I took a road trip, of sorts, this weekend. The sort I’m talking about involved my entire family and one van. The van holds 7 people. Starting from front to back, and from left to right, we were Dad, Papa, Claire, my great aunt Faye, myself, Aunt Jan, and Mom.
When I drive from Pensacola to Henderson myself, it takes 6 – 6.5 hours, depending on whether I stop to use the bathroom or get gas. This weekend it was about 9 hours each way. It is difficult to achieve 9 hours without a major vehicle breakdown, but it can be done. The main strategy is to stop within the first hour to use the bathroom. Then, while making said stop, you take your time selecting a snack and a decent-sized beverage, thus securing the need for another stop within the hour. Lather, rinse, and repeat.
We did eventually make it to Henderson. I got to see Leslie, which was great. I miss having him around. I am thankful that God put us in a family where we can have such a close relationship. It is a great thing to be brothers by our own blood and brothers by Christ’s blood. Anyway, Leslie preached on Sunday, and did a great job. His girlfriend, Sarah (-h) made me a pancake Sunday morning, so she gets my seal of approval. I’m sure she was holding her breath. I also got to meet her sister, Christiana Christianna, who seemed pretty cool. Leslie is living with two guys, Mike and Eric, who have been his same roommates, or at least lived down the hall since he got to Freed. I have come to know them from sleeping on their couches/floors, so it is always good to see them, too.
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a few goals for the week. I did get some of them done. I set aside specific time to pray a couple of days, but not all of them. I still need to work on that. I bought the camcorder i was looking for. It should arrive tomorrow, so as soon as I figure out how to use it and post video, i will do that. I didn’t get anything mailed… shame on me. I also read up on my CSS, and have decided to do some revamping of the Free Travel page. It definitely needs it.
What I’m finding with CSS is that it is great, but does have it’s limitations. Eventually CSS and browser programming are going to have to make things a little more intuitive, especially when it comes to curved shapes and liquid layouts. Right now, as far as the underlying code goes, we’re still stuck with boxes. I do believe standards are the right path to take if we want to escape that model. Programming around browser quirks is just too much unnecessary effort, and it can’t make developing html and CSS behaviors any easier.
It is 2:24am. Goodnight.
