Over the river and down the interstate

Both chicks are back in the nest tonight after wrapping up finals... the youngest her first semester in college, and the oldest her last semester of grad school. I flew to NC to help the older chick do a final apartment clean out and pack of the car so we could hit the road to Texas. We drove a little over 1300 miles in two days, and boy were we glad to see home yesterday afternoon around 5:30. 

We passed and/or sat behind waaay too many of these big rigs on Interstates 40 to 85 to 65 to 10 as we trekked through seven states in 48 hours.

We had Dewey riding shotgun, the daughter's five month old chorkie baby. In his Christmas sweater all curled up like he was a cinnamon roll. Or practicing yoga poses.

Once we got through the morass that is Houston traffic (on any given day), we stopped at the ever-popular Buc-ee's for gas, snacks and a bathroom break, dog included. While we were in their lovely store perusing the selection, we spied the Buc-ee's Beaver dressed as Santa. And y'all know how much I love St Nick.   It's going to be a very merry holiday around here with us reunited as a family of four, and hosting Christmas Eve and Day for our entire extended family plus some good friends!