We headed up to Denver the weekend before the DNC to finish moving Lisa into her apartment. On the way there, Tina, Lisa, and I all rode together in Lisa's car and mom & dad drove the van. Before we had really even gotten anywhere, we stopped for gas, and when we were leaving, there was a huge pothole in the parking lot. That Lisa decided to drive right into, even with Tina in the front seat, screaming "BIG HOLE! BIG HOLE!!!!!!" It was actually rather amusing... we were all fine, and so was the car, so it was all okay.
Later on in the trip, we were driving along in the middle of nowhere NM (or CO) and it started to smell like skunk really bad... but me in all my Jenious, said the following "Mmmm! It smells like COW." To which Lisa responded "or skunk..." Yes. I know my animal smells, I promise...
That night we stayed in Colorado Springs at a nice little hotel where Lisa, Tina & I shared a room. It was, of course, the night that Obama announced that Joe Biden would be his running mate, so Tina and I were having a random political discussion while we were laying in bed:
K: I keep on getting emails from Howard Dean and Tom McMahon.
T: I keep on getting emails from MoveOn.org
L: I keep on getting emails from a random pregnacy site. And they called me once...
To which Tina and I could not restrain ourselves... because it was sooooo random & hilarious, especially since Lisa was half asleep! :)
So then the next night we went to the Rockies game (and got Todd Helton bobbleheads!) but I needed to get mom a birthday present, so I was going to get her a Rockies shirt to wear! So Tina and my mom and I went over to the store on the street corner opposite the stadium and while I was "trying on shirts," the following conversation took place:
M: Do you have any money?
K: No...
M: I'll lend you some then
K: Tina, can I borrow some money?
T: (to mom) I think you should go outside...
And then of course, there was lunch the next day. We were talking about the people in church (because that's what we do) and what they were wearing. Tina had missed the memo to bring nice clothes, so she just wore her pirate T-shirt (which I think was nice enough... I mean PIRATES! come on...) So I said "and then there was that girl in the pirate shirt." To which Tina replied "yeah, she was pretty sketchy." And Lisa, totally missing the point said "Missed that" while looking directly at Tina. Who was STILL WEARING THE PIRATE SHIRT. lol.
Also at lunch, Tina said "so when we werein England, we didn't realize that it was illegal to pet the sheep." Need I say more?
And either at lunch or dinner, I was taking my lovely meds & mom was nagging me about how I was taking them:
K: I have enough water! (shaking my glass at mom)
T: I think those pills are giving Kelley turrets
K: (after choking on my drink b/c it was funny...) That wasn't water that came out of my nose!
And then there's Lisa who said "Maybe I'll keep my room clean." Need I say more?
And of course, the word of the weekend "Histarious," made up by Lisa. Good thing she got into grad school...
Ohio was wonderful! It was nice to see the family & celebrate my grandma's birthday & my grandparent's 59TH wedding anniversary! Lisa and I surprised them by singing at the church service on Sunday morning, which was really wonderful.
I guess the most exciting part about the whole trip was getting home & finding my plane tickets to Austria in the front door! I am almost officially set to go! I just need to finish packing my bag... and make sure that it is under 50 lbs. I finally have everything I need. In fact, I could leave tomorrow & be all set for the whole semester (I think...)
I just have to say, it's really weird not being in school right now. Cal Lu started yesterday... and most everyone I know has already gone back (except maybe the UC students...). It just seems like I should be doing school work. But instead, I start orientation on the 15th... and school on the 29th... which is a full month later than I normally do. It's just odd.
:)
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