i better get a head start on december and get a post in here…

thanksgiving went well. i went out to owensboro to have dinner with the girl and her family. the girl whipped up a feast worthy of kings and i made some killer mashed potatoes. what kind of family regularly shuns the wonder of mashed potatoes for holiday meals? i was quite astounded and was told "if you want them, you'll have to make them yourself." crazytalk.

well i did make them! and they were amazing! ha! take that!

anyway…the trip went well. we spent the next day watching the two towers extended edition and eating popcorn and all that day after thanksgiving jazz. i decided to come home friday night, which turned out to be a less than wise decision.

on the way home it started snowing. now…there's no interstate that goes to ol' owensboro, kentucky. whichever way you may go will involve you having to get off the main highway and take windy little backroads the rest of the way. normally it's not a problem. when it starts snowing like crazy and the roads are all frozen and they haven't salted them…not so great.

the best part was that it didn't get really bad until i actually got back home into louisville. 64 was a solid sheet of ice from the bridge until the 22nd street exit. there were six wrecks in this incredibly short stretch of highway and they actually closed the interstate down at that exit. they made everyone get off and take the regular city streets.

it took me about two and a half hours to get home from owensboro. a trip that normally takes me about an hour and a half. splendid.

tonight: the girl gets home. we'll go see billy's band play and then tomorrow night we're all going up to cincy to see low. should be fun.