Posts for Monday, June 30, 2008
Written on Monday June 30, 2008 at around 2 PM
We went to Flagstaff on Friday night for The Man's race Saturday morning and we had fun. I mean when the B wasn't acting like a spoiled jerk. We ended up renting a car so we didn't have to put the miles on either one of ours and the Audi A6 is a pretty nice ride. I played with it a little bit but we really didn't play with until we were on our way home trying to get the car back before 3pm.
I think we got to the hotel around 6pm and went downstairs to their restaurant and I had a pretty tasty dinner (lamb with mashed potatoes and asparagus) and of course B was pitching a fit because he wanted ice cream and since he kept throwing a fit we didn't get either of them dessert. After dinner we ran to Target since I forgot the digital camera and picked up a few disposable ones to take pictures of the race. While at Target we picked up some snappers and let B throw some. G took awhile longer to figure out how to make them "Snap".
We get back to the hotel and they have Sleep Number beds and I have never slept on one before and that night I had one of the best nights sleep, even though B talked A LOT in his sleep and the fact I had to get up around 5am for the race. It was funny because the kids slept through all of the alarms we had set and then a train blowing it's whistle woke B. It really wasn't close but it was pretty funny. So that made for a long day since we were all up by 5:30 and ready to go by 6:15am and the kids didn't get any naps until on our way home.
Anyway, we get to the race which was less than a mile from our hotel and I didn't plan on letting B run in the kids race since I didn't have any running stuff and I didn't have any place for G to go. So he was getting ticked off because he didn't get a medal and so we had to explain to him throughout the day that since I didn't let him race that he didn't get a medal. A hard thing for a 5 year old to understand. So we promised him that starting with the next race that he'll be able to do the Kids Race from now on. After the race we went back to the hotel and The Man showered and then we walked around downtown Flagstaff for a few hours before heading home and having a friend come over later that night.
It was a really long day and we were all super tired, ready for bed. We woke up and went to church on Sunday morning and I put G in the 3 year old room finally since now she's potty trained and she was pretty excited. B was in a foul mood and because of him we almost had to leave since he would pick a color room since he wanted to go to 1st grade and not be in the Kindergarten class anymore. He's mad because they don't give him snacks anymore and I think he was still tired from Saturday. After church we ran to IKEA and tried to get G into the play area since she's potty trained and since she was 3/4" too short they wouldn't let her and she was so mad. I was too actually. We still put B in and looked at drawing desks for The Man and found one but we couldn't get it home with the kids in the car. I really hate IKEA because you can't get anything in the car unless you have a huge SUV and/or no kids in the car. Plus now their service sucks along with everything else.
So I decided that I'm going to start running too. I already have a race picked out and The Man and I are doing it together and it's called Midnight Madness. We have to be there by 10:30pm December 31, 2008 and we are doing a 5/K race. I'm hoping that my step-mom will come out for a few days so we can do the race. I'm not sure if I'll be able to really do any races before my surgery but I'm going to start competing probably in October to November of this year. It should be fun and even more fun trying to find sitters for the kids.
We are going back to Flagstaff for the 4th. Come to find out that they don't do fireworks anymore, but there are other fun things that we are going to do instead. I think that we are going to spend at least one if not two nights up there for the holiday. We have also decided that we aren't going to do the "Family Vacation" but rather the vacations are going to be the races that we compete in. This way it's all broken up instead of taking one big long trip away from home. I think it will cost more than the vacation but it'll be more fun!
So here it is late afternoon and I was working on my other sites, dealing with the garage door company and the kids and I still haven't taken a shower. I planned on going for a run this morning but after the guy didn't show up when he was supposed to, I didn't get everything I needed to done today. Either way tomorrow I am going to the gym for a run!!
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