Crazy Saturday

Saturday started off really good. We woke up at 8:00 to get ready for Austin's 10 AM flag football game (we needed to be in McKinney by 9:30). All went well, we got there on time, watched the game...they lost (no big deal, Austin doesn't even ask if they win or lose). The craziness started at 2:00 when Sammy and I drove to Denison (30 minutes away) to pick up 1,000 goldfish for the Fall Festival that night. As soon as I got out of my car at the pet store I realized I left their check on my kitchen counter. I asked the guy if I could please go ahead and take the goldfish to Van Alstyne and then come back with his check. He said that was fine....they were really nice. Going to Denison and back is an hour and I had a BUSY evening planned and I didn't have an hour to spare...but I didn't have a choice. I was so mad at myself for forgetting the check. I delivered the goldfish at 3:30, picked up the check from my house and drove back to Denison. On my way home, I had to stop at Wal-Mart to pick up the ingredients to make my Turkey Cranberry Wreath for a Halloween party that Russell and I were going to that night. I didn't get home until 5:00!! Remember I left my house at 2:00 to run the simple errand of picking up the goldfish...I was back home 3 hours later!

Thetwo important things going on for that night were: Fall Festival and Phil & Melissa's Halloween Party. Fall Festival started at 5PM and the Halloween party started at 7PM. So I figured I would take Austin and Sammy to the Fall Festival for about an hour, let them have some fun and come home to get ready for the party. We got to Fall Festival at 5:15 and returned home at 6:30. Russell and I worked as fast as went could to get dressed up as Duane "DOG" Chapman and Beth. We got the kids ready and left the house at 7:20 to drop the kids off at my mom and dad's. I called my mom and asked her to meet us 1/2 way because we were running so late...she is a lifesaver! We met my mom, traded cars and then we FINALLY arrived at the party at 8:30...1 1/2 hours late!! Russell and I had a BLAST at the party but at the end of night we locked my dad's keys his truck....UGH!! My cellphone was also in the car and I have not memorized my parents new "unlisted" phone number. Sooooo Phil and Melissa let us borrow their truck to go to my mom and dad's to get a spare set of keys. We got to my parents house at 1:15 AM to find my mom, dad and Sammy up. Sammy had developed a really bad cough and my mom had be trying to get ahold of me for over an hour!! Poor Sammy! We were going to go with my parents to the State Fair on Sunday...that is cancelled now with Sammy's cough. We loaded up the kids (at 1:45 AM) and my parents went with Russell and I to get my dad's car unlocked, return Phil & Melissa's truck and FINALLY go home! We didn't get home until 3:30 AM. Russell and I got to bed at 4 AM. Saturday was ridiculously LOOOOONG with a lot of setbacks. I wanted to scream by the end of the night....but I was too dang tired! OK, novel is over.