The Kings: O - H - I

some things don't change, even when you're 1100 miles away ;)

for the first time in nearly two months, 46 days to be exact, i got to see my husband! i left on september 23rd after working all night to fly to ohio for a week-long visit. and quite honestly, i never thought i'd be so happy to be in ohio for a week! i usually have a great time when i go visit, but this time was, of course, better than ever. we spent the week catching up, running around the columbus area for various errands, getting matt's car fixed and for tim & erin's wedding (see next post). matt was even sweet enough to rent us a hotel room for the first night i was there so we didn't have to drive all the way to urbana (an hour away). the detailed version is as follows:

the week started off well enough with the hotel and free breakfast thursday morning, but matt's car wouldn't start when we we ready to leave. we called AAA, but i was able to get the car running before they got there and we drove it to a mechanic in springfield. we were worried the transmission was going out, but found out on friday that it was just the timing belt and a few other things. we ended up having to drop quite a bit of money on it, but it's still way cheaper than a new car! friday we had dinner in urbana with matt's family and got to play with our niece, maddie sue.
the next morning we headed into columbus for tim & erin's wedding. it rained all day, but it didn't matter because the buckeyes won their game, and that's really all that matters in ohio ;)
the wedding was in the morning, then everyone met at a pub to watch the game before heading to the reception. the whole day was great and i got to hang out with some of matt's friends.
sunday was a lazy day, house sitting for tim & erin and watching their two pets: elroy the cat and emma the dog, and having dinner with eddie & his girlfriend, sister, at schmidt's in the german village in columbus. monday we met eddie & sis for breakfast before taking them to the dayton airport. then, we headed to springfield to pick up matt's now-working car! we had dinner with matt's mom & miah (our nephew) before heading back to tim & erin's to watch the cowboys win their game. go cowboys!
tuesday matt had to teach so i took the GPS and went to the grocery store and drove all the way to the mall (aka- easton) all on my own! whoo hoo for not getting lost in cities you've never driven in before! then wednesday, we met matt's family for dinner before i had to catch my flight back to texas.
of course, the trip was all too short and i'm already back in texas now and scheduled to work 5 of the next 6 days :P no bueno!
also, i have to say a big thank you to ryan & carrie for agreeing to watch lexi (in addition to their own two labs) for the entire week. you guys are life savers! thanks a billion!
i've included some pics from the trip (i didn't take as many as i usually do...sorry!).

headed to ryan & carrie's house before work to drop off lex