Savannah Side Trip pt. 2

Around 3 p.m. I start panicking because I remembered that I hadn’t called the producer. After a few tense moments I am finally able to be connected to her extension and the news wasn’t good. It would seem that I had indeed forgotten that pesky “s” on the email address. This is when panic really starts setting in because we are barreling down the highway at 70+ miles an hour and I don’t have internet access. I do have my laptop, so Sonny suggests that we pull over into the Mickey D’s parking lot and use their wi-fi. No soup for you! McD’s wants to be paid for your ride on the World Wide Web.

I am racking my brain for a solution when again I get a suggestion from Sonny—call my SIL. Easy as pie she hacks into my email account and resends the original email. The producer confirms that she got the email and all is well. The guys will get to go to the taping with us after all. I chose not to point out to my DH that he could have saved me this stress to begin with if he had just let me include him in the beginning.

After that it was a pretty uneventful drive, but we had to stop so many times for my IL’s to go potty that I felt like I had the three kids with me. What can you do? You can have a little bit of fun at someone else's expense!

We finally made it into Savannah around 10:30 and breezed through the check-in process. A friend had pointed me in the direction of an awesome discount at the Marriot Courtyard in downtown Savannah that saved us $100 a night on each room. Score!!!

We had a choice of a courtyard or Savannah view. We chose the Savannah view and I am so glad we did. Seeing the city at night all lit up was beautiful. I only wish that I had been able to use my new camera correctly to capture the scenery.

Our instructions from the producer were to arrive at Uncle Bubba’s by 7:30 a.m. for the taping. I admit that I was acting a bit bossy and told everyone they had to be ready to leave at 7:00 or they were getting left. This is Paula Deen we are talking about!

I guess my MIL being excited helped the schedule because she was downstairs at breakfast waiting for me. With the directions in hand we left the hotel and were on our way. We were making good time and then the heavens opened up and just started dumping on us. The rain was falling so hard that traffic came to a crawl around us because visibility was low.