completion....

ok, so i managed to listen to the rest of my book-on-cd yesterday.......which means i spent a lot of time in the car......driving to the cross country meet in lexington........which turned out to be in a hilly park muddy enough to be the next woodstock.......the event was huge.......with elementary and middle school runs separated for boys anf girls, and the varsity runs separated by boys, girls, and school size (A,AA,AAA,AAAA) the danville team ran well in this, their last meet before regionals and the state meet...... danville runs single A, so we were out of there in time to find a thai place for lunch......the place i was thinking of..on new circle road...as closed....so we went on to i ching, in the hamburg place shopping area.........this place is confusing......you order first and they give you a number........and you get your own silverware, drinks, and condiments, but a waitress brings you your food.......i am sometimes fooled by thai- as hot and sour soup is not near as good in thailand as it is in china.......you would think that i could remember that from day to day.........the shopping complex is also confusing......lot of banks of stores, with parking all around them, and no arrangements for pedestrians...........and it was incredibly crowded for october.......after the first store i had really had quite enough....luckily i am closing in on completion for christmas shopping....and will be making no holiday forays to lexington for the REALLY crowded shopping season........we arrived back in danville in time to help ernst pass out candy at the shop-downtown merchants sponsor trick-or-treat...on saturday because we can't be celebrating pagan events on sunday........not in the baptist south.......so we handed out 4 shopping bags full of candies in the space of 2 hours.......and shared our storefront with our friend jamey who is running to keep his city commission spot........he passes out smarties with a little tag attached....be a smartie-vote for______he is a truly good man....and we are happy to do this for him.........the election is a completion that i am impatient for.......i really want it all to be over........less than 48 hours til i vote........