Roscoe Jenkins meets College Road Trip

I had to take Sharreda back to Emory this weekend from spring break. The original plan was to drive to ATL Saturday and drive back to Memphis Sunday. Mother Nature had plans of her own. A big storm went thru Atlanta Friday and more of the same was predicted Saturday. It was the same storm that stopped the action of the SEC game in the Superdome.
So any way I decided to get a Red bull or two and drive up and back Sunday. I thought it might be fun, on a road trip, me and her talking and what not. I also decided to let my younger sister and nephew ride. Neither of them had been to Atlanta. I gassed up, picked everyone up and we left around 8:20. But wouldn’t you know, soon as we hit the MS state line Sharreda goes to sleep! She is not a morning person, so I truly understand. I’m not a morning person either, but she by far has me beat! At this point I think everyone is sleep but me, so of course you know what I do… pop in the Elements, Earth, Wind & FireJ The car was pretty decent, a new Camry. My last rental to Dallas was an Accord. I think I liked it better.
Ok… coming up on AL…surely she’ll wake up by now. I look over….nope, still sleep. Seems it was just yesterday she was sleep in a car seat. What is that noise? My sister is in the back sleep snoring loud! Geez!
So now we are in AL headed to GA. everyone is waked. All of a sudden my sister, who was in the back seat leans forward and asks “Y’all want some Potted Meat, or some Turkey Meat?” All hell naw.. no she didn’t bring no potted meat on a 5 hr road trip! I promptly told her I’m not about to smell no potted meat from Alabama to Atlanta! I would’ve put her and her cans on the hood of the car!
We make it on campus and I help Sharreda with the bags. I make plans to grab a bite to eat. One thing I didn’t like about the Camry is that the cell phone plug didn’t work. We were in Sharreda’s dorm room and I told her I’m going to charge my phone up while we go get something to eat. I’m coming back up stairs, open her doom door and she has this look on her face… me, “what is that smell?” My sister has a big row of crackers eating a can of Potted Meat in Sharreda’s dorm room! Oh – My –GOD..just KOUNTRY! So I made her get rid of it and we went to get something to eat at Applebee’s.
The drive home was pretty cool, made it back around 9pm. I plan on going back pretty soon to give her a surprise visit like she did me one weekend. Called me asked what am I doing…yada, yada… and she pops in town. I know one thing… there’ll be no potted meat in the car!

Throw your dueces up

What has been going on since last blog? Oh yea... the Memphis - UT game. As you are aware by now... Memphis did end up losing the game. It was a good game however and the city was really filled with an electric atmosphere. Even though I only went to school for grad school (they say undergrad is where your heart lays) I was still shouting my T-I-G-E-R-S... you know the rest. ESPN said it was the highest rated basketball game ever. (I wonder how much $$ that was). There was a lot of Blue and a good dose of Orange...and a sprinkle of Peach but that's a different story... It happened just like my first scenario. TN got the number 1 spot and the Tigers didn't go past #3 in the polls. It looks like they are on their way to getting that number one seed still.

Snow hit the city over the weekend...yea I threw a few snowballs! Hit a few people..LOL! Hey.. it only comes once every 4 years or so.

I had a nice trip to Dallas a week ago. I was impressed with Big D as they call it. Actually I was in Irving, Los Colinos (hope I'm spelling that right) and it gave me a lot of ideas if I ever became a developer. The condos down there had a lot of amenities I've yet to see in Memphis. Who knows, maybe in a few years you'll see some in Memphis...what would I name them?? hum..it would have to be something strong and inspirational. Something that evokes power, promise and a new beginning.... HUM.... STRANGE`... No not strange...pronounced (stron-jay)...oh now you get it!...

I'm going to leave saying this... Not too long ago I was walking back to my car from grocery shopping, as I so rarely do, and saw this dog hanging out of the window with an arm out. (do dogs have arms?) As I got closer, he just stayed there. I thought weird... I got in my car and he went in... then he came back out and did the same thing! I swear the dog was saying sup playa and throwing the deuces up at a brother! Let me know what you think! LOL!!