Surprise birthday party.

At 4:30 AM, the attendant knocked on our sleeping room door. I took a shower in the compartment smaller than any shower in our motor homes. The room left in the room when the lower berth is made into a bed. Calves with legs attached can barely slide by to get out of the room, not to mention closing the suitcases. We were able to get to the exit door just in time. What a blessing to see our car—left in the parking lot for 10 days—was left there and intact. We loaded up and began our search for Bloom, a grocery store, where I planned to buy some Matthew Fox wine for the winter. We went down the street to the south and couldn’t find it. We went the opposite way and were told it was back down the south. We went back and found it, still wondering how we missed it the first time. It wasn’t open so we went to a Hardees for breakfast. When it was 8, we went to the store and bought 18 bottles of white and red wine. We then left for Asheville. We arrived at Frankie Bones, the restaurant we planned for lunch, just before it opened. The manager was very accommodating and allowed Evelyn’s birthday dinner to be used for lunch. He also gave us a recipe for the breakfast casserole they serve. Evelyn plans to use it for her turn at hostess at the next LWML meeting. We made our way home, unloaded our suitcases, picked up the hearing aids I had forgotten and went to the audiologist. We had my aids tweaked and then returned home. Then, when Evelyn went into the door, the Beeli children jumped out wishing her happy birthday. I knew they were coming but she didn’t. We had a wonderful visit and began a game of Phase 10 while Emily prepared dinner. We ate the birthday cake Rosalie and Elizabeth had made and brought from Ohio. We really enjoyed the visit during the evening. Much of it was spent in preparing the house for sleeping. I talked with both boys, especially Andrew about what to do about my computer. We will search for a solution tomorrow morning.