My family, Gordon and I arrived safely back from Kentucky late yesterday night. We spent a good part of the weekend driving down and back to home (12 hours there, 12 hours back = 1 full day of driving). It was a lot of fun and quite relaxing for the most part.
Friday - Driving day
3:30am - Packed up our bags, gassed up and picked up Gordon from his house
4:00am - Left tdot for Kentucky
7:00am - Pit stop for gas, washroom, and Mickey D’s
8:00am - Crossed the border
1:30pm - Arrival in Kenwood shopping center in Cincinnati for Chick Fil A (MUCH better than KFC), and Bath & Body Works
4:30pm - Arrival in Louisville, KY, hug Alex, unload all his stuff (my mom bought his 12 boxes of chips ahoy cookies…at least 6 bottles of maple syrup…just because), settle into hotel and shower
7:00pm - Walk around the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and take pics
7:30pm - Meet K (Alex’s new female friend:P) and her sister, have dinner with them at Oriental House (one of like, 2 chinese restaurants in Louisville=P)
9:00pm - FROZEN CUSTARD! What a delightful (fattening) treat. I had the butterscotch pecan crunch with vanilla custard. YUM.
10:00pm - Back in the hotel room, read with Gordon, CRASHED
Saturday - Shopping day
7:30am - Dad wakes up and makes noise. He likes to wake everyone up when he’s up.
8:30am - I decided to get up.
9:25am - Alex is annoyed cuz he had told us to be ready and downstairs at 9:15am. Don’t you love family? 
10:00am - Breakfast at IHOP with K and family+G. I ordered Fruity Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity!!!! (just like Lucy from “I am Sam” :D)
11:30am - Off to go shopping at Edinburgh!! (80 miles away)
1:00am - Arrival at shopping outlet. Commence mad shopping. I bought:
-J. Crew plaid shorts - 7$!!
-Nike cleats (for softball next year) - 15$!!!
-Crocs - 10$
-Leather purse - 20$
-Presents for my co-workers…
8:00pm - arrive back in Louisville, go back to Oriental House for congee and noodles & choy
9:30pm - Arrival back at hotel. We rummage through our stuff and discover we have lost two bags: a bag with my birkenstocks (just got them last week before the trip), my dad’s birkenstocks (just got them for him for Father’s Day), and a bag with 3 pairs of crocs. (My dad and I had taken off our birks when we got our new crocs, and put it in a separate bag along with the other 3 new pairs of crocs). Jacqueline is of course, extremely upset.
10:30pm - Tired of trying to retrace our steps; off to bed.
Sunday - Day of rest
8:00am - Rise and shine
9:15am - Meet Alex and follow him to Immanuel Baptist Church (I had to wear my crocs to church:(:()
9:30am - Sunday school (Biblical womenhood)
10:40am - Worship service
12:30pm - Call Edinburgh outlets’ management office to ask about our stuff - Gordon called and they told us someone had dropped off our stuff! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!! We decide to go back on Monday, on our way back home, instead of spend another 3 hours in the car driving there and back.
2:30pm - Arrive at Mark’s Feedhouse for some lunch grub. Waited foreeeeeever for a table (we had a large group). Played with the kids (Alex has married friends). I tried FRIED PICKLES (so good!) and fried corn. Everything is fried in Kentucky.
5:00pm - Change and head out to Chickodee (sp?) - a park nearby. Walked around and enjoyed the sunshine (actually, it was quite HOT), and the outdoors. Took some pics and pretended to be a model.
7:00pm - Back in the hotel room watched STREET FIGHTER, the Later Years with Gordon.
8:00pm - Dinner with Alex’s friends, K, family + G at the Red Pepper
10:30pm - Hotel and crash
Monday - Driving day II
7:30am - Rise and shine
8:30am - Leave KY for Edinburgh, then Tdot
10:00am - WE GET OUR STUFF BACK, and buy another present for a coworker
11:00am - Back on I-65 to Home
6:00pm - Arrive at border, stop at Duty free for some cheap beer (my dad’s idea, not mine)
10:30pm - Back in Tdot, get some congee and fast chinese food at local restaurant
11:30pm - Drop Gordon off and go home
So that’s your play-by-play. Lots of fun times. I enjoyed the fried pickles and Chick Fil’ A:) I like frozen custard too. And the company of Alex, K and family…and of course Gman:P
I’ll be uploading pics on my flickr later (add me as a friend).
