i pulled the boys out of school on friday so we could enjoy an xtra long weekend
with my girlfriend connie and her girls.
i had made the same roadtrip nearly every weekend the summer of 1996.
christopher was doing an internship at an architectural firm here in san diego,
and since i had good job in tucson, i stayed back. i visited him often in the
city we now call our home.
my sisters, leslie and stacey, flew out from florida to keep me company,
and have some adventures themselves. i'd drove my old saab, samantha,
over that mountain pass to san diego most every weekend {and without a cell phone}.
so this wasn't my first roadtrip to tucson at all, but it had been a while.
anyway, i love roadtrips and this one was easy.
the boys were excited to begin their first harry potter book: the sorcerer's stone,
i had been holding off on the series until they were a little older, and it was time.
since reading for hours in a car can be hard for finn, i chose to download
audiobooks 1 and 2.
they LOVED it!
they sat in the back of the prius and i didn't hear a peep
from either of them the entire 7 hour drive. well, there was an
occasional giggle and finn mentioned he had to go to the
restroom once, but beyond that, they were immersed.
me too as i was listening to my own book.
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when we stopped to fill the gas tank and have lunch,
the boys talked over each other as they fought to tell me
what was going on in the story. finn said several times that he
"felt like he was part of harry's world, and actually at hogwarts
{the wizard school} with him". i smiled and said something to
the effect of that's what great writers do.
though we had hoped to go to kartcher caverns the day we arrived,
we didn't make it. with rain was coming down the entire drive,
we missed the appointment we made {appts. are required}.
i promised the boys we'd go on our next trip.
{and that walk the university of arizona campus too}
since we all needed to get our bodies moving after the long drive,
i ended up taking the kids to a giant warehouse full of trampolines.
the kids loved it and got lots of exercise. {me included}
also, with the help of connie's oldest daughter, us moms were able to
go out for breakfast and then later a movie. we saw hunger games 2.
it was so entertaining, but the books of course were so much richer.
now the wait for the 3rd movie starts....
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| connie, julie and me |
the trip was much too short and i only wish we could have stayed one more day,
but i had to get back to work on monday. the little guys were in no rush as they
have the entire week off for thanksgiving.
c called me at work today to tell me they were at the beach surfing
with their classmates and then they enjoyed a fish taco. ahhh. so jealous!
he assured me they would both get some piano practicing in.
how much is still undetermined. *grumble*
just 1 more day of work and then c and i can officially
begin our 4 day thanksgiving weekend! it can't come fast enough.
