I Was In A Car With H For Twelve Hours And We Both Survived

We have done a lot of driving since Wednesday evening.

First, we got to meet Grumpy Frump at a secret location. Maybe it was on our way to my family's house. Maybe we had to drive hours out of our way, but we think Grumpy Frump is worth it. Wouldn't you like to know? I won't tell. But I will reveal one secret. Grumpy Frump's real name is Gertrude Frumpensteen. Here is a picture of GF and me:

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You can't really tell from the picture, but GF is very cute. She also has amazing hair (which was so amazing, apparently, it could not be depicted in my picture). She is also really funny and very friendly, and I really liked her. I didn't think she was grumpy or frumpy at all! GF also had to meet H since he was driving with me, and she was very nice about it and didn't say, "Why did you bring that super tall man with you?" H liked GF as much as I did.

We had a great Thanksgiving meal with my family. My mom is such a terrific cook, and she really enjoys cooking. I wish I had inherited some of that, but instead, I make a lot of spaghetti. Not on Thanksgiving Day. Just in general.

I went shopping with my mom and sister, and later with my mom and H. We had a good time, but I still don't know what to get my mom and sister for Christmas. I finally gave my sister her birthday present (only two months late- gah!), and she seemed to really like it. I gave her two cd collections of stories from This American Life. My sister has a lot of driving coming up, so the cds will give her something to entertain herself while driving through the middle of nowhere, on her way to take her boards to become a veterinarian. I can't even spell vet, and my sister is smart enough to pass the boards. Geez.

H and I also got to go to a college basketball game. I LOVE LOVE LOVE college basketball, so I was excited to see the game.



I loved being a part of the sea of blue.
Obviously, I am not much of a sportswriter. So my summary is: the game was awesome. My team won, which made the game even more awesome. The end.

After the game, H and I met up with Nat. Once again, H came along with me. After he met GF and really liked her, he was excited to meet another blogger. Warning to any bloggers I may meet up with in the future: I suck at arranging meet-ups. I changed the time on Nat several times, and then I showed up at the wrong place. Excellent! After I called Nat and she realized that I am mentally challenged, she drove over to where I was, and I am so glad she did. She is hilarious. And very cute. I had a really fun time. H also really liked her. Nat's account of our meeting is here. There is also a picture that proves how cute she is and that neither of us are pervy old men.

So everything was really fun, but the most surprising part of the weekend was that H and I made it back to Minnesota in one piece. Twelve hours is a long time to spend in the car with someone. Especially with someone like me who takes pictures to entertain herself.

I kind of want to live in Beebeetown, just so I can say that I live in Beebeetown.

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H pondering some deep thoughts.

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Aren't you glad you don't have to take car trips with me?

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