As I am sitting alone in my house in the middle of a weekday...wait what? Yeah, this is weird and really awesome! I watched a movie by myself this morning, a grown up movie. Blue Jasmine is the only Academy nominated movie (for adults) that I have seen this year. (I've seen Frozen, twice.) I'm really glad I watched it, but it ended rather abruptly. My book club book from last night, The Other Typist, ended strangely too. I still don't think any of us really know what happened.
Anyway, this week has been filled with little blessings that truly have made it feel like a vacation. Lynn got to celebrate her BFF's birthday at a bowling party on Saturday. It was sweet to see the girls interact. They literally squeal every time they see each other.
After the party we headed to Des Moines to stay the night en route to Dubuque. The wonderful car ride was a blessing that was repeated Sunday morning and on Wednesday coming back. I'm not being sarcastic here. The kids were amazing in the car. Finally, they can occupy themselves without driving anyone too crazy.
Mimi time in Dubuque was relaxed but fun. We visited a bounce house on Monday morning for a couple of hours. Later, we had dinner together at Texas Road House. Joe's quote of the night was, "Ahhh, the sweet smell of Texas." After dinner, Mimi took the kids home where they camped out on the living room floor to watch movies and stay up late. Dan and I headed out to the casino. I was up for awhile, and then I was down, and then just when I was about to quit, I won $97. If I had an addictive personality, I would probably still be there trying to win more, but I was happy to triple my money and walk out the door. When we got back Joe was still up. This was our indication that we are in fact, old. He told us we should have stayed out longer, but 9:30 is past my bedtime. It was nice to sleep in a little on Tuesday morning.
Early Tuesday, Dan took Joe on a little drive. They went to three states in about 10 minutes. Dubuque is on the border of Iowa with Wisconsin and Illinois. So, over two different bridges they went. Joe was thrilled by the novelty of this. Later in the day we went to the Mississippi River Museum. There was a turtle exhibit that we all loved. We also got to see something that doesn't happen very often. The alligator that they have at the museum was being fed for the first time in a few months. This was because they had given her a hibernation period where they didn't feed her and they lowered the temp in her enclosure to simulate the wild. They fed her three or four big white rats. The volunteer who was explaining things to us said she wouldn't eat for another few weeks, so we were lucky to see it.
Tuesday night we all camped out to watch Frozen since it was delivered in the mail that day. I shouldn't complain about seeing it twice since I do like the movie and because it was Mimi's 3rd time seeing it. She is a great Mimi.
On Wednesday we headed home, leaving snow for the warmer weather of Kansas City. The drive was uneventful and perfect. Then I got to go to book club. And now here I am, alone. I think I will go take a nap, in my hammock. Bye!
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