On the road again!

Yes, it's another blog from me about my week even though I'm not doing anything fun or interesting at work. In fact, I like this not-working-thing, um I mean- "working" from home thing a lot. Today I jumped in my Jetta for a roadtrip. I realize the price of gas is high but it's not like I drove cross-country. I drove down to just north of Harrisonburg, VA to meet my brother-in-law to hand off something for my sister and niece that was too big to mail. Anyway, I decided to take my time coming home, skip I-81 and enjoy seeing my commonwealth! So I drove Route 11 from Broadway to Strasburg, pulling over at any neat store that caught my eye. First of all, George (not #43 or #1 but my B-I-L) and I stopped for lunch at this cool little diner in New Market called Southern Kitchen which was absolutely cute and had REALLY good southern food. Then I visited at five or six antique stores all along Rt. 11. It's not like I can afford any of the beautiful furniture and things I saw, but it's definitely cheap to look! I also saw a sign for a covered bridge so I took some random road and saw the Meems Bottom Bridge. There were a TON of historic signs along Rt. 11 that I tried to quickly read as I drove by. I think if you stop to read them all, it would take two days to get back to DC. But apparently a lot of important battles and things took place along that road. And did I mention that the towns of New Market, Mt. Jackson, Woodstock, and Strasburg are absolutely adorable?!?! I loved it and highly recommend it for a daytrip!

I ended my drive home with a stop at the Great Strasburg Emporium and they don't lie. It's great!! It was an enormous antique mall and most of the stuff was really cool. I almost ended up walking out of there with a corner cupboard (although I have no corner to put it in) and a collection of old china (but no place to put a china cabinet in my house!) I also saw an old silver clarinet that had it been an oboe, I would have forked over the $500 on the spot. (Yes I am a total nerd!) Luckily I made it out of there with only a fruit smoothie and a bag of Route 11 chips, truly fitting!!! I just need to get a bigger place to live and then I can buy more than potato chips!!

Oh by the way, I saw perhaps the largest turkey statue in the world- a sight which you just don't see everyday!! (Apparently the county I was in is one of the leading turkey producing counties in the nation!)

Seriously, tomorrow when I actually have to go to work, it's going to be a total shock to my system! At least it's TGIF!!