Getaway Recap

We took off last weekend and made the just over 2 hour drive to Albany to visit our high school friend, Sara. We were originally supposed to head out nearly 2 weeks before we did, but a huge storm blew in and there was no way it was happening. Plus, to make it worse, the night before we were scheduled to leave for the second time, another storm blew in and had me chewing on my fingernails, waiting to see if it would clear up enough for us to leave in the morning.
Miraculously, all was clear Saturday morning and we prepared to leave.
Here's Buckwheat as we are preparing to leave, posing against the stack of shelving that will be used in his room once I get the bi-fold doors up, rug down, and new paint on the walls. Don't mind the monitor on the floor in my dining room, T-Bone has yet to take it out after it decided to stop working on his computer.Buckwheat and T-Bone posing, right before T-Bone hopped in the shower and dressed in real clothing, and not work threads. I have to remember not to take pics of him while wearing his EMT/Firefighter hat, it's reflective so that he can be seen in the dark while on a call.
We left at about 10:45 a.m., nearly 15 minutes behind schedule. On the way, I had to stop and head into a local grocery store to pick up some odds and ends that I either didn't have, or had forgotten. We hit lunch at McD's, and were on our way again.
Our second scheduled stop was at Brook's BBQ, the place rocks as I've mentioned before. We picked up 5 chicken halves to have with our dinner that night at Sara's. Fueled up, and headed out again.This was nearly an hour outside of our second stop, and around 15 minutes before T-Bone's first toll use encounter, which had him super nervous and wanting to pull his hair out. Did I forget to mention that T-Bone shaved in the car while I was in the grocery store? I think his pricey electric shaver that he had to have, has turned out to be a good investment after all!Buckwheat, at the same time, doing itsy bitsy spider. He usually doesn't play it without some extreme coaxing, so when I turned and saw him doing it on his own, I was impressed and managed to get a pic of it.
We had our harrowing turnpike experience, with T-Bone pissing other drivers off as he entered the wrong lane for the booths, then had to speed to catch the right exit right off it. Thankfully, these tolls were less than 15 minutes outside of Sara's home, so T-Bone had a bit of time to calm down before we pulled in the drive.
I didn't get any pics upon arrival, I think that getting settled in and reacquainted took most of my thought process, and I didn't manage to yank the camera out until all of us were in the kitchen, getting in the way, and helping/watching the dinner preparation.
T-Bone, in guest mode. He refuses to wear his hat in a kitchen, or near dinner time. Of course, he can't stand around chit chatting without his trusty sidekick, Old Man Dew. Those two are inseparable. The guy in the blue sweatshirt is Sara's hubby, Scott. And, on the right.. you can just barely see Sara at the counter.
Buckwheat, and Sara & Scott's little guy, Bug. They are both sitting in their big boy chairs for dinner time. The funny part about the big boy chairs? We brought ours up with us, and it turns out to be the exact same one that they have for Bug!Bug and Buckwheat, again. This time, Buckwheat is regaling us all with his prima ballerina pose. Yeah, he's a ham!T-Bone with the boys before dinner, giving them both antlers. Buckwheat calls it his big deer pose. He has millions!
Dinner was great, but Buckwheat was restless and really didn't eat like he should have. Bug, on the other hand, cleared his full plate, and asked for seconds!
After dinner, the boys played around while we all chatted. I have pics of them jumping on the bed that was made for us, pics of them playing, pics, pics, and more pics. But if I post them all at once, this post is going to be super long. So here are a few of my faves...
I was aiming for a pic of T-Bone as we were all chatting, and just as I aimed.. Sara scooted in for perfect timing! I LOVE this pic!Here's me and Sara. If I look kind of... agitated.. I was. A tad bit. We posed for this pic for at least 3 minutes before T-Bone actually got the camera to work. The look on my face is a tad pained, and for good reason. My eyes were burning from trying not to blink and ruin the pic, which would cause T-Bone to take another 3 minutes of posing to get another one! And, if you are thinking that Sara might belong to the clan of the short people, you would be wrong! She is actually maybe an inch or so shorter than I am. BUT.. I was wearing 3 inch heeled boots in this pic, and towered above her. I didn't realize it until after the pic was taken.I tried to do a one-handed-cam in front of face pic of me and T-Bone. It worked out all wrong, and I have the pic to prove it. But, to save my sanity with pic posting.. I will refrain from posting it. Yeah, that's the reason. Uhhh huh. Sure is. Sara took this pic for us, to save me another failure.Here's Sara, Scott, and Bug.. seeing us off on Sunday. We really did have a great time, and there was so much more to post about. But I'm wearing my lazy suit, and am so not in the mood to drag more pictures all over this blog. I told Sara that I would try to get them posted, and here they are!!