Well, this Valentines weekend was not really for me. It was more for Heather and her mom and brother, but none of us had a great weekend. We head down to Heather’s family home in SC about 6:30PM after I get off work. Well, the drive down was rainy, but nothing horrible. We pull into their driveway at about midnight. I immediately head to bed while they stay up to talk.
Saturday starts out well enough. We relax around the house and then prepare to go out and have a nice steak dinner at the Peddler. Dinner goes quite well and we have a good meal. Afterwards, we head over to BestBuy as I ended up getting some early birthday money and decide to put it to use on a new GameCube for my entertainment center. This all goes well…
Now we hit the not so good part of the story…
As the day is wrapping up, we watch the local news and find that Charlotte will probably be getting .25 to .5 inches of ice sometime early Sunday morning, so in an attempt not to get stranded somewhere or make a long detour through Columbia, SC we decide to head on home about 12 hours earlier than planned. The trip lasts from around midnight to around 5AM. So, we both fall asleep at home and now Heather seems to be developing a cold amidst the nasty ice/sleet/freezing rain crap that is going on.
Oh well, not every trip can go well. I just wish half of ours did 