Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Fare Thee Well

I'm (hoping) to be off and running tomorrow on a trip to Minnesota. Both of my dad's parents are turning 90 this month and we're having a celebration/family reunion of sorts up there. I am really excited about it and looking forward to it. Most importantly, I am actually calm about getting up at 4 a.m. and travelling standby--alone with two kids--and renting a car and driving up to the small town where my dad is from. All by myself! I swear! I feel okay about it! Really.

(Except for the teeny part of me that can't figure out how I'm going to get all the crap from the baggage claim to the rental cars and how to get the carseats and stuff installed while the kids are entertaining themselves in the parking lot. But we'll worry about that later! For now I'm focusing on the positive.)

I love Minnesota in the summer!

(Except for the hordes of mosquitoes that put Alaska's to shame!)

7 comments:

Marie Green said...

Oh, have fun!

Where in MN will you be? We live about 1 hour south of the Cities.

Jen said...

Oh dear. That should be challenging! But fun! Think of the fun! Hope it goes well...

Shel Barker said...

good luck!

Shel Barker said...

It's Noel....not Shel Barker!

lisa said...

Dang, we were almost going to cross paths. We're going to be Minnesota-ing it up after the 4th. Where is your family from? My parents are both Minnesota natives and I was born there. Maybe we have a 6 degree of separation type thing..... Good luck with the early morning travels!

PS- Let me know what type of bug-repellant keeps our babies from being carried off by a team of mosquitos.

Meg said...

Yea! You always worry about traveling but always seem to do just fine....you haven't lost a kid yet...success! Have fun!

Andrea_Ben said...

Hope you got out ok! Looking forward to pictures :0)