I survived my trip to Florida. We got Brad packed up and then moved to extricate ourselves from the south with maximum expediency.

I did get the opportunity to meet Brad's father on the way back up. He is a very interesting, friendly, and geeky gentleman, which is more or less what I was expecting. The interesting discovery was that Brad interacts with his father almost identically to the way he interacts with his friends. They exchange book and movie recommendations. They crack wise about stupid people. And they discuss which actresses they would like to "have relations" with.

After an unpleasant and unscheduled stop west of Chattanooga we made it safely back to West Lafayette. We spent the next two days recovering, unpacking, and re-arranging. My Gooseberries arrived in the mail on Saturday. I quickly got them in the ground. I have noticed that my subconscious plan for the garden appears to be to dig up everything decorative and replace it with something thorny and fruit bearing. This evening we completed episode three of the new Melderon game. I like several of the characters that were introduced.