visiting my Bilbo

After the play on Sunday, we drove directly down to Muncie, about a four hour drive. We got there a little before 9 PM and picked up Bill at his dorm.

We then went out to dinner, at the best restauraunt we have thus far found in Muncie, that great country Italian place that Dan and I found when we moved Bill into his dorm last summer. We all enjoyed dinner. It was great seeing Bill again.

We then dropped Bill off at his dorm, and went to the hotel to sleep.

Yesterday we slept in and then went to explore the Muncie Mall while Bill was in class in the morning. He called when he was done with class, and we picked him up and took him out to lunch. We had Mexican food. We then took him to the Mall for an hour or so, then we went back and did a major excavation of his dorm room to try to find a couple of missing items. We found his keys, which had been missing for a couple of weeks, and also found his student loan check for $500. Both were buried in dirty laundry. We did not find his new ipod, which is reportedly already dead (this is the third ipod which has died on him) and which we wanted to bring home to try to resurrect. But we did make sure that the check was deposited in the bank.

Then it was time to come home. Another four hour drive in the dark and gloom of early winter.

I miss my son. Today is his birthday, but today is also a day when he is in classes all day long so it was not a good day to try to see him.