Andrew to Lexington, UK

We had a leisurely drive home on Tuesday.  It was a bright day as have been most of the during this past week.  We had played another round of miniature golf before leaving.  When we arrived in Waynesville, we went to the GO Grocery for more supplies for Andrew.  We walked around our loop and spent the evening alone.

Wednesday Evelyn worked on finalizing her Bible study notes.  She had made arrangements with Rolene to take the last half of the study tomorrow.  The choir director gave me great compliments on my short solo Sunday.  It is always good to hear compliments that our true.  E and I went to the basement to finalize the preparation for tomorrow’s study.  She wrote notes and questions on the chalk board for Rolene to follow.  We returned home to watch some of the programs I had recorded last night.  The Closer is now concluded.  Kyra Sedgwick has left the show, but another show is using most of the cast to make another series, Major Crimes.  I don’t think it will last very long.

Thursday morning I took Evelyn to jump start the study and returned home to attach the bicycle rack and bicycles to the Saturn.  We had loaded the car after arising.  We had no way to load it after the bicycles were attached.  We managed to fill the hatch area.  I picked her up about an hour early and left for Louisville—and Andrew.  The bicycles rode all the way without incident.  I was rather surprised but pleased.  Our trip was a smooth one especially since the gasoline in Kentucky was 7 cents less than in NC and 14 cents lower in Tennessee!  We arrived just after Andrew’s plane landed.  We had originally thought he would have to wait an hour, but our leaving early made the difference.  We stopped at a rest area on the way to Lexington.  We had made plenty of sandwiches to provide us dinner.  Andrew said he wasn’t very hungry but did a good job of cleaning out the cooler.  We enjoyed visiting with him while eating.  We used the GPS to find the dorm where he will stay while studying at UK.  He will love studying, especially since he has a full ride being a national merit scholar.  It was dark when we finished taking things into his room.  We were blessed that he had made arrangements with the dorm counselor to let him check in after 6.  We will try to get a picture of his room.  We think he will have to buy a desk lamp for his study desk.  I am thankful that my life of studenthood is far behind me.  I didn’t like the dorms at Ball State 50+years ago when they were attractive.  I don’t like the newer ones either.  We unloaded most of Andrew’s items and left him to check into our motel.  It is not as good as the Fontana Village Lodge, but it has a bed, etc. 

We were blessed to sleep in on Friday morning.  After breakfast we drove to the campus looking for some places that Andrew could find Christian friends.  We parked, after the GPS took us in a circuitous route to the campus, directly across from the Christian Student Fellowship where the students will meet for a luau for freshmen.  It was more difficult to find our way back to the actual dorm where Andrew will live.  When we found it, we learned that it is less than half a mile from the Christian center.  We had spent most of the morning wandering around WalMart checking on items Andrew might need.  We had found him some tableware in the morning at a Salvation Army distribution center.  They gave the items to us despite our offering to pay for them.  We will make a donation to the Army later.  We were blessed all day while looking around the campus.  It is quite a blessing to feel the Lord leading one around.  The greatest example was discovering how close to the CSF location Andrew lives.  We will  meet Andrew at 11 AM tomorrow morning to go to a banquet for honor students and then shop at WalMart.  We also need to find a place to worship on Sunday.

After resting during the day, we found a “contra dance” scheduled at a local Arts Counsel.  The floor was hardwood and was comfortable.  There were 5 string instruments and a drum.  The dance was similar to square dancing, so we knew some of the calls.  The dances went on for around 10 minutes, so it was almost guaranteed that everyone had caught on by the end.  My problem was that I got somewhat dizzy.  There were many swings and twirls.  I often have trouble with dizziness, but not like tonight.  I had to sit out 2 dances.  We also learned that there is a large contra dance community in Asheville.  I don’t think we will go there often for dancing.  I hope we can dump the bicycles off to Andrew tomorrow morning when we meet him for the banquet luncheon.