Vacation's Over

I know I've been a little lax on this blog lately. It's not because I've forgotten, it's just that we have been so busy while we've been off this week. The testing on the truck box was very enlightening (our first time) and also a success. Yay! What a proceedure! First you start the reefer at 3 p.m. and leave, come back at 9 a.m. the next morning, adjust the settings and leave, come back at 11 p.m. that night, adjust the settings again and leave, come back at 1 p.m. the next afternoon, shut everything down, remove the equipment and you are done. That's the first part. Now we get a temp-controlled run over 6 hours long and run one more test and we are cleared for the next 18 months. At that point we start all over again with it. Fun, huh?
After we finished in Ohio that Friday we came home for a week. It was time to check out a few things. We had our garage torn down and a new slab poured for a carport. We lost our only tree during one of the great storms of the summer. The place sure doesn't look the same. I almost drove past it coming from the store. It's amazing how much we depend on our landmarks to locate places. Besides a quick trip to the doctor we had the contractor over to discuss the finishing of the driveway, the landscaper came to make plans when the driveway is done, and we had a roofer over for an estimate. Oh, the joys of being a homeowner!!
We spent the weekend in Lafayette for a family gathering at an aunt's house. All six children from my dad's family were there, along with spouses, some of the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Two days of fun and craziness. There is always a theme (this year was wild, wild west), a talent show, and tons of great food. That's just Saturday, on Sunday there is more great food and loads of silliness, usually by the adults. Aunt Doris kept repeating "We are just a normal family!" NOT !! Normal is boring. We had a wonderful time and came home exhausted without even trying. Now we're waiting to hear from dispatch for our next load because it's time to get back to work. The truck is loaded and time is awastin'. So until next time . . . . . .