Busy, Busy In Montgomery

We arrived in Montgomery on Friday and hit the ground running on Saturday. We met up with my son and my granddaughter, Morgan, for breakfast at Waffle House. It was so good seeing them again. I couldn't get over the change in Morgan in just a couple of months. She is growing so fast! After breakfast, they had to head home so Morgan could get changed. She is a cheerleader for one of the city football teams (like little league) and they had a game in the afternoon. Since her team was in the playoffs that meant that we would get to see her in action. Yeah!!!

Meanwhile, we went back home and Suze, my daughter, came and picked us up. We had a couple of stops to make prior to going to the game so off we went. Suze had been busy all morning (politics) and didn't have time to eat so she decided she would grab a burger at Burger King before heading for the football game. Well, we were in line with about five people ahead of us when the manager came to the counter and said that there was an emergency in the store and everyone would have to leave. She repeated it again as I guess most were not really sure what she had said. Then she added that someone came in and reported that the roof was on fire and that all patrons should exit calmly single file to the outside. Out we went got in the car and drove into the shopping center parking lot so that we didn't get stuck by the fire engines when they arrived. Looking back, sure enough there was lots of smoke and you could see flames coming out of the roof! I will say one thing, the manager was very calm and handled the situation very well. The fire, we heard later was in the oven and the damage was minimal but enough to close the store for awhile. Interesting though is that this same store had been destroyed by fire awhile back and had just re-opened a few months ago!

We left the excitement behind and off to the football game we went.

It was so neat watching Morgan doing her cheers. She is a natural for cheerleading! She has the build and the talent to do well if she decides to continue on with cheerleading. She is just so darn cute!!!! Of course, as her grandmother, I'm a bit prejudice, but that's OK. I took 70 pictures of her cheering just to get the perfect one. Unfortunately there was a fence between us, so it's in all the pictures I took but I did get a couple of good ones. I'll post them on Picasa.

Morgan in a cheer pose...

Sunday morning we relaxed to get ready for the afternoon. We were invited to a BBQ reception for Senator Jeff Sessions (he's one of Alabama's Senators and running for re-election) by our daughter Suze. We figured free food, why not. The weather was perfect and the food good. We met a lot of the local politicians and had a good time.

Me, Senator Sessions, Dean

Later in the afternoon we left to go watch Morgan's cheerleading team practice for a upcoming competition. When we arrived we were shocked to see her being carried off the field to her Mom's van. I went over to see what was happening and her Mom said that she was having a hard time breathing and she was taking her to a emergency care center. I called my son who was running a errand and we took off for the center. I went back when we got there and Morgan looked so weak and was very cold to the touch. David, my son, got there so I went out to the waiting room. Their diagnosis was possible asthma. I have since found out, after her Mom took her to the Dr. that she has bronchitis and maybe asthma. Hopefully, once the bronchitis is cleared, with further tests they will find no evidence of asthma - say a prayer for her when you can.

Monday we went to Suze's to do a little laundry and then to the Probate Office to get new tags for the motorhome - ugh! I don't know why one state charges so much and others so little for the same type vehicle. If I thought that we would be living this lifestyle for another 10 - 15 years we would change our residency just to save on the cost of tags and insurance. But to do so and have one of us die would really cause a hardship on the kids so I guess we'll keep supporting Alabama.

Monday late afternoon, early evening, the Montgomery County Republican Club had a rally for several of the local candidates including Jay Love who is running for Congress. Of course, we were there, waving our signs - not sure if we made it on TV or not. We did get to meet Governor Bob Riley who Suze knows through all her political involvement along with other local politicians. We had a good time, but will be glad when all the votes are tallied and this race is behind. I know one thing, I couldn't keep up with Suze with all the running she does for these people - I sure hope that they appreciate her!

Dean, Me, Govenor Riley and Suze

Today we went to vote, met Suze for lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant and came back home to relax and get ready for this evening. Yep, another "event". Tonight is the victory (I'm being optimistic) party for the Republicans running for national and state offices here in Alabama. Well, some of them anyway. I'm hoping since the polls close at 7 pm the count will be in by 9 pm and then we can come home - wishful thinking, I'm sure. Maybe tomorrow things will slow down.

You can look at pictures from all events at http://picasaweb.google.com/SchultzTravelPhotos