After being a little stingy with my vacation days in the first part of the year, I am making up for it in May! I have today off for a date day with my amazing hubby (who also has the day off!), the next week of to go to Iowa, and of course my birthday. Exciting plans today include getting the cars ready for the great switcharoo so I have a safe drive back to Iowa. There will also be an amazing breakfast when he wakes up and just a great day of hanging out. Tomorrow starts the great drive to Iowa- I really hope I remember how to get everywhere. It has been a while since we drove back the whole way and this time I will be alone. While I will have my atlas, I am not the best at reading maps and I have become very dependent on the mountains to tell me what direction I am going. That is not going to help in Iowa.
I guess I will not be completely alone in the car though- Flat Stanley will be taking the road trip with me. Last weekend Cory and I took him on a tour around Denver. While we felt a little silly at times taking pictures with him, we have met people who know what we are doing and seem kind of excited to see another Flat Stanley.
In additional to the great excitement of taking Flat Stanley and his journal back to Iowa, I will also get to enjoy a few school lunches and possible recess duty- the perks of being an aunt! There also might be a little bit of dog training again, lunch/dinner with a couple of old friends, and lots of talking catching up with family! I am getting so excited! Meet you back here in just over a week for new pictures and stories!
"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." --Washington Irving
