I’m now in Birmingham again. I’m staying a couple of nights with Ricky and going to Huntsville for a shower for Tammy and him on Saturday. We played tennis tonight…Ricky beat me 6-2. I figure that that’s two games better than I thought I’d do. 🙂 If I kept that up, I’d probably be in shape relatively quickly.

After that, I’ll spend a couple more days in Birmingham, then make the trip west to Oklahoma! Yep, I called out there today, and it’s been confirmed. I’ll probably make the drive on Tuesday (or possibly Wednesday) and spend about a week out there. I haven’t seen that part of my family since my sister and brother-in-law’s wedding, and I haven’t seen Oklahoma in at least 12 years. So I’m really looking forward to this trip. Well, all except for the drive, anyway. It will certainly be the longest drive that I’ve ever undertaken, beating any of my trips to Melbourne by at least three hours. But at least I’ll see a bunch of new things along the way.