It was one of Those Nights

It was one of those nights where it is hard to figure out how to get enough time to go use the restroom. I always bring books with me on the carriage as sometimes it takes a long time to get a ride. But with it being so hot out and it being summertime, the rides pretty much start as soon as it's cool enough to take the horses out. My summer reading has suffered somewhat but it's always fun to drive a carriage when there are lots of people who want a ride. Had several men succeeding in impressing their birthday women- technically speaking, a carriage ride never fails to make an impression! It started drizzling last night and the ride I had were troopers about it. I had several umbrellas I bought for MusicFest last year and have never used. As the rain refused to let up, my ride put up their umbrellas and just continued to enjoy themselves. Sorry for kind of a lax entry here, but I had to get up early to go watch the ducks march at the Peabody because my brother, Dan, from Michigan, was in town with his four kids. They had aspirations of being chosen to ride the elevator with the ducks- they mistakenly thought that maybe being really cute kids (one boy, three girls) would get them the privilege of riding in an elevator with some Mallard ducks. Turns out, cuteness has nothing to do with it. All you need is $200 to make a donation and you, too, can be an assistant duckmaster. Lunch at Huey's, lots of toothpick blowing and crayon writing on the walls and they are headed back up north. Always nice to see family, especially when they do all the driving! :) Gotta hang back till the heat lets up a little today, then, I'm gonna hit it hard and heavy. Until later..