Beautiful Day

Though it started out a bit chilly this morning and despite the threat of rain that simply never came, today turned out to be beautiful. Chris and I were able to spend the entire day together, and I actually felt well all day! No pain!

We drove to Crossville, which is about two hours away, to see his granny who is in the hospital on the mend from surgery. She is doing much better than earlier in the week, and we enjoyed chatting with her for about an hour. After we left, we really had nowhere definite to be, so I somewhat jokingly suggested that we go to Chattanooga. His eyebrows shot up, and he said, ‘Why not?” So, we took the old route on Highway 127 to Chattanooga.

On the way there we talked about all sorts of things: house hunting, children, music, traveling, and so much more. And we enjoyed the scenery, which included a very majestic looking white tailed hawk that nearly landed on our car and a house shaped like a spaceship. The route took us over Signal Mountain, and we stopped at an overlook for a breathtaking view. The strange thing is that the only other people who stopped was a couple from Nashville. And even stranger, the guy works with one of our friends!

Once we arrived in Chattanooga I called up some old college friends to see if we could drop by since we were in town, and they told us to come on over. It was so nice to see their new house and new baby. They actually have three daughters; the oldest one is named after me. It was a short but pleasant visit, and it’s all that we did in Chattanooga.

Today felt spontaneous and adventurous. We didn’t really do anything outlandish, but it was out of the ordinary for us. And it was refreshing, just what we needed.