Just One Of Those Days

This is just one of those series of events I need to document so I can have a good laugh one day.

spent 3 fun days in Atlanta with Garyn, Zach & Campbell
didn’t venture outside much because it rained non-stop
spent hours upon hours talking and laughing just like the good ‘ol roomie days
sad to leave the house at 2:45 p.m. to head to the airport
immediately starts pouring rain
can see maybe 3 car lengths in front of us
one side of Hwy. 85 is shut down from a wreck
our side of Hwy. 85 is a parking lot
hwy. 85 is flooded
a typical 30-45 minute drive takes 2 hours
say our goodbyes
4:30 p.m. flight is cancelled
on 8:30 p.m. flight
walk through terminal T
walk through terminal B
oh fun, an airport spa
get a pedicure
8:30 p.m. flight in cancelled
on 10:10 p.m. flight
walk through terminal A
cell phone battery dead
oh fun, a store for cell phone batteries
walk through terminal T…again
eat dinner
finally sit down at gate since it’s getting close…9:30 p.m.
odd guy sits in front of me and falls asleep with his head on his thigh
still no plane
odd guy answers phone and says “hang on, I don’t know where I am”
still no plane
odd guy tries to get ticket agent to tell girlfriend on phone that he’s at the airport
at 10:30 p.m. they say the plane is stuck on other side of airport
still no plane, but odd guy tries to check in with boarding pass anyway
odd guy is now labeled drunk guy as he stumbles over people
boarding begins at 11:00 p.m.
drunk guy escorted away from gate by security

board plane
woo-hoo, I have an entire row to myself
plane sits at gate for another hour
freezing cold and paranoid about swine flu, but I use the nasty airplane blanket anyway
10:10 p.m. flight finally takes off at midnight
all lights off on plane and time for quiet…so I think
on wi-fi plane and man behind me skypes overseas and speaks in loud, foreign language
no sleep

diverted flight pattern becomes tour over texas to avoid major storms
3-hour flight turns to 4-hour flight
finally land at 3:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. Atlanta time)
my Dad picks me up at airport (yes, Dad of the Year)
wait, where is the luggage
after waiting 30 minutes, told it didn’t make it on flight
get to bed at 3:45 a.m.
bag shows up at house 19 hours later

all worth it for time with a great friend

Purple, White, Purple, White!

If you went to one of those colleges whose paraphernalia is sold at random grocery stores…just because…then you won’t understand this post.

I loved my college years. I had a great time, learned a lot, met great people, etc, etc. But one thing that was not on the list (at the time) was going to crazy fun college football games. I’m pretty sure I can count the number of games I went to on one hand (all were during pledging), and I’m pretty sure my high school games were a little more exciting. Ouch.

But ACU’s football team has had this turnaround in recent years and is actually ranked #2 in their national conference. I’m no football expert, so I’m sure there’s some explanation regarding offensive-strategy-ball-moving or something. Whatever they did, they need to keep doing it!

Because we are the kind of Wildcat fans that we are, we braved the never-ending rain (it seriously rained 3 of the 4 quarters) and went to cheer on the team at the Dallas Cotton Bowl stadium last weekend. I almost cried with relief when we saw that there were seats under the overhang, so we were dry the whole game.

It was a bummer that the rain was so bad, because there weren’t many people there at all. We were finally hoping for that “big college football” experience. Oh well, it was still fun. And we won with an interception return for a touchdown during the first play of overtime (do I sound impressive or what)! Keep it up Wildcats!

Ummmmm?????

We headed to our first MOPS class of the year and both had a great time. As I went to pick Tate up from his class, I saw several of the adorable kid's family picture paintings airing out in the hallway. I was thinking to myself how cute, this will be a keeper for sure. Ummmmm...not sure what I'm supposed to think about this?

Isn't there someone missing?

The Latest News

It’s old news on Facebook, but I thought it was finally time to update the blog with the news of our upcoming arrival…

Baby Strz is due to be here April 22!

We are beyond excited at the thought of another little one. Today was the first sonogram, and seeing that little flicker of light flashing so strongly provided a great sense of relief.

I’m almost 9 weeks along and have tried to be as patient as possible as I waited for this morning’s appointment. The time quickly got here, and we quickly got to experience that awe and wonder of seeing a tiny life working so hard at growing inside me. Amazing.

So far, I can already tell a big difference this time. I guess it’s because I’m chasing around an energetic 2 year-old (almost 3!), so I’m much more tired and the time is going much faster. I’ve felt the usual grossness of early pregnancy, and shockingly, all of the pants are already much tighter.

Tate can tell you that there is a baby in Mommy’s tummy, but I’m pretty sure he doesn’t quite know what that means. Or know how much his life will be changing in just a few more months. For now, we’re soaking up all of our time with just him.

But mainly, I want so badly to express my gratitude for this gift of new life and the future that it holds.

Tate's First Day of Preschool ~ 2009

Today was Tate’s first, first day of preschool. I’m assuming over the next 2 more years it won’t quite be as big of a deal. But for today, it was. And it was fun for us all.

He started at a church preschool that is about 5 minutes from our house (loving that!) and will go twice a week. We know several of the teachers and several friends that also go there, so it’s nice to see many familiar faces.

This morning we took the obligatory front porch pictures, and Tate was pretty excited to show off his backpack and new lunchbox. (I quickly reminded myself that we must paint that door black and plant some flowers.)

On Tuesday, he had a Meet The Teacher day where he was dropped off in the classroom while the parents had a meeting. He did great and didn’t seem bothered by me leaving. Well this morning was a little harder. I think all the commotion, excitement, pictures, and the fact that Mommy AND Daddy were leaving him caused him to get a little upset. So we did the super-fast goodbye. When I peaked in two minutes later, he had a giant car and was happy as could be.

I was a little teary, but that quickly went away as I strolled through the nice, quiet aisles of Target by myself. :)

His teacher said he did great. The only things I got out of him were that he ate his brownie (a special first day treat…probably the first and only thing he ate), played outside with a wagon?, talked about yellow, and sang. Sounds like a good day!