Vroom Vroom Ahhhh

Meridian Speedway gave away 200 tickets recently to various service agencies in the area, and we got four!

Originally the races were scheduled for the 6th, a night Kurt would be on duty. So we enlisted Grandma and Grandpa's help to watch the little guys so I could take the big girls. We made it all the way to the track to find NO ONE else there! Hmmm.... that was kind of strange, but maybe we were early. It was only about 5:30 and the races didn't start for an hour. Three or four more cars pulled up and we all sort of sat there, waiting.

A few minutes went by and suddenly two of the cars pulled out of the parking lot... ?? As he was leaving, a guy rolled his window down to tell us that the races had been CANCELLED because of the rain earlier in the day. Bummer! They would reschedule though for the following Saturday night.

So we survived the week (somehow!) and this time Kurt got to go. (gotta love those revolving schedules). Grandma and Grandpa still were able to take the litle guys, but this time at their house. Which meant that mommy had a few very quiet hours at home, by herself.

Whatever would she do with all that time, you might ask?

Well, the first thing that came to mind was : WHATEVER I WANT! lol

But then reason took over and I made a list of productive things that could be done, which included finishing my lesson for Sunday and getting the laundry done. I also got to watch my new Work & the Glory movie. Alone. By myself. Without interruption.

While we were talking about what mom would be doing with her evening, someone noted that I don't get to stay home alone very often, maybe two or three times a YEAR. To which Melissa replied, "yeah, and that's a GOOD year!" So, at least they see the value quiet time is to me I guess!

Knowing that I would be fine and somehow survive without them , Kurt and the girls braved the weather (it was raining again, but the races went on....go figure!) and had a great time.

It was "Project Filter" night so they were giving out these little footballs, signed by some of the drivers.

Eventually the weather won and the evening was ended before the stock cars came out. A trip to Sonic for dinner completed the evening, along with a phone call that Kurt's youngest brother had fallen at work and broken his arm that afternoon. The fracture was a big one, complete with bone protrusion and surgery this week to install plates and pins...he's going to be bionic! Thank goodness for morphine, which left Jon not really caring about much for a while..

Good Times!