LAST BIRTHDAY INSTALLMENT

And, finally, the third and final installment of the BIRTHDAY!

Saturday night sleep was better having learned some tricks from the night before.  But the Queen was still awake early -- munching popcorn and starting coffee.  Pack up and check out.  Starbucks.  Actually drive thru breakfast at Mickey D's.  And, oooooppps, we're at the -------wait for it -----

Outlet Mall.
Surprise Surprise.
The bad thing is we had to be sure to be on the road again to get Beauti to her plane in Indianapolis so had only a very limited time (as outlet mall shopping goes).

The good thing is:  we had only limited time......

But of course we had efficiently prioritized the stores that required our presence.  Still managed to do damage.  Had some fun and regrettably loaded ourselves into the coach and proceeded on.

Arrived at the airport in good time for a sad farewell, and Diane and I hit the road again for her castle, where another birthday dinner would await courtesy of Diane's great mom-in-law.

When finally delivered to our door that evening, it was..........amazing? Did that really happen?  Judging by all the presents and photos, yes.

Words don't usually fail your Queen, but all of these seem woefully inadequate.

Just learned from Beauti (official technical advisor) that we may be able to post photos here.  Stay tuned.  I know you will.


and the Queen lives on.