Busy Weekend

This weekend we were all over the state. Friday Bridget, Ryan, Jack, Colin, Grandma Joan, Grandpa Leroy, and GiGi Lois went to Black Butte Ranch. The goal was to put some new TV's in up there and to get the digital cable set up. Since Grandma Joan was involved this meant that she also wanted to get a host of other things done up there too. Grandpa promptly got sick which did nothing other than torque Grandma off. Bridget said that she gave him a hard time about being useless even though he was obviously feeling pretty horrible. Nothing like nearly half a century of marriage to help one to feel empathy for your spouse....

Anyway, here is the "long-story-short" version of Bridget's weekend up at Black Butte: Cranky kids, cranky adults, various errands and work to be done, and even few times when everyone was pleasant and played well together. She didn't get to relax at all.

Where was I? Saturday morning I was heading to Astoria, Oregon to race cyclocross. I won't bore you with details here. That is what the RCMT blog is for afterall. After the race I jetted back to home about 100 miles away. I showered, changed and headed off to work. Then at 8:30pm I ran to the Fred Meyer to pick up a birthday gift for Ryan's friend. Then drove down to Black Butte Ranch another 140 miles or so. I stayed there for a total of 8 hours until Ryan and I left to head home at 7:30am. Ryan watched Scooby Do on our video Nano for most of the trip. At 11:00am we were inside Out of This World, an indoor jungle gym for his friend's birthday party. He had an absolute blast. Afterward he and I hung out and watch a Scooby Do movie together, played some wiffle ball until it got too windy, ate some good food, ate some tasty-but-not-so-good-for-you food, and then we watched Star Wars--the Remastered Episode IV. We had a grand time.

Meanwhile, Bridget continue her time in purgatory with a Jack that was absolutely at his most frustrating, and Colin who was not cooperative either. That night Bridget drove back and inbetween the crying and the complaining she managed to hit a deer. The car, her mom's, was only slightly damaged luckily. When she pulled in I could tell that she was totally frazzled. Soon things were calmed down and everyone was asleep or feeding.

A lot of driving and a lot of stuff. Today we just sort of relaxed and only did what we had to. It was nice. I had a great time just being one on one with Ryan. He is such a good kid.