<\/a> Well, I\u2019m finally able to blog again. My Black Jack has decided to stop working \u2026 could be the cell tower somewhere up the coast that I got \u201cstuck\u201d in \u2026 or maybe it\u2019s finally running out of caffeine from the dump in my coffee cup back in December. Either way, no phone calls or internet from that phone. Maybe I\u2019ll get unstuck once we get back in New Jersey?<\/p>\n

Day 2 \u2013 we started out in Richmond, VA at the hotela. Kaija, Chayton and Courtney went for a morning swim; while Nazeriah and I stayed back in the room for a little rest. Maybe I was the one resting, and Nazeriah was just waiting for it to be over?<\/p>\n

With breakfast and a swim under our belt it was time to get moving again \u2026 oh wait, it was time to eat lunch. Off to Panera (and a quick side-stop at a really nice Franklin Covey store for Mommy and Daddy).<\/p>\n

Okay, now we\u2019re moving \u2026 onto North Carolina and the beach! On one of our rest stops, we met a gentleman and his dog (Kelsey) driving to Florida from Morristown, NJ. Chayton has become very dog-interested (okay, so he still sometimes calls them \u201ckitty\u201d). So far, we\u2019ve made the acquaintance of two dogs and their people. Once Chayton sees the dog, he get\u2019s quite adamant that we have to go over and pet the dog. And he pets them! He\u2019s less afraid of these dogs than the girls are! So far, we\u2019ve met a German Sheppard and a sheltie dog.<\/p>\n

The rest of our drive was pretty tame \u2013 Courtney sat in the back with the girls and watched a movie with them; I was jammin\u2019 out to music up front; and well, Chayton was stuck in the middle. We did hit a lot of weather \u2013 heavy rain for most of the trip and a little hail.<\/p>\n

We got to our hotel and immediately went down to the beach \u2026 it was getting dusk, but there was also a big storm moving in. Once the thunder and lighting got a little close, all the girls were ready to go in (including me!). But it was on to the pool for a swim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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