By now most of my friends in Colorado Springs have received a phone call that we are on our way to visit. I was offered by several friends a place to crash, which is a courteous offer considering my bunch o’kids. My friend Jen has a huge home that she opened up to us. We had become close friends while living in CO. She has 2 children, the oldest being one of Kaela’s best friends, Hunter and Autumn Marie (I take some credit in that kewl hippie name:)). Kenzie prides herself in being Autumn’s awesome babysitter. By the time we got there I was exhausted. Add another 500 miles to the total. It was about dinner time so we headed over to Monica’s Taco. The BEST fish tacos around. We even called Brad to brag…. I mean share the experience with him. We only spent 2 days there but we were able to see most of our friends and eat at all our favorite restaurants: Bird Dogs, Monica’s Taco, and Josh and John’s Ice Cream. As we went into our old hang outs the employee’s immediately recognized us. Yes, even at the Starbucks! We even got our Blue Moose salsa from Whole Foods.
I got to head over to Archivers and catch up with my old co-workers. Should have seen their faces as I came strollin in with my old Archiver’s apron on. Some of the customers were surprised to see me back in so soon after the move. Archivers was such a great place to work because of the people. I always had a blast going into to work. I could always count on Mel to crack me up every day. I was able to control myself and I only bought a tiny bit of stuff, for me any way.
We also spent some time with our good friends the Herbelin family. Both of our families home school and we became great friends while running Girl Scout troops together. Their girls and my girls are the bestest of friends (as Kaela says). While hanging out with them we stopped in at the RV Park where we use to stay. Ron and Yogi are the host and took us under their wing while we were there. We only had a few minutes to catch up with them as they were on their way to OK, but I’m glad we got to say “Hi” before they left.
Beth stopped in over to Jen’s. She is my comedian friend. We worked together at Archivers until she ditched us for another job. We even took a class together in college. Luckily for me, she paid more attention than I did. She was very helpful come homework time.
We headed out of Colorado Springs early. I mean WAY early for me. Five A.M. early. We had about 800 miles to drive to make it to Brad’s parent’s house in IA. Of course I had to stop and get me some go-go juice at Starbucks. So I am wired and we are on our way.
I was cruisin right along through Eastern CO when a police officer saw a shiny little blue Aveo fly by. I really had those hamsters purring (Great analogy Jen!). I ended up with a speeding ticket for 12 over, $60. Lucky for me, I guess I had slowed when he clocked me as I thought I was going faster. Needless to say, the trip took a more leisurely course from there. Nebraska here we come.
I got to head over to Archivers and catch up with my old co-workers. Should have seen their faces as I came strollin in with my old Archiver’s apron on. Some of the customers were surprised to see me back in so soon after the move. Archivers was such a great place to work because of the people. I always had a blast going into to work. I could always count on Mel to crack me up every day. I was able to control myself and I only bought a tiny bit of stuff, for me any way.
We also spent some time with our good friends the Herbelin family. Both of our families home school and we became great friends while running Girl Scout troops together. Their girls and my girls are the bestest of friends (as Kaela says). While hanging out with them we stopped in at the RV Park where we use to stay. Ron and Yogi are the host and took us under their wing while we were there. We only had a few minutes to catch up with them as they were on their way to OK, but I’m glad we got to say “Hi” before they left.
Beth stopped in over to Jen’s. She is my comedian friend. We worked together at Archivers until she ditched us for another job. We even took a class together in college. Luckily for me, she paid more attention than I did. She was very helpful come homework time.
We headed out of Colorado Springs early. I mean WAY early for me. Five A.M. early. We had about 800 miles to drive to make it to Brad’s parent’s house in IA. Of course I had to stop and get me some go-go juice at Starbucks. So I am wired and we are on our way.
I was cruisin right along through Eastern CO when a police officer saw a shiny little blue Aveo fly by. I really had those hamsters purring (Great analogy Jen!). I ended up with a speeding ticket for 12 over, $60. Lucky for me, I guess I had slowed when he clocked me as I thought I was going faster. Needless to say, the trip took a more leisurely course from there. Nebraska here we come.
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