Whew!

 Sorry for vanishing like that!

But it was a whirlwind weekend.

I rented a car on Friday morning and left town

about 10:30.

Ugh, South Florida traffic.

You can hardly see it, but this rental had a "heads up" display.

Right under the other car you can see my little

floating screen that shows my speed and even if a

turn is coming up! It was nifty!

Had to go to a town call Margate to pick up

the keys and information from the regular

instructor.

And then head on down the road to the

school in Miami.

It took from 10:30 until 3:30!!! (The GPS said

it should be a 2 hour and 20 minute drive,

but the detour into Margate took FOREVER!)

Got all set up and familiarized myself with the school.

(Not a wonderful part of town...)

Then off to my hotel.

Across the street from the big fancy horse race track.

(Which I can NOT remember the name of right now...)

Anyhow.

MUCH nicer part of town.

But seriously. 

NO RESTAURANTS!!!!!

Anyhow.

I was on the phone with Kyle while he was

driving across the country and I decided to

walk the 2 blocks to Target and get some salad

for me to take as lunches.

But there were NO crosswalks and I wasn't about

to try crossing 8 lanes of traffic without one.

So I walked back to my hotel, DROVE to Target,

got some salad, some candy for my class,

and a bag of honey coated almonds as snack for me.

Then back to my hotel.

And I walked to the Steak 'n Shake in the parking lot

for a sandwich and a shake.

And then BED!

Saturday I was at the school about 7:15 to make sure

I got the best parking spot (near the door) and

got everything up and running before the students

arrived for the day.

They were ALL Haitian.

Most spoke with a very very strong island accent.

Beautiful to listen to, but really hard to understand.

It was a HARD day of teaching.

When it was all done I drove back to my hotel,

walked to Steak n' Shake for a different sandwich

and a different shake, then upstairs to eat and SLEEP.

Sunday was a repeat of Saturday, except since it was

the final day, I also had to give them their final exam.

I had 17 students to test.

8 passed.

2 were close.

The rest CRASHED and BURNED.

It wasn't pretty.

(30's and 40's...)

I was finally finished with students about 9:20.

Packed everything up and headed back to the hotel.

And, you guessed it, Steak 'n Shake for 

another different sandwich and shake.

And then BED!!!

(Boy was I ready!)

My alarm went off at 4:00.

I wanted to get OUT of South Florida BEFORE

the rest of the crazy drivers woke up and got 

on the highway.

It was pretty smooth sailing. A little spitting of rain,

but the traffic was pretty light and I made good time.

Got home at 6:40 and slept on the couch until I

had to return my car at 9:00.

Then I cleaned out all the size 6 and size 8

(cuz let's be honest, those days are GONE)

from my closet and then Kyle and I took them to

a drop off and then to Sam's for groceries.

Then home to meet a guy who wanted to buy some

of our extra pasture gates, and then we went to the

beach for some well earned beach time!!!

And then, of course, I had to come home and teach my evening zoom.

Boy, am I ready to hit my bed again!

Sure glad my boy is home though!!!

So amazing he was able to build that whole house in

just a week.