Hokie! They're on their way!

Yes, they're on their way. Unfortunately, they're already lost. Surprise, surprise! Missy and Christopher are officially on the road and headed for Blacksburg, VA--home of the Hokies, which is apparently something Christopher has a hankering to be. What is a "hokie" you ask--besides being an unusual word. Well, this is the explanation I got when I looked it up online:

In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that citizens shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. Thus, a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and O. M. Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie:

Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.

Stull later said that he made up the word as an attention-grabber. But alas! The word "hokie" did exist. According to Johann Norstedt"[Hokie was] a word that people used to express feeling, approval, excitement, surprise. Hence my blog title. ; )

This little jaunt began this morning around 7:00 I've been told. As I'm typing this, it is 11:41 a.m. and I just got a text that they've entered Illinois. They have decided (at least one of them has) to accept the direction of Christopher's phone GPS over that of Missy's Tom Tom. Oh, the thrill of being in the "cockpit" with Missy again--NOT!! Oops....I'm supposed to be nice this time. Sorry Missy.

According to Christopher, I guess they could have flown this morning rather than drive. He apparently sprouted "hair wings" this morning and didn't have time to comb them out before Missy urged him (in the nicest, sweetest way I'm sure) into the car. I'm expecting a picture of that anytime now. Actually, I could probably Skype him. He apparently has the ability to multi-task like no other person I've ever known. He currently, in the car mind you, is online on his laptop, listening to a "hokie" baseball game via his phone(I think), texting and I don't even remember all the other capabilites that he has. They lost me at "he's online" on his laptop. How do you do that in a moving car? The things those two can do in a moving car--I wonder if they've thought about doing the "hokie-pokie". Yeah, I know, that WAS lame.

Seriously peeps, keep Missy and Christopher in your prayers as they make their way across the country.

Until I hear from them again.....