It's been so long since I've written, I don't know where to begin!
I have more exciting travel news - I'm heading to New York in August! Carolina and I have been talking for months about getting together this year. I had originally planned on traveling to San Antonio (I haven't been in years and I miss Texas!) but then we opted to meet somewhere instead. So we're meeting in NYC for a couple days! Perfect timing, too - they just reopened the top of the Statue of Liberty and we've already got our tickets; I can't wait!
On the work front, it's been a good but emotional week. Even though Jeff and I have moved out of the Special Victims Unit and into the Dangerous Offenders Task Force, our specialty is still motor vehicle fatalities. Those are never easy. This past Monday morning, a plea was entered to 2 counts of 2nd Degree Murder and 2 counts of Felony Assault that resulted from a wreck last year. There wasn't a dry eye in the courtroom.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6842223
Ed Crump is a good friend of ours because we see him so much in the courthouse. It doesn't hurt that his office is right across the street! But he has been working the 'courthouse beat' for a long time and he and Jeff (and their families) have hung out outside work, so Ed recognized how personal this was for him.
Since I got back from New Orleans, not too much has really gone on. Just the usual: gym, work, hanging out with Craig at various venues. I did put in a container garden that's doing really well - 2 tomato plants, zucchini, several cucumber vines, a jalapeno, a green bell, and okra. The only thing harvested so far has been the zucchini - but there are a ton of tomatoes ripening as I type this. And I am so ready for a tomato sandwich made with a good homegrown tomato!
We also took a nice long weekend in Wilmington and Carolina Beach for Craig's birthday. We camped out 1 night on the North End and that was a ton of fun. Doug, Cody and Brad were out there with us. Brad, always a source of entertainment, got a $50 ticket for walking in the dunes - ha ha! And we think someone was scoping out our campsite in the middle of the night. Something woke Doug up and he noticed 2 guys walking really close to our site (we were right on the high tide line). So he stayed up for a few minutes and one of the guys walked right up to the window of Doug's truck and started to peer in, not realizing that Doug and Cody were sleeping inside. Doug piped up and said something to the guy, who then motioned to his buddy and then they walked away. Neither one of them said a word, they just left. Creepy! We talked to the people beside us the next morning and they'd had some tiki torches stolen one time - it's inevitable, really. People assume that everyone camping on the North End is passed out drunk, so why not rummage through their stuff? They could've feasted from our coolers had they grabbed those up - we had chicken, brats, iced coffee, and a ton of beer and soft drinks. Note to self: stow away coolers in the back of the truck next time.
Until next time!
