Joel and I wanted to drive at least fifteen hours on Monday for our ride home from Minnesota. We wanted to get home early on Tuesday so that we could relax most of the day before going back to work on Wednesday. Here is how the day went...
8:00...woke up, showered, and started our day. Dropped off a van we borrowed and picked up some stuff at my old house...finally ready to leave.
10:00...driving down 35..."oh there's a Target"...I thought..."we have to stop and register...we don't have Targets in Mississippi".
Delayed two hours (12:20pm)
On the road again...one hour later..."I'm hungry"
Delayed one hour(can't drive on an empty stomach right?!?)
Oh and Gas...delayed ten minutes.
Finally...we're fed the car is full...we are ready to go straight until we run out of gas.
One hour goes by...Joel gets pulled over for speeding...and only gets a warning...but still there was paperwork and what not
Delayed 25 minutes.
Can't remember who, but one of us had to pee...we stopped a few times. Then I decided I could drive.
Delayed 15-20 minutes.
I was driving for less than ten minutes when suddenly a hubongous rodent...my guess a raccoon...decides to end its poor little life in front of our speeding vehicle...I hit the darn thing going so fast the engine light went on. So of course we had to check it out and read the owners manual to see what to do. We also wanted to make sure there wasn't raccoon blood and guts all over the car.
Delayed 20-30 minutes.
We decide that it's okay and we should continue our trip. I was driving for about a good half hour..."finally we are getting somewhere" I thought to myself...then I look in my rear view mirror and there it was...blue and red flashing lights...oh yes...my turn to be pulled over for speeding. I was going 80 in a 60...thanks to the nice Missouri police officer I got a warning too! Woot...woot!
Delayed another 20-25 mins.
After two warnings there was no way we could even go over the speed limit...so now we were stuck at going 60mph for a really long time. At this point we realized that there was no way on God's green earth that we were going to be able to drive 15 hours that day. So we decided that I shouldn't drive anymore...I only drove for an hour and a half and I killed a poor raccoon and almost got a speeding ticket. I don't think we drove for more than two hours straight without having to stop for something.
The good news is we made it home safe from a wonderful weekend of meeting up with old friends. I am so blessed to have such great friends from Minnesota!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Who Knew!?!
Today Joel and I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to set up our bridal registry. I gave Joel the task of scanning the items. Who knew that he would enjoy it so much.
After about an hour of being in the store, I told Joel that I needed to take a potty break and that he could stick around and scan a few items. He seemed shocked at first that I would trust him to scan things on his own but he had to go to the bathroom too. So we went to the bathroom at the same time. I came out three minutes later and was surprised that I had finished before him. I waited outside the mens room for him to come out so we could continue scanning items for our registry. A few more minutes go by...and I think to myself "wow he must be pooping".
I went to the section we were at to see if he decided to go back without me, but no such luck. So I went back and waited outside of the bathroom. After about ten minutes...I hear Joel call my name. He was at the service desk getting something taken off of our registry. A little annoyed...I said, "I've been waiting here forever...where were you?" "Scanning some more items" he responded...he then guided me back to the wall and showed me everything he scanned. Man, he didn't waste any time. He must have peed for two seconds and ran back to the section to scan as much as he possibly could (he scanned a gazilion things while I was in the bathroom/waiting for him). I don't know how I missed him when I went back to the section to see if he was there.
Maybe it's the thrill of scanning things (guys are weird like that)or maybe he was excited that I trusted him to scan things on his own, so he took advantage of it as much as he could. Whatever it was, I now know for next time not to assume that he would wait for me if we decide to take a break during registering. I really wonder if he didn't go up to the service desk, how long I would have been waiting there before he realized that a lot of time had gone by. I really didn't expect him to enjoy it as much as he did. I just assumed all men hated shopping and it would be like pulling teeth. Boy, was I wrong!
After about an hour of being in the store, I told Joel that I needed to take a potty break and that he could stick around and scan a few items. He seemed shocked at first that I would trust him to scan things on his own but he had to go to the bathroom too. So we went to the bathroom at the same time. I came out three minutes later and was surprised that I had finished before him. I waited outside the mens room for him to come out so we could continue scanning items for our registry. A few more minutes go by...and I think to myself "wow he must be pooping".
I went to the section we were at to see if he decided to go back without me, but no such luck. So I went back and waited outside of the bathroom. After about ten minutes...I hear Joel call my name. He was at the service desk getting something taken off of our registry. A little annoyed...I said, "I've been waiting here forever...where were you?" "Scanning some more items" he responded...he then guided me back to the wall and showed me everything he scanned. Man, he didn't waste any time. He must have peed for two seconds and ran back to the section to scan as much as he possibly could (he scanned a gazilion things while I was in the bathroom/waiting for him). I don't know how I missed him when I went back to the section to see if he was there.
Maybe it's the thrill of scanning things (guys are weird like that)or maybe he was excited that I trusted him to scan things on his own, so he took advantage of it as much as he could. Whatever it was, I now know for next time not to assume that he would wait for me if we decide to take a break during registering. I really wonder if he didn't go up to the service desk, how long I would have been waiting there before he realized that a lot of time had gone by. I really didn't expect him to enjoy it as much as he did. I just assumed all men hated shopping and it would be like pulling teeth. Boy, was I wrong!
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