Avoiding the Kiddie Crud

Thursday was my last day to work before our ski weekend getaway. I was excited to get the day moving along. Nothing new weatherwise. The temperature was a cold 18 degrees at 5:30am. And just like the weather, nothing different than any other work day. Exercised, walked the dog, and went for a run, all before 6:30am. The house was a little hectic as everyone ate breakfast and prepared to depart for the day. Mindy admitted stressing over what still had to happen to make our trip a reality. I understood. I had things needing done too. After seeing Jacob onto the bus I departed for work. It was nice to have a full tank of gas. My fear of another price increase proved unfounded. In fact, they were actually down a couple more cents. But that’s only because I fueled up. Had I not, they would’ve gone up. J Work was a little busier than it had been all week. Go figure! I survived. At lunch I ran a handful of errands. I deposited a check, got some cash, picked up some Goldschlager, and popped in Advanced Auto Parts to look for the trailer connector we need for the Honda. The fella working the counter recommended I check at NAPA after looking through their entire selection. Lucky for me, all of those places were within eyeshot of one another. I was on my way back to work after just 35 minutes. The weather was getting nice. We had bright sunshine and the temperature rose above freezing for the first time in about two weeks. I enjoyed my short walk back into the building. My afternoon was chalked full of action. I hoped to leave about an hour early but I just couldn’t manage to get away. However, I did end up leaving about 20 minutes early. Mindy and I spoke earlier and agreed that we’d have pizza for dinner. That was so wouldn’t have to prepare a meal. She didn’t get home until 4:30pm and had lots to do. I got home at 5:35pm. Before walking Ykraps I ordered the pizza. And after our quick walk I left to pick it up. Like most other times, the pizza was ready less than five minutes after my arrival – hot out of the oven. I ate a small piece on my way home. Even during dinner I was feeling a little stress given that I hadn’t yet packed. On top of that, I was feeling overwhelmingly tired. I really wanted a nap. I prayed that I wasn’t coming down with the ‘kiddie crud’ that’s made its way through our house over the last week or so. The pizza was delicious. I ate more than my share. After dinner and while the kids played, I went to the living room recliner for a quick nap. All I needed was one of my famous 15 minute naps. I fell asleep but the kids made so much noise that anything resembling sustained sleep was impossible. I still chose to lie there with my eyes closed for several minutes. I could hear Landon milling about my chair and eventually crawling up in the chair beside me to emulate me. He loves me! After Mindy got the kids bathed and in bed, we both began to pack our clothes. We already had most of our stuff out in various piles. At that point, we hadn’t yet discussed the logistics of the morning in great detail. All I knew was that we wanted to be at Bob and Mary Ann’s by 9am. Before that, however, Mindy needed to drop Landon and Rocky and Grandma Sharon’s and then take Bella to school. That meant we couldn’t load the Honda until she was back home. Ugh! We finally talked about it and decided that it wouldn’t take but a few minutes to load the Honda if we prepared well. She still thought that she could be home by 8:30am, so that would give us fifteen minutes to load up. I rested much easier after sorting all that out. We finished packing around 9:30pm. I celebrated with a rum and Fresca. I spent the last 30 minutes of my day updating the blog. We headed to bed just after 10pm.