Adventures in Kentucky

We went to Kentucky for an extended weekend from Saturday to Monday. The main purpose of the trip was to celebrate Jeff's parents' 40th wedding anniversary, but we also found some time to spend with my dad and Marvis.

We made it to Lexington on Saturday afternoon, and had a late lunch with Dad and Marvis, who had graciously agreed to take Vinny overnight so that Jeff and I could enjoy some time alone together. We spent the afternoon walking around the campus of the University of Kentucky, and reminiscing about our time there as students. It was a lot of fun to see the old sites as well as to marvel at all the new buildings, landscaping, and renovations.

Then we went out to dinner together and we had a good time talking and just spending time together. We spent the night in a hotel and it was great to be able to sleep without worrying about being awakened. Dad and Marvis said that Vinny was his usual cheerful self the whole time we were away.

On Sunday afternoon, we headed on over to Rhonda's house to celebrate the anniversary. All the kids, their spouses, and their kids were there. I brought a cake that I had made before we left, and Jeff made a salad for the dinner. In addition, we had really delicious steak, baked potatoes, and bread. Jeff gave his dad a picture of his dad and Vinny that he had drawn, and we gave Jeff's mom a keychain digital photo frame filled with pictures of Vinny. We also gave them a card from my dad and his wife. It was a lot of fun to see everybody and get together. We'll definitely have to do it again sometime.

We spent Monday with Dad and Marvis. Marvis is a teacher and the school year is out, and Dad took a day off from work, as did I. We celebrated Father's Day a little early, and gave Dad a joint present from us and Laura, a bocce game. He had become enamored of the game which is called pétanque in France, while he was living there, but hadn't ever picked up a game of his own. Unfortunately, it was raining on and off yesterday, so we didn't get a chance to try it out.

We left Lexington at about 5:30 or 6, and at the time Vinny was asleep, but he woke up when we stopped for gas. I turned around to comfort him, became dizzy, and got a migraine. I took some of my new migraine medicine, but unfortunately it did not help at all. In fact, I still have a headache now, 24 hours later. Vinny cried for most of the way home. We stopped and fed him, but he still cried, until he eventually fell asleep. That did not help my headache any. When we got home, we fed him and I took him to bed.