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Plusses and Minuses

This is going to be one of those "purging" posts - getting it all out on the table. The Schmidts went to Rochester this weekend for a tournament, here it goes in plusses (+) and minuses (-) in chronological order...

+ we were going to Rochester
+ we had a hotel
- with one king bed for 4 people
+ the Newskis had inflatable mattresses
+ we got on the road
- traffic stunk (thanks to SNOW, when will it end????)
+ we made it to Rochester
- in 3.5 hours (normally takes us 2)
+ everyone was having fun at the pool, saw Amy, Brad, and kids
- time for bed
+ kids went to sleep
- Dan went to bar
- Susan woke up @ 2:45 a.m. NO DAN
+ Susan found Dan
- - Dan had partaken in a bit too much fun
+ Dan found the room
- Dan only got 2.5 hours sleep
+ Dan made it to car for 8:00 a.m. game
+ MG5A won (barely)
+ Dan and Joe went to let Justin (my sister's dog out)
- Justin ran away
+ Justin came back
+ MG5A won 2nd game (barely)
- Dan thought he had the flu (self-inflicted kind)
+ went to mall for lunch
- Newskis called, Mia (our dog) got locked in the house, they can't get in to let her out
+ remembered we had spare key in garage
++ Newskis found the key, Mia is safe!!!
+ AE finds super cute shirt at mall
+ Susan finds Dan's friends at the mall, meets new friends
+ AE and JH given independance to hang out at Apache Mall
- AE and JH do not come back
-- Susan calls Dan to tell him, have lost AE at mall
- 3rd game in 25 minutes
+ AE and JH found...in JCPenney (the last store I would ever think to find my daughter)
+ Made it to game in Sean's clown car (seriously 9 of us in Impala)
- had to listen to Sean's music (think redneck Johnny Cash)
--- MG5A lost
+ time for the pool
++ WATERSLIDE!!!!
- time for bed
-- Susan turned up heat WAAAAY too high
- woke up at 5:30 a.m.
---room temp 86 degrees
+ time to check out
+ leave hotel for game
- return to hotel, forgot favorite pillow
+ MG5A takes 3rd place!!!!
+ lunch w/friends
+++ ALL of Applebee's sing AE birthday wishes (not until Tuesday)
+ got on the road home
+ made it home, sweet, home
---think Mia (our dog) has gone psycho, she went for teeth cleaning last Thurs and hasn't been the same dog since...hmmm
- make mental note to call vet in a.m.
+ start laundry
------ JG throws up all over newly cleaned carpet
--- clean up carpet
------------- decide to vacuum after what was thought to be "dry" carpet after cleaning
+ Dyson works wonders
----------------- sucks up puke and it is all over precious vacuum
--------------------- clean puke out of Dyson
+++ Dyson still works, yahoo!!!
+/- go to airport
+++ mom is home
+ Oscars, liked it this year
+ everyone is in bed
+++ get to blog about complete crap weekend
-------realized laundry room smells like puke
+ went to bed
++ blogging
+++ turing out light after checking out the morning...
- crap have 8:00 a.m. meeting...

---- am I getting sick?

Comments

Karen said…
Good grief. I hate to say it, but a puke-filled vacuum (or puke anywhere, ever) makes my $265 windshield seem like a calorie-free cupcake. I hope you're not getting sick, and that your people (and your dog) see fit to give you a little, teeny tiny break.
9:57 AM
carey said…
ah, hockey weekends. the missing dan aspect is very familiar. THIS is why you need to lobby very very hard for mondays off susan. recuperating days. very important.
11:39 AM
bobbione8y said…
i started to count and see if the +s outweighed the -s, and gave up.

yes. a puke-filled dyson tops my list of things not to want to deal with. oooofff.
2:54 PM
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