Kidnapped!

I decided to start a blog to tell my family where I've been during the day.

The plan for Lacey to "kidnap" me has been a long time coming, something we've talked about for probably a year now. So, that we're actually doing it was definitely planned.

Lacey arrived around 7:30 last night. When she got to my apartment, she was tired and we both thought she'd go to bed early. I made her an omelet, and figured she'd go to bed. Well, then we got to talking. And talking. And talking. Before we knew it it was 3:00 a.m! (Oh, and we actually accomplished getting some laundry done, too! My little washer/dryer thing has been a workhorse this week. Then again, it had had a nice sabbatical for a couple months...)

So, needless to say, we got a very late start today. By the time we left my apartment, it was about 1:30. We decided that, since all Lacey really saw last time she was here was the mall, that I should show her that there are, indeed, interesting things in the Detroit area. So, we decided to go to the Henry Ford museum. (I'm sorry, I can't just call it "the Henry Ford".) We walked around there for a couple hours and then headed south to Ohio.

Lacey had been talking about Waffle Houses, so once we were hungry and saw a sign for one, we stopped. The food was good -- haven't had sausage & biscuits in a long time! -- but the restaurant was freezing cold.

We decided that since we'd been up so late last night and because we were both exhausted, we didn't want to drive too much further. So, we drove for about 45 minutes or an hour and were going to stay at a Budget motel. Turns out, they didn't have any vacancies. On a Monday night! But, as we looked at the place a little, we were rather glad; it started looking a little creepy. So, we drove on until we found another, MUCH nicer motel also off of I-75 in Sydney, OH. Internet, breakfast, friendly concierge...much more inviting than the smoky first one -- which had a "NO SMOKING" sign clearly posted.

Tomorrow....another adventure. I like the mystery!