5 Ways In Which The Universe Is Conspiring To Ruin Our Great Southeastern Vacation

1. K's phone at work rings at 4:32 after she has just shut down her computer. "Could you please do this one thing? He'd really appreciate it if you could get it to him this afternoon."

2. On Wednesday morning, B heads out to his car to find two smallish cracks on the lower right hand side of his windshield. On Thursday afternoon we find that the cracks are no longer smallish.

3. Wednesday night;, hailstorms. Thursday, rain. All day. Rain.

4. On the day B & K are to leave for vacation, K finds a mysterious envelope from the City of Bettendorf in her mailbox. This envelope contains a subpoena to appear at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, 6 March.

5. B is pretty sure he has dislocated his thumb.

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Also. Running Tally

Waffle House - 8
Shoney's - 7
Tudor's Biscuit World (new to me) - 7

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Also also. The official song of the south is actually something by Nelly Furtado. And you thought it was something else.

- K.