Life, Fannishness, and Thespic Infatuation

And fairly wiped out.

The drive back was uneventful. And it was a little difficult to leave the family there. If it weren't for some car trouble we had with Geo's car before we left at the beginning of the week, we might have stayed the extra day.

Today was a trip to Kitty Hawk to the Wright Brothers Memorial. Very interesting to see where all the work in Dayton finally paid off. Also very interesting to see that the hill where they took off from has moved 450 feet to the southwest from where it stood in 1903. The terrain, of course, was all sand at the time, so yes, it did move. The winds and the sand were why the Wrights chose Kitty Hawk for their flights.

(It was also interesting to hear the people around me reading or explaining to their children that the Wrights were from Dayton, OH.)

We ate lunch at Jimmy's Seafood Buffet. Jimmy's Buffet. Get it? The food wasn't great, but it did have that beach bar ambiance. I didn't realize that Geo's side of the fam was so fond of crab legs. Me, not so much, but I was delighted to see all the veggies on the hot bar.

I finished Shirley Jackson's The Haunting today. I'll post more thoroughly in a different entry, but if anyone has read it (and seen the original movie?), I'd kind of like to discuss it. Geo also mentioned watching the remake, since I've read the book now.

Tonight Newphew16 and I watched "In My Time of Dying."

( Cutty-cut for spoilers, just in case )

Last night we went for a walk on the beach at dusk and watched the moon come up. "Moonlit walk on the beach," and all that.

I love the surf. I love the water as it crests to a wave and breaks into white foam and rolls up onto the sand. I love the sound, and the color of the waves, and it's instinct for me to head toward the water, and it actually takes a bit of effort not to dive into the waves.

Crabs are hilarious little creatures. They were all over the place on the beach, and the little ones move really, really fast. They're also very non-aggressive. Given the choice, they'll retreat or hide; they won't attack.

Well, we made it to the vacation house in Corolla, NC. I thought we were going to run out of land and end up in the ocean before we found it. It's quite lovely, and I'm planning on hitting the hot tub tonight. With the entire in-law clan under one roof, it's going to feel like . . . well, it will be entertaining, that's for sure. :-)

I did end up bringing both S1 and S2 of SPN. Nephew16 is rather jazzed about that. He said he would probably want to watch all of them. "A boy after my own heart," said I.

Seriously, though, I've got my Shirley Jackson books, and some health-type books, and kalquessa's fic to beta, so I've got plenty to do besides watch SPN.

And just for the record, my MiL is most awesome. She's paying for the house, and she's supplying all the household-type stuff we need. I kept asking what I needed to bring, and she kept saying, "Just your personal stuff." "Do I need to bring paper towels, or tissues, or what kind of food . . .?" "I've got all that stuff," says she.

Excellent.