When I called a few weeks ago to reserve a hotel room at
Days Inn for this weekend in Mount Pleasant I told the clerk I would call back
since I needed to think about it first. He informed me he couldn't assure a
room if I waited to book a reservation as the motel was filling up rapidly.
Naturally I went ahead and confirmed the reservation thinking I could cancel
later if necessary. Well of course everyone knows by now I made the trip after
worrying about weather conditions for ten days, ("almost" needlessly
since it did do some thunder and lightning on the return trip).
Once Bryan and I checked into the motel by a clerk who
didn't know where the nearest gas station was (an Exxon was RIGHT next door) we
went to the pool from 3- 4:00. No one was there but us and two stray kittens
who were eating some "raw meat" some one left there, then we went to
dinner at the Motel's grill at 5:30. A dark place with juke boxes, a dance
floor, flashing mood lights and bar tables No one was there, except for the waitress
(all tattooed and pierced) a cook and one homie watching sports. At least
dinner wasn't delayed.
In our room, which was in the back out of view of the
main thorough fare, we didn't get cell service connection, and noticed no cars
were in the parking lot but ours...and we observed the sky was darkening
accompanied with the smell of rain in the atmosphere in preparation for night
storms. Just the kind of night for Frankenstein and Dracula movies.
Thank heavens for Bryan and his knowledge of zombies. He
said the conditions were ripe for a zombie attack. No communication except
internal to the motel desk (where the brain dead clerk was), we were the only
occupants of the motel except for the afore mentioned raw meat eating stray
kittens, and an over cast threatening sky.
With Bryan's expertise in Zombie behavior we slept with
our guns under our pillows for precautionary measures, all we needed was one
shot to the heads to bring their dead bodies down. NOT. Actually the reruns of
the Golden Girls, Frazier and I Love Lucy delivered us from harm! Thank you
Lord for cable, if the zombies were roaming around last night, we didn't hear
them over:
Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true you're a pal and a confidant
And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you ever knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached
would say thank you for being a friend.
