I'm home!

We got in a little before midnight last night. This morning, Eric cooked breakfast, and then we unloaded the van and trailer, returned the trailer (we rented a U-Haul) and ran some errands. Now my van is clean inside and out and all the seats are back in. Still a LOT of work left to do. We'll get to that in a minute.

Good Stuff:
- No travel incidents, but we did see a lot of police on the highway on our way to Ohio, which was odd because it was Thursday afternoon. Since we were hauling the trailer, we were going slow enough that it didn't even get our heart rates up!
- The weather mostly cooperated. More on that below.
- We had a nice day and a good turn-out for our renewal ceremony. In addition to the family that came ( Dad and Linda, Mom, Aunt Shirley, Vicky and Justin), Greg (of The Boys) and his mom flew in from South Carolina, and several of my dad's old friends (who have known me since I was little) showed up.
- We had more than enough food for everyone. I still have fruit and veggies left. Thank goodness because it's time to get back on the food wagon!
- Ate reasonably well, but we did have fry bread for lunch three times so that doesn't help the waistline. The good part is when we went grocery shopping, we stayed away from the cookies and chips, so I didn't have that temptation.
- Eric bought the last big pieces for our camp kit--a prep/dishwashing table (counter space) and a kitchen, which consists of 4 boxes that stack. They have cubbies and dividers inside for storing food and dishes and all the little fiddly bits that we need. (Matches, fire starters, dice to play Farkle, all those little things that tend to get forgotten until we're an hour from home!) It's going to be a lot more efficient to pack and use since I'll pack dishes and a good bit of food in the kitchen, eliminating at least a couple of boxes.
- No plague, scurvy, wild animals, or Methodist zombies, but there was a drunk guy the other night walking through camp yelling at Rod that he was going to kick his a$$. I never did find out if he found Rod, but he did get arrested. :-) Always an interesting crowd, but drunk and disorderlies are rare.
- Set up and tear down were a lot less dramatic than they could have been. A couple hours each for the most part, which I'm impressed with, given the amount of crap we had with us. This is not a cheap, low-maintenance hobby!

Not So Good Stuff:
- It stormed Friday night. Like, severe thunderstorm stormed. We almost lost our fly, but we heard the canvas pop when the wind got it and went out to save it. It spent the rest of the night crammed under the table inside the tent. It was scary for an hour or so.
- We decided to come home early because it's supposed to start raining this afternoon and continue on and off through Saturday. We didn't want to bring home wet canvas. It's so much more work to get it dried out. The upside is Eric can have two days off to recover and still go back to work a day early.
- I need a haircut. Desperately. I let it grow out because I thought it might not be so crazy under my kirtch, but enough is enough. I might be making an emergency call to the hairdresser this week.
- I'm pretty stiff. More so, I think, than I usually am after camping. I'm chalking it up to the firmness of the bed more than the work of building fires and hauling water.

This Week:
- Varnish the camp kitchen.
- Clean out the garage to better organize camp gear and increase accessibility.
- Wash and store clothing and dishes.
- Don't forget out the Highland Games this weekend. Friday and Saturday are shot.
- Celebrate our anniversary tomorrow with dinner and a movie.
- Write.