Yesterday was a little rough, today is better!

Yesterday morning Terri called from work wanting to go for a bike ride at lunch time.

"Cool Beans!" I thought. I always like to go for bike rides!

She said around noon, and I knew she had a meeting at 11:00, so I loaded the bikes up and was sitting in the parking lot at her office at about 11:50. I waited and waited, until almost 1:00, figuring that she'd be down as soon as she got out of the meeting. I had her cycling gear, so I didn't think she'd go back to her office. Well at 1:00 I called her office, and there she was! Well she came down and we got out for a short ride on the W&OD before I had to be back home for the kids coming home.
So I get to the house a few minutes after Jason got home, and got the bikes unloaded. I grabbed a slice of bread with some peanut butter and changed clothes in time to get back out the door with Jason to pick Sam up. I had enough time to realize that I had missed my UPS delivery. We picked her up and headed to Mom's office so I could get some paperwork faxed, then got back to Sudley Manor House for the kid's volunteer time at 4:00.

About 4:50 my cell phone rings. Terri is calling to figure out where we are since Jason was supposed to be at school, properly dressed, at 4:45 for a trip to a dinner theater with the choir. Crap. So Jason and I go out the door at SMH and head toward home. Mrs. Dommer called my cell on the way to the house, and she really couldn't hold the bus up any longer, so I told her that I'd catch up. We get to the house, and I have Jason grab clothes to change on the way. We hustle out the door and I call Mrs. Dommer back, and we agree to meet at the high school. Of course the light at 234 was in full rush hour mode, so we sat for like 4 minutes waiting on the green. I eventually got him on the bus, and they made it to the dinner theater with some time to spare.

So then I go to pick Sam up, since she's now there when all the old folks have gone to dinner. She gets along fine with the staff (and the birds) so this isn't a problem, but I hate situations like that.

That pretty much sums up the rough parts. When Terri got home we took Sam to Red Hot & Blue, where we split a full rack of ribs and I had some wings. Of course when I went to get a Coke refill before leaving, the machine was out.

After Sam went to bed, Ter settled into a nice bath and I went for another ride. I'm digging the weight loss, and the wings and ribs had to be paid for. Got home in plenty of time for a shower before picking Jason up at their scheduled return time of 11:30.

Today Terri took a day of leave. With today being the last day of school, the kids had half a day. They're done for the year and they both got by. Jason starts high school next year, which is sort of scary for me. The years just keep on coming.
Anyway, I had talked to my friend Mark yesterday and we arranged to ride this morning, so Terri and I met him at his house at 8:30 and we had about a 15 mile ride. I've got some neato video from the camera that Mom got me for Christmas, including the designated dumbass of the day. Terri and I got home in time for a shower before the scheduled 10:30 - 2:00 UPS redelivery attempt.

Why do they call it redeliver?
de·liv·er·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-lv-r, -lvr)
n. pl. de·liv·er·ies
1. a. The act of conveying or delivering.
b. Something delivered, as a shipment or package.

They didn't get it to me the first time. If they had, they wouldn't have to come back, right?

So anyway. The kids are home, Buster Brown brought my new camera, and we just got back from DQ. Mom's picking the kids (and Casey) up on her way home from work, and I have to figure out what's for Dinner. Terri's working on quilting stuff to be ready for tomorrow, when we head to Richmond for a sew-in.

We'll report on that later!