Knock, Knock, Knockin on heaven's door

Society says if you want to visit someone while out of town, calling and planning ahead is the usual approach.  But not for Steve and me.  When we were in our nephew Joseph's College Town, we couldn't resist the urge to say Hello grandiose style.

We tracked down his class schedule and went from there.

Thursday morning.  8:15.  SOC 112.  Steve and I headed there and sat separately in the back row, watching the doors.  I was "reading a book"...Steve was "reading the college newspaper".  With our disguises set, we were perched like a lions ready to pounce.

The 60 person class was starting to fill up.  The teacher was getting set up and was now watching the clock to start.  Uh oh...Now the professor started to talk to the class, and here are Steve and I in the middle of the intro waiting for Joseph to show up and he's not even there!  How are we going to tactfully make our escape in the middle of the lecture???  Panic sets in, and I get up to leave, abandoning my 6th-seat-in-on-the-back-row...

Only to see within seconds, Joseph walk in from the other door, loops around the front of class, and adopts the 6th-seat-in-on-the-back-row.  Score.  Steve moves in from his side, sitting right next to Joseph.  I move in on my side, sitting 2 seats down.  We wait for him to notice.  Nothing.  Joseph was in the zone.

So Steve, with his face still buried in the newspaper tapped him on the shoulder, "Hey, do you have the notes from last week?"  "Uh, what?" was Joseph's reply, who was mostly thrown off by the dude with the newspaper in his face...Slowly Steve lowered the paper and then, well, all ___ broke and we were laughing and hugging and trying hard not to make a scene.

So much for not making a scene!  We apologized to the teacher, left his class promptly, and caught him after for a more official and less public hello with the fam. 

Of course, we didn't save all our surprises just for Joseph.  We also drove by our friend's house earlier in the day on our way to one of our sight-seeing stops.  So now, it's your turn to meet Brandi.  Ahhh...Brandi and Eric...SUCH great people!  And Brandi's now somewhat of a star...You see, a while ago, a local TV station knocked on her door and asked her to "tell her story".  She just started talking about when her 2nd kid was born, they taped it, edited it, and BAM...she was on the show!  So, to knock on her door as a complete surprise was like old-hat to her, but it was  rewarding none the less!

 So if you know we'll be in your neck of the woods, watch your front door closely!  And if you'll be in my area...Call first so I can put the dishes away :)