The thing I didn't mention yesterday was that, at the end of the banquet, my husband and I went home to sleep, and my daughter went off with friends to the midnight premiere of the new Indiana Jones movie.
And got home at 3 am.
It wasn't a school night, and she is 18. It was, however, a work night, and yesterday just hurt. Fortunately, I didn't have a lot of demands on my mental prowess at work, since I hadn't brought any with me. Unfortunately, it was another long day.
My husband took off a little early, and he and our daughter finished up the shopping for the party (ice and perishable stuff), before he came back downtown to pick me up. And then he and I stopped at two additional stores (looking for wrapping paper - there's been a run on it around here), met the kid for dinner, and then we finally got to go home while she headed to the airport to pick up her sister, the sister's boyfriend, and my husband's ex-wife, who flew in from Seattle. They're staying with us (the kids) and my parents (the ex-wife). Their 3:30 flight out got delayed by our nasty, national-news-worthy tornadoes (don't be silly, they don't have tornadoes in Colorado, everyone knows that!), and they got to the house about 10:15. At which point we did hugs all around and said, "We're going to bed and will see you tomorrow." And about time, too.
The rest of the family arrives throughout the day today. Two of them are flying with FedEx. My first thought was that they'd be arriving with the packages around 4 am and having to find their way to our house from the sorting facility in Commerce City, but apparently, that's not quite the case, and they're not here yet, although enroute. Others are flying in on regular airlines (so they won't require a tracking bar-code), and driving. So by the time I get home from work, our house should be full of hungry in-laws, ready to go to the ballpark.
I've made maps - well, I've printed out Google Maps directions from either our house or their hotel to all the places I know we've planned to be over the weekend, as well as several local attractions (like the mountains, although it's snowing up there right now, which certainly wouldn't attract me). But I know how it will be - caravan city, all weekend. Nothing but mobs. My husband will be in his element.
If I'm able to post at all next Tuesday, it will probably be gibberish.
Let the games begin.
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