For a change, I had no flight delays on the way. The gate change time was a bit less in Atlanta than I like because I came in at a far gate from the tram access and then the connecting gate was a ways down. I was able to grab a burger and beer and Vidalia onion rings, although lunch at the new Wild Wings would have been nice.  Anyway, I made it over with no issues and my sister and her husband came in later. Things were a bit fuzzy, but now seem to be locked into place. Tomorrow (Saturday) is the run back and forth day as I posted about previously. Sunday in the drive to Branson.

I’m glad I checked the weather before I left home – they are having an unseasonably warm September and the high is hanging in the 80s. Now, as to connectivity – I realize that it may be hard to believe in this day and age, but my daddy and stepmother have dial-up Internet. Yes, dial-up and that is so incredibly slow that I don’t even try to make it work. And unlike the rest of the world’s smart phone owners, I find responding to email on my Iphone to be very awkward, therefore I mostly clear the junk from it and briefly answer only the most critical. I do the blog posts on the computer and then when I scoot out of the house in search of a WiFi connection, I post everything. This was my reference the other day to getting one of the WiFi services and I do plan to pursue that as soon as I get a few days of breathing room.

Interestingly, I may have picked up a couple of new fans during the trip. Notwithstanding the fact that I am still no where near as good with marketing as I should be, I am better than I used to be. I was working on the proof manuscript of Small Town Haven on the first flight and when we were taxing for the landing, the gentleman who was my seatmate asked about it. I gave him a bookmark and explained about my web site as well as about my books. I repeated that scene twice more although with Kindles instead of the manuscript. By that, I mean two ladies waiting for the next flight had Kindles. Those are great conversation starters and I do have most of my books on Kindle, so it makes for an easy intro. I always put an extra batch of bookmarks in my purse when I travel for this very reason – one never knows when the opportunity may present itself.