It's late. About 1am according to the clock on the computer that I'm typing on right now, but the date will still probably show as yesterday on the posting, which is what I intend. The lateness of the hour (or earliness, if you prefer) is a good indicator of the kind of time I'm having.
This morning wasn't all that wonderful. Packing never is. I woke up later than I would have liked, bussed myself, my cameras, studio, rifles, pistols, ammo, luggage, and various other assorted items to my truck to bring back to Lubbock with me. Instead of leaving the metromess at 10am like I would have liked, I left my house at 11 and had to make a few errands before I could ultimately leave. That happened at noon.
The drive back was pleasant once I had everything sorted and put in its place. I didn't stop once I finally got going. It was nice to listen to a complete audio book without having to change discs (thank you iPhone!). I got to the parents' house in the late afternoon and disgorged my truck of its cargo into the house. The parental units and I did the family thing until it was time to go up to the school to register for the weekend.
Registration was the normal thing, but just standing around and seeing some of my classmates from thirteen years ago was wonderful! We hugged, talked, got to see who had changed (and who hadn't). Right up until the first event of the weekend.
Road Rally school was first on the agenda. It was nice to see Mrs. Garrett (the English teacher extraordinaire) assume her old role and brief us on the dos and don'ts of the road rally. I remembered some of it, but not all. Of course I was flitting about the room, taking lots of pictures (as I somehow became the official photographer this weekend). Some of us had done a rally before, some hadn't. In my case I had done one, but we never finished it. Half an hour of briefings later, and we were all assigned to our respective vehicles.
There were only two in my truck: me, and my friend Casey. We were originally car 13, but somehow moved up to car 10. (I like that as I'm not a big fan of the number 13.) At our appointed time we received our instructions and struck out for the rally. There were a few places where we stumbled, but we made it through and finished! That brings my record to 1 for 2 completing road rallies.
After the rally, some of us went to Applebee's to talk and reminisce. It was interesting. Of the eight of us that were there, only two did a lot of talking. The rest of us just kind of sat there and enjoyed. Occasionally one of us would interject something, but we talked past midnight until we were all yawning and just about to fall asleep.
It was a great start to what I hope is a great weekend. There is a lot more I haven't written about, but I'm tired, so I'm going to sign off and put some more thoughts into a later post.
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