NO packing! Now it is time to get back to work (not at a job.... haha...) with the moving stuff. I spent Saturday helping Michele settle in to her new home, which I think is perfect for her and the kids. Since my favorite thing to do is organizing, I really enjoyed helping her "nest".
Sunday was the birthday party ... Samantha turned 4 on Aug. 21st and Li'l Gee-Gee turned 9 on Sept. 3rd, so we celebrated both their birthdays in one day ... more wrapping paper than on Christmas!!! They got a lot of gifts that I wished existed when I was a little girl! Happy Birthday, again, to Sam-Sam and Gee-Gee!
I was able to bring home a lot of empty boxes to use for my packing. I better get busy with it, since it is only one week until my "UPackit" boxes come to be filled up and shipped to SC! Only 12 more days and I will be on my way to the "mortgage" ... LOL!