Monday, October 20, 2008
Unpack, Wash clothes, Repack
Unpack, wash clothes, repack….this is getting to be a trend. We got home late Monday evening and left again Thursday morning. Although this time we’re not flying—we are going to Bismarck, ND. I needed to get some copies made, so we stopped in Bemidji and got them started. I had an appointment with an advisor at the college, so I went and visited with her. After I picked up my copies, I saw a place to get my hair cut—and, since I hadn’t had a chance to get my hair cut for a long time, I stopped in there.
After we stopped to eat supper in Fargo, we headed for Bismarck. I just got a broadband card for my computer that will allow me to be on the internet from anyplace that has AT&T cell phone service. It was really cool. I was sending e-mails as we were driving across ND. Actually Bob was driving and I was playing on the computer. Our car has an AC electrical outlet and Richard gave me a little light that gets plugged into the usb port. I’m just really set for working—well, maybe playing, since I can’t see the papers that I have to work with, but it works OK to type.
We got to Bismarck around 11:30 pm and checked in to the hotel. The conference didn’t start until 2—so we had some time to sleep in and relax. Friday night’s activity was cosmic bowling. Since I’ve been bowling pretty good on the Wii, I thought I would do OK—even though I haven’t actually bowled in a long time. Wrong!! It’s a whole lot different when you have a heavy ball to throw rather than the little light remote. I broke 100 the first time and was on track for the second game, but in the 10th frame, 
I threw my ball to the left and only picked up one pin and then threw the next ball to the right and only picked up one pin—so ended up with a 98. And the next couple of days I had the sorest left butt cheek!! I didn’t realize there was a muscle in there that gets used for bowling!
The conference went until 3 pm on Saturday, but we decided to drive home—even thought it was really late before we got there. We were really glad we did, because mom was sick and needed to go to the doctor on Sunday morning. Then there was a square dance party that we were able to make it to on Sunday afternoon.
After we stopped to eat supper in Fargo, we headed for Bismarck. I just got a broadband card for my computer that will allow me to be on the internet from anyplace that has AT&T cell phone service. It was really cool. I was sending e-mails as we were driving across ND. Actually Bob was driving and I was playing on the computer. Our car has an AC electrical outlet and Richard gave me a little light that gets plugged into the usb port. I’m just really set for working—well, maybe playing, since I can’t see the papers that I have to work with, but it works OK to type.
We got to Bismarck around 11:30 pm and checked in to the hotel. The conference didn’t start until 2—so we had some time to sleep in and relax. Friday night’s activity was cosmic bowling. Since I’ve been bowling pretty good on the Wii, I thought I would do OK—even though I haven’t actually bowled in a long time. Wrong!! It’s a whole lot different when you have a heavy ball to throw rather than the little light remote. I broke 100 the first time and was on track for the second game, but in the 10th frame, 
I threw my ball to the left and only picked up one pin and then threw the next ball to the right and only picked up one pin—so ended up with a 98. And the next couple of days I had the sorest left butt cheek!! I didn’t realize there was a muscle in there that gets used for bowling!The conference went until 3 pm on Saturday, but we decided to drive home—even thought it was really late before we got there. We were really glad we did, because mom was sick and needed to go to the doctor on Sunday morning. Then there was a square dance party that we were able to make it to on Sunday afternoon.
# posted by bjm @ 6:34 PM 
