Whew- we made it through the week and it was a tough one. After a great but sleepless weekend last weekend, mom came down with my cold. She has decided I am a little machine when it comes to cold viruses. Although I didn't feel great, I was able to take some medicine and keep on trucking. Mom on the other hand was completely wiped out by my little bug. She missed work on Tuesday and went home at noon on Wednesday. Lucky dad didn't even catch a sniffle.
Thankfully, everyone felt better by Thursday because dad was headed to Prescott, AZ for a mountain bike race and my best friend Claire was coming for a sleepover on Friday. It was Claire's first time for a sleep over so mom was a little concerned we'd be making midnight run back to Claire's house but she did great. She and I spent most of the evening locked in the guest room playing Minecraft. It was a totally perfect night for everyone- Claire and I were totally occupied and mom had wine. Meanwhile, up in Prescott, Dad was totally being taken care of by our friends who also went up to ride. He got to feast on baked ziti and enjoy adult company.
Saturday was a quiet day. Claire went home about 11, mom and I ran some errands and then I took a good long nap. I had to get rested for my 6PM softball game. We did fairly well, only losing by one run. I walked once and got a super nice, hard hit single. I played second and actually remembered to cover first when the time came. All around a good game.
While we were napping and softballing, dad was racing his heart out in Prescott. He actually spent some time riding with the women's 5 time world mountain biking champion. It sounds like she was pretty impressive (as you would expect). He finished with total ride time of 3 hours 16 minutes, not including the 1/2 hour bottle neck to go pedal up the first hill. A good showing overall by team Goedel.
And while mom was drinking wine and eating cookies for dinner, dad was enjoying a well earned prime rib dinner. Mom is really going to make an effort to be on this trip next year.
Dad came home on Sunday and mom and I headed out to see Newsies. We switched our original tickets from Saturday evening to the Sunday matinee at 2 PM. We left a little early and stopped to get some ice cream and enjoy a relaxing afternoon. We arrived at the theater, smile, smile, happy, happy at 1:30, plenty of time to get settled, go to the bathroom etc. Only to find out the show started at 1. Bummer. Undaunted, we headed in, snuck to our seats and watched the rest of the show.
I liked it but there was too much kissing in the second half. Gross.
We got home earlier than expected to find out Grandma Sue was bringing us dinner. Homemade lettuce wraps with sticky rice. It was a two-fer. Mom didn't have to cook AND we got a super yummy meal out of it. Mom and I took advantage of the extra time and headed to the park to enjoy a perfect kite flying afternoon.
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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