Here’s a glimpse into my Tuesday and Wednesday this week. It was a fun “adventure,” as 4-year-old Cate described it. But it’s no wonder my mind seems to keep thinking it’s Monday …
8:15 am – Got blood drawn at Murray-Calloway County Hospital.
9:08 am – Dropped Cate off at school and then ran errands.
10:30 am – Finished packing, picked up around the house, ate lunch.
12:39 pm – Picked Cate up at school.
12:53 pm – Left Murray. Ben fell asleep shortly after.
{Murray to Leitchfield is 154 miles.}
3:05 pm – Stopped for snacks {and Ben woke up …} and killed some time before picking up Greg at the Grayson Co. Courthouse, where he was working, and continuing to Louisville.
{Leitchfield to Louisville is 71 miles.}
6:05 pm Eastern – Exited I-65 for Freedom Hall and sat in traffic. Made it in, found my sister with our tickets, found our seats and got food before starting lineups were introduced. We watched a somewhat ugly game, but a win is a win and the Wildcats beat Arkansas-Little Rock 73-51.
9:20 pm – Headed to Mom’s house where we were “sleeping just one night,” according to my daughter who wanted more.
1:05 am – Wondered why I wasn’t asleep but had been laying in bed for more than an hour.
6:09 am – Cate woke us up a little before our 6:30 alarm. We all got up and ready for the day. {Eastern time is earlier than our hometown central time … so it was an early day, folks!}
7:19 am – Said goodbyes to Cassie & Zac and headed to Shepherdsville, where Greg was going to start his work day.
{Louisville to Shepherdsville is 18.3 miles. The kids napped, briefly.}
8:05 am – Kids and I shopped at Target.
9:40 am – Arrived at Build-A-Bear and waited until it opened at 10 am, at which time the kids start building Max and Emily.
{Shepherdsville to the east end of Louisville is 29.6 miles.}
10:40 am – Shopped at Costco, thanks to a Christmas gift card.
{From there to lunch was 11.3 miles.}
11:35 am – Arrived 10 minutes early at W.W. Cousins for lunch with a friend I don’t see often enough.
{Just 9 miles from there to the mall.}
12:40 pm – Headed toward Oxmoor, where I spent another Christmas present — an Archiver’s gift card.
1:15 pm – Spent $2.25 in quarters on small kids rides in mall. Then kids played more when the rides weren’t moving.
{Back across part of Louisville for 10.4 miles, and the kids napped again.}
2:10 pm – Left to meet Mom at Chick-fil-A, where the kids played more before we got in the van for a long time.
{The 25.5-mile drive from mom’s neck of the woods to Bardstown straight down U.S. 150 E/U.S. 31E was a beautiful stretch I’d never seen before.}
4:10 pm – Picked Greg up at Bardstown, where he ended his work day. Headed to Murray.
{Bardstown to Murray is 207 miles, and Ben slept almost the entire trip.}
6:20 pm – Arrived at CFSB Center, got some concession stand dinner and settled in to watch our Racers become 15-0 with a 76-67 win over EKU.
9:10 pm – Drove the 1.5 miles home and everybody got ready for bed.
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What a fun adventure!!