I’m not even going to apologize for the lack of updates: I’ve been busy. So here’s a really long update.

Atlanta to Philadelphia

I’m on a flight to Philadelphia to see Chris and to surprise Matthew. Chris’s church booked Matthew to give a speech in Reading, PA on the 13th, and Chris thought it would be a good chance to meet me and to surprise Matthew as well. He generously bought me tickets to and from Philly. My flight was scheduled to leave at 6:40, but when I got to the gate I found out that it had been delayed by an hour. The plan was to meet up with Chris, have coffee, and then go get Matthew at his gate. I called Chris and he told me that I should still arrive about 15 or so minutes before Matthew.
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I’m sitting next to a rather large man who is working on his laptop as well. Only he doesn’t quite fit into his seat like I do. Maybe on the flight back I’ll have an empty seat next to me, or at least someone who fits into the seat.

When my flight landed I called Chris. He said that Matthew’s flight had been delayed as well, so the surprise was still going to happen. I met with Chris and Jonathan at the gate. Jonathan is a sixth grade teacher at the school that Matthew will be speaking at. We found some seats and chatted until Matthew’s flight was to arrive. I hid to the side and we all let Matthew walk by us without saying anything. I caught up with him and put my hand on his shoulder; he turned to me and said, “What are you doing here?” He was in complete shock for about five minutes.
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On the ride home we got lost, and that took us about thirty minutes out of the way. We all talked and had fun the whole time. We stopped at a 24 hour diner and had dinner. Afterward, we came about six feet from hitting a large deer scarring us all pretty badly. Matthew simply screamed “Oh Shit!” We had a good laugh, and proceeded to about hit a raccoon, a rabbit, and several cats.
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I think we arrived at the rectory around 3:00 AM, but I’m not really sure. Matthew and I picked out our beds and went to sleep.

Matthew’s speech was great. We all had a fun time. Afterward, Chris took us to see an old Asian building which was perched on a mountain side. (I’ll get pictures of all of this on later).

Well. it’s December 1st now, and I think it’s time to update.