ACC championship

we drove up to charlotte this past weekend to watch our beloved 'noles play for the acc championship. i knew it would probably be a bit cooler up there than our weather here, and i checked the weather channel last sunday to see what the forecast was. sunny, no clouds, high in the upper 50's, lower 60's. not too bad. about wednesday or thursday, jolynn said it was supposed to be kinda cold up there, possibly rainy. i thought she was just misinformed, but i checked with the weather channel again anyway. sure enough, the forecast now called for like a 30% chance of showers, high in the low 40's. what we got actually got by the time we arrived was a high in the low 30's, with rain, sleet, and just a little snow. we had packed for cold weather, but i'm not sure we were really expecting THAT. luckily, most of the precipitation passed by kickoff (there were a couple of brief sprinkles during the game), but it was still COLD! i had on 3 pair of socks, 3 pair of pants, 5 shirts, 2 hats, and a pair of gloves. and i was still a bit chilly. it really wasn't too bad, but my feet were like blocks of ice. didn't help that we lost the game too. actually, though, that worked out better for me & jolynn. now fsu will be playing their bowl game in atlanta instead of miami. (there's always a silver lining).

we took a little detour on our way home and visited our friends greg & noel williams and their 3 kids, so that made the whole trip a little nicer. couldn't get over how big their boys are getting. and we finally got to meet julieann. she seemed to be a bit of a daddy's girl, but, not having any real experience with that sort of thing, i can't say for sure. we even got a great deal on a train table while we were there (it will probably double as a play-dough table).