After we dropped the girls off, we drove around until we found somewhere we wanted to eat. We stopped at Texas Roadhouse--always a favorite!

Cora and I were messaging back and forth, and decided we would all meet up back at Cap in the Conservatory in the fishbowl!  She and Josh were SO kind to drive  up from Jackson to spend a little time with us while their girls were competing in a writing competition today.

OHHHH, it did my heart good to see and hug these guys!!!

Since our decision to get to Columbus was pretty last minute, and we knew we wouldn't even be around for 24 hours, Cora and Josh were the only people I contacted to see if they would be around.  It turned out, it had been a few years since they'd been on campus too.

We actually just stayed in the fishbowl (lobby) and just talked and talked for a couple hours!  Then we all went into watch the end of the choral workshop.

Afterwards, we walked across the street to Graeter's!

The world's best ice cream, and some of the world's best friends!

These guys were tired, but pretty happy about the ice cream!  

We sat and chatted for a couple more hours after we finished our ice cream, and I think it was about 6:30 when we finally said goodbye to Cora and Josh and headed out.  

Jeremy decided we would try to make it all the way back home tonight, rather than spend another $150 for a hotel room.  We reached Indiana just before 8:15.  It was still raining, as it had been all weekend.

About 10 minutes later, the rain turned to sleet, then snow!  Big snow flakes, falling fast!

It started sticking to the roads and everything else!  We started seeing cars, pickups, and even horse trailer that had gone off the interstate in the snow, and I started looking online for the closest hotel we could book!  

I booked a room in Greenfield, Indiana, about half an hour east yet of Indianapolis, but we still had half an hour to get there in the snow and mess that was accumulating!

Hello Country Inn and Suites.

We stopped at Culver's, basically across the road from the hotel for a quick late supper.  The storm was so bad, the power kept going off in the restaurant. Many times their generator kicked in while we tried to finish eating quickly!

We stopped at Walmart quickly so Jeremy could "run in" and get something, and his shoes got ruined in the snow and slush that covered the parking lot!  

We went back to the hotel and crashed for the night.  It was a bummer not to make it home, but we were grateful to be safe and off the road!!!