It never ends

Alright, I don’t know where to start so I guess I’ll start at the break of dawn. I woke up around 4:45 and laid there until 5 trying to let Lori get as much sleep as possible. At 5 sharp, I nudged her gently to wake her up. After treating me like the snooze button on an alarm clock, (no she didn’t hit me in the head) she was up 10 minutes later. She had made coffee yesterday and instead of wasting it and making a fresh pot, we agreed the night before to just let it sit overnight and warm it up in the microwave. The only problem was the day before she had made the coffee so strong we could have set Olympic records in the 100 yard dash! I forgot about this and warmed a cup up and 10 minutes later was flying like her plane! Lori had two cups, she must have been really tired. I warmed up the car and made myself a couple eggs and some bacon and some for her.

Around 6am I went upstairs to see if she was coming down as she needed to be at the airport by 6:45 and we live 30 minutes away without morning traffic. To my surprise, she was standing there in front of the bathroom mirror still in her robe doing her hair. I frantically said, “what are you doing? we need to leave in 10 minutes”. She said “what” and then the mad rush was on. She threw on some clothes, I grabbed her bag and put it in the back of the car, and after slugging down some more liquid adrenaline and a handful of vitamins, we were out the door. Luckily traffic was still light and we made it to the airport at 6:47. I dropped her off, gave her a quick kiss and off she went.

Next up was the morning traffic heading back into Denver and I was stuck in the heart of it. I made it home around 7:40 and both boys were still sleeping. I was too late to take Ty to track so I showered and decided to go wash the car. I made it there by 8am and was the first car in line for the 45 minute interior detail wash. I walked across the street to get some stuff for the trip at Walmart. By the time I was through, the car was almost done. 20 minutes later I was headed home. I arrived around 9:20 and to my surprise, Ty was still sleeping! Now I expect this from Jag, but Ty, never. Anyhow I decided to get to work in my office and check on them later. I came up around 10 and they were still both out. I had to check them to see if they were still breathing! I decided enough is enough and woke them up. After a quick bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch (kids cereal), we hit the road to run errands.

It seems like we ran errands until around 2 in the afternoon getting ready for the trip. Next up was baseball practice at 4. It was raining on and off and I am the pseudo assistant coach, meaning I do all the stuff an assistant coach does without being an assistant coach. 2 hours later we headed home. I still hand’t packed and now the boys were hungry so back in the car and off to Good Times for burgers and fries for dinner. Finally around 7:30pm I started to pack. An hour later I had two large full suitcases, a duffle bag, two or three hang ups bags and a 2 boxes of boots. Throw in a bag of groceries and a few cases of wine and the car will be full. I can’t believe all the clothes, and shoes ( must be 20 pair between the four of us) that I packed. I still need to pack a backpack for hiking with the necessary gear (first aid, water purifier, survival supplies, rain gear, etc.) as you can’t get caught in the mountains without being prepared. I’ll do that this morning. Oh yea, I need to run to the dry cleaners and ask them to press my pants quickly as they have a line from hanging over the hanger in the closet for so long.

I just called Lori at 5:15 her time to make sure she gets up so she doesn’t miss her flight. The first call received no response but a few minutes later she called back to tell me she was up. Hopefully she won’t be too tired for all the dancing she has to do tonight!

Then after feeding the boys and making sure they shower, I’ll pack the car and then get ready to go get Lori at 11:15 or so. Then we’ll make a pit stop here at home and let Lori change into jeans and boots before heading out to Aspen. That’s about it. More tomorrow on the big party, maybe I can get the misses to write as my fingers are getting sore. Anyhow, take care and God Bless. Here’s a comment from Annette,