BACK TO WORK

Time goes by quicker at home, than it does when you are trying to get there. Got the relay done, and got to Joplin Wednesday night. Ricky got some things done Thursday morning in the CFI yard and finally got home that night. Slipped in and went to bed. Felt good to not have a schedule for a few days. Called Jay and Jenn Friday ,and took them out to eat with Cody and Emily, to Fazoli's, I like their spaghetti and breadsticks. Emily is talking up a storm now. She is so funny; she copies everything Cody does. Saturday, took Kelly, Brian, Holly, and the dogs(Kelly's lab, Hannah, and our Paco) to Hawg Wild Bar-B-Que in Aurora for some good eating and then to Flat Creek to play in the water and let the dogs swim. It was a lot of fun. Was gonna take the canoes out but with all the rain they have been getting, we were afraid the rivers would be to dangerous for now. The beaches at some of the lakes were closed, there has been some flooding in alot of the areas. Sunday, Ricky and I got up and made a quick trip to Panera's for bagels and Dillon's for juices and cream cheese. Kelly and Brian were leaving to go back to Ohio. So we had Jay, Jenn, Cody, Emily,Kelly, and Brian for a small breakfast. Started that day off good. Cody stayed with me for a while..playing games on the t.v. and coloring. He doesn't like me being gone so much. Time flew from then. Visited some more with Holly on Monday, went Square Dancing on Tuesday nite and left from there to get our stuff and drive on over to Joplin and get set back up to leave. Got in the bed finally at 3:00am. Ricky went ahead and got on the board when we first got there so we had a load by 10:00am...going to Wisconsin, just out from Milwaukee. A light load of plastic cups.. :) Had to be there Thursday at 6:00pm. We got there at 5:00..an hour early. So Ricky backed to the dock and laid down for a nap...we were to pick up a new load 30 miles up the road at Allenton at 10:00pm. An hour later he woke and they hadn't started unloading us. They thought we had dropped the trailer and left..duh..no..it's a live unload. So long story short.. was 9:30 when they were through. Ricky gets us on up to Allenton..few minutes past 10:00pm, and they aren't ready with the full order.. so our hours run out and we sleep in their lot till morning. Now we are on our way to Laredo, TX. Drove all the way to Springfield just in time for Ricky's hours to be up. Jenn and the kids picked us up from the truck and took us to our house for a shower and to sleep in our own bed for the night. Jay got up early this morning to give us a ride back... We have some really great kids!!! Stopped in Joplin to fuel., have to go through the inspection bay as you go in ...shock needs tightened and tires need rotated on trailer..so that means we use up a couple of hours there.. we have made it to Temple,TX for the night and will knock this trip out in the morning. Hoping for a good run out with some good miles. When you take off a few days, makes the check short if you get short runs instead of a long trip. The run from Wisconsin to Tx helped, a long run out will help. O.K. now , I've tried to catch you up..sorry not too much excitement so far this week.. gonna get a nap for now, catch you all later..

Dreamin of retirement.. :) Belinda