Day 3 Report

Here’s the wrap-up on day 3: (Only 3??)

Mattie survived her big night away from home. I went to work. Cynthia and the kids went to Lewis Ginter and played with some butterflies. Mattie did her photo-shoot, which was apparently some kind of gig where she dressed up in Christmas clothes for some forthcoming catalog. The kids gave Cynthia some earrings and a dragonfly. Mattie beat everyone at Candyland. I devised a veritable fortress of network security, with at least four layers of encrypted password keys, to protect the web services I’m developing at work from unauthorized usage. The kids played with a Slip n’ Slide. Samantha was stung by some form of insect (don’t panic, she is fine). I stopped by the Chinese place to pickup an order for enough food to feed approximately 458 people. (Seriously, how does an order for Cynthia and I cost $9 and an order for Cynthia and I plus three kids cost $45??) The Chinese guy felt so sorry for me having to shell out so much of my hard-earned dough that I got 4 free cans of Pepsi. The kids swarmed around me like ravenous dogs when I got home, and Cynthia yelled at me when I tried to inform her of this while she was on the phone. We ate at the table like civilized people. I retreated to the safety of adding multi-user network support to my mistake-program, while Cynthia and the kids watched Shrek. There was a lot of commotion and singing during the end credits, but I didn’t dare venture out to see what that was all about. I think Cynthia is making cookies, too.

Tomorrow, Cynthia, her mom, and the kids journey to far away Spring Hope, NC (yes, that’s a real town) to visit even more cousins and spend the night.