4-24-10 Saturday (Arrival)

Ahhhh, is it a good life without a trip to Ryan’s Buffet for breakfast?  I had one omelet.   There’s not much for me to eat there at breakfast.  I’m sure I’ve mentioned that in previous posts.  We took separate cars so that I could depart after breakfast for the drive to Raleigh to pickup my mom.  I took the BMW.  That is such a fun car to drive.

3 peepee stops in 2 hours later, I was at the airport.  I checked the arrival board and my mom’s flight was due in 10 minutes earlier than scheduled.  She got off the plane so damn quick, I didn’t have my camera ready.  I found out her connecting flight from Orlando only had 20 passengers and she was in the second row.  That would explain the super quick deplaning.  The luggage was on the carousel before we even walked to it. 

Once in the car, I began a GPS search for lunch.  I was trying to avoid fast food and stick with a known restaurant chain so I could adhere to my Atkins diet.  I couldn’t find anything en route.  I finally settled on a mom/pop diner.  We arrived, they were out of business.  Damn.  KFC was in sights.  Mom said it would be fine and she ordered a DoubleDown.  You know, that mess of unhealthiness?  2 fried chicken breasts with bacon, cheese and a special sauce in between.  What the hell, I’ll order it too, but I’ll skip the special sauce just in case since the clerks have no idea what it is.

 

Even though breading isn’t Atkins approved, I didn’t really care.  We had a long wait for the food.  It was so frickin’ hot.  We ended up eating it with a knife and fork.  The chicken was moist, and aside from the unhealthiness, it was a good “sandwich”. 

Burp.  Back on the road.  Once home, mom headed to “her room” with a heating pad and laid down for an hour.  She’s got Fibromyalgia.  My mom is such a high spirited, fun person.  This disease just keeps her down.

Eventually we watched some TV and then went to the Concord Mills Mall to return some stuff that Jim had purchased earlier in the day.

  Above: JoAnn checks out some accessory stand.

Mom and I browsed the Books-A-Million store.  “Hey Mom, try on this hat.”

 

On our way out, I call the carousel to mom’s attention.

Mom wants to ride.  Jim stays on the sidelines to snap 300 photos per my request.

Above: Out of order?  Poor thing has a broken leg.  Maybe medically unavailable?  Maybe for handicapped only?

 

 

 

 

We departed the mall and headed for dinner.  Just take a guess where.  Need a hint, scroll to the top of this post.  We have another BOGO for Ryan’s.  Funny, I mentioned Ryan’s to my mom on the drive to Charlotte and she said, “Oh, I love their fried chicken.”  She had it years ago while visiting my aunt in Myrtle Beach.  I had my usual food there.  I must say, mom ate pretty well.  She typically doesn’t eat much.

Stay tuned for what I hope to be more fun adventures.

Another day filled with adventure.  A trip to Walnut Canyon to see some cliff dwellings.  We walked through two ecosystems which was amazing.  To finish off the day, we drove around Sedona.  See it all here.