Sunday, January 03, 2010
Wot I Did on My Vacation
On Thursday travelled with Ali Ben Maddy Theo Elias Mother and Father in law all crammed in Honda Odyssey to Folly Beach met up with brother Don his wife nephew Mark his wife nephew Joel brother Daryl his wife nephew Ambrose aged 3 went to Wendy's en route annoyed wife but delighted kids by buying fireworks at big firework supermarket met the Coffeys who happened to be at the beach too set off fireworks burning my thumb but preserving all other limbs intact ate big meal drank beer saw the New Year in with hooters and poppers promised to not say ugly things about people (unless they deserve it) slept late wrote a chapter went to cathedral for Mother of God Mass wept at Mass for the beauty of God's bounty and wondered why anyone doubts transubstantiation because that seems more real to me than all the other silly illusions most people who read the news think is real bumped into friends endured jibes about how fat I am getting and vowed to lose weight walked on the beach resisted temptation to do polar bear plunge (easy) ate fried turkey and ham with family all together watched O Brother Where Art Thou? with Ben and Maddy "We thought you was a toad!" went wall climbing in which my son fell on my nephew and made him cry visited the USS Yorktown and a submarine took English people to yet another fast food joint drove home wishing American cars and roads were like the slot cars I had when I was a kid just drop the runner into the slot hit cruise control and sit back to watch a movie Vacation over. AMEN.
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6 comments:
Phew! Glad you're back, but surprised you didn't go to the Shack while at Folly Beach. Cheap and good and not through the car window! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Epiphany, almost, AnneG in NC (even if it's on the calendar for today)
Wow, for a moment there I thought Caitlin wrote this entry (especially the part about not saying "ugly things about people (unless they deserve it)" LOL) . Sounds like you had a nice vacation.
We were at Garden City Beach...must've been you making all that firework racket we heard further south.
Father Longnecker, this is your training you ain't seen nothin yet!!
It's all ok though, the Lord will fit you for the task. He equips what He tasks.
Prepare.
A Rosary prayer.
God bless, and may Our Lady surround you with her mantle.
You all definately need to eat at better places than you did. The battery isn't that far from the cathedral and there is a parking garage right in front of waterfront park. You could have had breakfast on the pier, eatting off fine linen for cheap than munching out of syrofoam cups and smelling like fried junk.
the fast fooderies were all that was available on the drive to and fro. I generally avoid them as much as I can
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