And here we are, Friday at last!
I thought the week might take forever (subjectively) as it always does right before a vacation, but this turned out not to be the case. Having piles of projects at work helps!
So the big snow came and went on Wednesday; in the end we got a hair over 12 inches. The roads were a wreck yesterday morning, so much so that when I went to drop takaza off at the train station what is normally a less-than-five-minute drive took 15 minutes and we missed his train. Since the schedule on the North Central line sucks, his next shot at a train in was two hours later. I went in to work, then left at 8:45 AM to take him to the 9:18 train. Yeah, not even close. What is normally an eight-minute drive took close to twenty, and when I picked him up and saw the line of cars on Hainesville Road, I knew there was no way we’d make his train. Rather than wait two hours until the next train, I dropped him off at the Grayslake station and he caught the Fox Lake train in, again having to take a taxi from Glenview (that cost even more than last time!).
Unfortunately, as a consequence of not getting in until just before noon, he didn’t make it home last night until around 9 PM.
And so we have this weekend. As I mentioned before, Dan is dragging me off on a four-day trip to celebrate my 40th birthday. I still have no idea where we’re going, though I have some suspicions. I’m sure it will be fun and memorable. They say that over the years a couple tends to get more like each other, and watching Dan fret about planning and worrying about the trip, I have to laugh. Normally he’s unflappable and easygoing; being so nervous about things, he reminds me of…me. But that’s exactly why I’m not worried, because I know I’m in good hands 🙂 That doesn’t mean the excitment isn’t getting to me, though – I woke up this morning at 3:45 AM with a touch of reflux and after a half-hour couldn’t get back to sleep, so I got up. I hope we’re not going to be out super-late tonight! Anyway, I intend to bring the camera along and be Mr. Annoying Shutterbug (if I can remember!) so hopefully I’ll have lots of pictures to show off when we get back.
Now if only 2 PM would get here so I can get out of here!
I’m curious… Do you even know how you are getting there? Is this a drive-there vacation, a fly-there trip, or something else?
We’re flying out, he knows that, and will be at O’hare in the late afternoon.
Happy Bday from Darcy and I. Sent you an email (tho it might get caught in the spam filter)
I did indeed receive it. Thank you very much! I’d been meaning to buy a subscription, and felt guilty that I hadn’t 😉
Happy (early) birthday! I know you’ll have a fun time this weekend. *grin*
I have left a bunch of clues around, so if you guess, I won’t be that heartbroken.
I have been worrying about the trip, but I think the reason why it has been going into overdrive is work, since there is so much that needed (and still needs to be done) before the trip, that the stress is piling onto each other.
At this point, I am pretty darn calm about the whole thing, hopefully we will have fun this weekend.
I’m glad to hear you’re feeling a little more calm. I know you want to make this a good trip for me, but I want you to have a good time too.
And hey – anywhere I go with you is automatically pretty darned good 🙂
Aww!!!
Happy Early Birthday to you!
Well, not for a few days yet, but thanks nevertheless!
In case you don’t have connectivity from vacationland: Happy birthday!
When you get back there’ll be another gift waiting for you. 😉
You guys are going to have fun, I just know it.
And I can’t think of any pair of guys who deserve it more!
Have a safe and fantastical trip!!!!! I can’t believe that it has been 40 years since you made your “debut”! You have given us forty years of wonderfulness (from your “PPP” years to today); we couldn’t be prouder of you and your accomplishments. Love you VERY much, Mom and Dad