Watch out for that man on the lawn-mower
Yesterday, Joye had to go get her car fixed in Aiken and I, having the day off as well, was dying to see Reese so I opted to tag along. The ride there was fairly uneventful...stopped at Love's gas station in Orangeburg to buy gas, water, and Wonka bars. Joye dropped me off at home and then went to get her car fixed and have lunch with her mom. I walked in the door and out of the dining comes Reese, in all her "just-started-walking" glory. She walked right up to me and gave me a hug. It was the sweetest thing. Mom said that she had taken her on a couple of errands (to school, grocery store, etc) and I was the first person she would go to other than her precious Nana. We spent the afternoon walking around, dancing and taking a two hour nap together. I am the first one to admit that I am not a "baby-person" but that girl has won my heart. I can't wait to get the last roll of film from my trip developed. I finished it yesterday with a couple of pictures of Reese walking around. Joye came and picked me up around 4:45 to go have dinner with her parents. I was sad not to see my dad...I really miss him. It's funny how spending two solid weeks of vacation with your family makes you miss them more after its all over. I do believe that was the longest continuous amount of time I have spent with my family since I moved to Charleston..so say about three or so years. Anywho...on the way back to Charleston, Joye and I are driving through one of the little poh-dunk towns called Pine Hill when we spot this guy riding a lawn-mower near the very end of his lawn bordering the highway. I would say that we were about fifty feet away from him when all of the sudden, the lawn-mower jumps forwards and jets out into the road directly in front of us. The guy struggles to turn the wheel, arm over arm. In an instant, he locks eyes with Joye and me, and all we could see is "the fear." His face was bright red and his eyes were bulging, as if he was in the midst of seeing his life play out before him. Joye swerved (sp?) hard to the left, avoiding a near fatal car/lawn-mower collision. Joye evened out the car. I turned off the radio. We sat in silence for close to a half an hour. Neither of us looked back.