Pictures of 05.07.04 -- School is Closed, A day in Philly, the new Dryer, dinner with the Slaughters and Mother's Day

It was Friday May 7 and everything seemed like normal until we got to the Valley Road Building where Jane was supposed to take her AP exam. Once there, we discovered that there had been a lightning strike at the school and so everything was closed for the day. So, John ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1180 and Frank and Fred and Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1181 and Kaylen ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1182 and Devon ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1183 came with backpacks ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1184 to amuse Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1185 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1186 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1187 as Kaylen and Frank ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1188 ate cereal ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1189 and the meds ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1190 led to a phone call ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1191 or two ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1192 but didn't deter me from my day.
I drove to Philadelphia (2140) ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1193 and there was DrLen ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1194 excited about his computer ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1195 as we planned the day and stared at the refrigerator ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1196 and bottles ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1197 and plates ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1198 so that we would know where DrLen should call for food ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1199 as I admired the art work ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1200 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1201 while the ordering continued ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1202 and we eventually got to PrimoHoagies ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1203 to buy our food. We drove past the red pepper sign ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1204 and the people on the corner ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1205 as I took this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1206 while we followed the yarn truck ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1207 past the Free Library ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1208 until we parked and secured the car ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1209 at the Wissahickon ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1210 and followed the path ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1211 past the big tree ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1212 and under the statue ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1213 to the bench ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1214 overlooking the water ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1215 where we settled and took out the food ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1216 and opened the wrapper ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1217 and drank the water ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1218 as the water below ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1219 and the bridge above ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1220 made the right setting from which to watch the fishermen ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1221 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1222 and wonder if they both caught ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1223 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1224 the same fish. Driving back on the parkway ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1225 I tried a new genre ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1226 which failed and got home where the kids ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1227 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1228 looked like they hadn't moved.