I wish I was in London, England, but really I’m in London, Ohio for my birthday. Later today, I might actually go to Dublin (again in Ohio), but mostly I want to go to German Village to get a cream puff the size of my head – in lieu of a birthday cake, seeing how my MIL can’t even remember her son’s birthday, much less mine. We might actually make it out of this Motel 6 sometime this morning, if only The Coach would get moving! I swear, he’s slower than a teenage girl getting ready for the prom. I can’t give him too much crap, though: he got me a singing Soft Kitty and a Fleur De Mike t-shirt for my birthday.
If you don’t understand the Soft Kitty reference, then you definitely don’t watch Big Bang Theory.
Surprisingly, it didn’t take too, too long to get out to Ohio even though the Sherman Minton Bridge is (still) closed for repairs. We timed it just right, missing the tail end of rush hour. Well, that wasn’t really intentional: The Coach was still waiting for *two* of my presents to arrive via UPS|USPS. He is, after all, the worst last minute shopper ever. Remind me to tell you sometime about the year he was buying my presents at the Bryan, Ohio, Walmart on my birthday. {sigh}
We ended up stopping somewhere on the other side of Louisville – LaGrange, Kentucky, to be exact – to eat dinner at a Waffle House. And, like all Waffle Houses, we were treated to an entertaining side show. Last night’s entertainment? A team of sibling servers who talked to us (nonstop!) through our entire meal. They were quite funny and I am still pondering the question of whether penguins have knees.
When we got to London, we checked into a real, honest to God, motel. As in, drive right up to the front door and carry your stuff right into the room. And, it’s true: Motel 6 will leave the light on for you, but they don’t leave conditioner in your room. I guess we’ll be making a side trip to the drug store today to pick up frizz-be-gone juice as well as tape and gauze for Birdie’s little paw. [She got her foot stuck in the baby gate or something and cracked her nail right at the quick. Ouch!]