Mrs. Poolman and I took off to Florida again this weekend. Poolboy and GF stayed at the house to keep the mutts company and make the house look lived-in.
Our first stop was Jacksonville. Friday was Mrs. Poolman’s birthday. I won’t give away her age. Let’s just say she started counting backwards a few years ago and she is looking forward to her 40s.
Both her sisters, brother in law, niece and husband and nephew and girlfriend met us at Outback Steakhouse for a birthday dinner. That was fun. Youngest sister baked a cake and brought it for dessert. We got very lucky. Mrs. Poolman had driven the last hour into Jacksonville. When we went out into the parking lot after at least an hour and a half in the restaurant, the headlights on her CRV were on. Ninety minutes of burning the headlights and it still started up without a problem. I need to check to see the brand of that battery and stick with it. That is much better performance than we deserve.
In past years, we have spent at least one night on football weekends at a motel. This year, youngest sister has offered her house for overnights. The reason this hasn’t happened before now is too much to go into. So we spent Friday and Saturday night at her house.
Saturday was game-day with our nephew using the third ticket. The crowd was markedly different from the week before. Just a lot more people. I think there are a bunch of people who come out to tailgate for big games but stay home for the easy ones. We were on campus by 9:30 am for a 3:30 pm game and got there just in time. As it was, the general area of our tailgating was so crowded with cars, we had difficulty even getting to a good spot. It turned out, we ended up right back in the same spot we were last week.
The game was good – crowded and hot. The Gators played poorly but won anyway. Better than playing poorly and losing.
We went back to Jacksonville after the game and watched Georgia and Arkansas try to set an all-time no-defense scoring record. Georgia came out on top, but with no credit to their defense.
We’re back in Savannah. Our children are taking us out to dinner for Mrs. Poolman’s belated birthday. Should be fun. They are taking us to a tapas restaurant. Mrs. Poolman and I have not been there before, so we’re looking forward to it.
Another Beautiful Day in Paradise! 
Sounds like you had an awesome weekend!!! Happy b-day to Mrs. Poolman.
And….this fellow CRVer is extremely impressed with your choice in vehicles!!! Mine is red and completely defines CRV – Cute Red Vehicle. Can you compete 😉
We love our CRV. It was originally mine, but Mrs. Poolman and I swapped, so I’m now driving an 04 Accord. The CRV has over 160k miles and is going strong. Mrs. Poolman drives substantially less than I, so we figured that trading cars would prolong the CRV’s life span.We tend to buy cars and run them until they die a natural death. We hope to continue with the CRV for awhile. BTW — not as cute as your red one. Ours is metallic brown.
Happy Birthday Mrs. Poolman!
Boy, do I love the feature on my car wherein the lights shut off automatically.