It wasn't really a debacle per se, I just love to use that word. Paul's brother, sister-in-law, two nieces and dad were coming up to Baltimore Friday for the Sox game Saturday so I worked a 1/2 day Friday with the plan being to meet Paul and his dad at Paul's and then the three of us would drive up to Baltimore and have dinner with the rest of the family. We left a bit later than we wanted (about 3:45) and hit the road thinking it would take us longer than the usual hour to BWI. Longer turned out to be an almost 4 hour drive. It was awful. There was a sinkhole on the BW Parkway which is the road we needed to be on. This made everyone take the 95, the only other road we could take. Again, it was awful. I tried to keep looking on the bright side - at least I wasn't stuck in a car with people I couldn't stand; at least we had a/c; at least we were listening to good music - but man it was tough. I feel awful for Paul's dad - he had driven up from South Carolina that morning. We finally hit BWI and had dinner with his family which was a very pleasant time. His nieces are two of the prettiest children I've ever seen and very well behaved. They absolutely adore him too. Very cute.
So, after the short visit Paul and his dad dropped me off at the train station so I could catch the 10:30 train back to DC. For those of you smart folks, yes I actually spent more time getting to Baltimore than I spent there. 1/2 hour train ride later I was in DC and on my way home where I had a great night's sleep to start the most relaxing weekend ever.
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