Planning

Yesterday the three of us met for coffee to discuss a tenative plan. We got to talking about lots of other stuff too, but by the time we left we set up a time to leave town to catch our flight and discussed everyone's opinion on the best route. Thanks to Stella's brother who sent her great info on four different routes. We were able to discuss them and - YAY- we all prefer to take the same route. Of course, we're going where the best weather and scenery is so we reserve the right to go where the spirit leads us but a tentative plan is a good thing. We can always deviate dramatically should the need/desire arise. In fact, I just sent Thelma & Stella a text asking if I should pack my passport *just in case* we find ourselves on a wayward jaunt to Mexico. Hey, a girl's gotta cover her bases. Wonder if I need to pack a bathing suit in case we find a hotel with a hot tub?

After our pow-wow it was back to being mom. Last night was a school dance for me, basketball game for Stella, and family trip to Indianapolis for Thelma (road trippin' back to back, she's the bomb!). Today is was more kid/family time. Now I'm trying to catch up on a few things while they are all busy and hopefully I'll get a little packing done before family game night. I'm thinking that after this weekend they are going to have had enough mom time they will be glad to be rid of me for a week. Come Monday at noon I take my mom hat and shove it in my back pocket basically until Friday. I'll have to whip it out to call home every day, but the freedom of not being tied to a schedule, of not HAVING to do much of anything except drive, laugh, take pictures, and eat food other than mac n cheese/pizza/hot dogs is positively intoxicating!