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So...We took Keelan as far as Lebanon Missouri last night and Rantz met us at this crappy hotel and then Keelan followed him the rest of the way home the next day (which is today). It's approximately 650 miles from Terre Haute to Shawnee and we met half-way. Anyway, we left around 6pm yesterday. I hate driving at night and so does Keelan. Part of the way through Missouri is on this dark, winding road and you can't see for jack either side of the road. Hubby kept getting really far ahead of me (I took over driving because Keelan got tired) and you can't tell one tail-light from the next in the dark anyway. It's a good thing I knew what exit to take! It took us around 6 hours because it was dark and it's hard to follow someone else anyway. So we get there and this motel is STU...PID and ugly and skanky to boot. Our dog Indy went with us and he whined all night. Most of the cars there were pitted-out pieces of junk except for the occasional ones like us and I think he knew he was among the criminal element of man-kind and he kept me awake ALL NIGHT whining because he was either scared or wanted to keep them away from his family.
So at this skanky motel, we had reserved 2 rooms the night before we left and when Rantz got there the guy who made the reservations hadn't left them for the next shift and we had no reservations. They had 2 rooms left and Rantz took one and called me and I had him pay for ours because I figured those people wouldn't keep it held for us. We wound up paying $20 more for a room with 3 beds so Rylee had a bed, Keelan had a bed and we had one. It looked stupid to have 3 beds all in a row. Grrrr!!!
We left around 9:30 this morning from there and got home in around 5 hours because we could book without someone tailing us. Hubby always takes care of the kids so he gave Kee $60 and paid for Rantz's room too and a tank of gas. Rantz tells all of us that his and Keelan's dad was going to help him buy furniture for his new house, but what he didn't know was that his dad had just told Keelan day's before that he couldn't help her with her tuition. It made Kee feel bad because he helps Rantz, but not her. Oh well.
Step-dad (she's lived with him longer than her own dad) got her in to see an F-16 because that's her goal, to fly one of those planes. She said it was the highlight of her life so far. She's going to join the Air Guard next summer and maybe join ROTC to become an officer. She'll succeed.
I'm out of here! After not sleeping last night, I'm tired. Please excuse any misspelled words cause I'm typing really fast and too tired to check.
So...We took Keelan as far as Lebanon Missouri last night and Rantz met us at this crappy hotel and then Keelan followed him the rest of the way home the next day (which is today). It's approximately 650 miles from Terre Haute to Shawnee and we met half-way. Anyway, we left around 6pm yesterday. I hate driving at night and so does Keelan. Part of the way through Missouri is on this dark, winding road and you can't see for jack either side of the road. Hubby kept getting really far ahead of me (I took over driving because Keelan got tired) and you can't tell one tail-light from the next in the dark anyway. It's a good thing I knew what exit to take! It took us around 6 hours because it was dark and it's hard to follow someone else anyway. So we get there and this motel is STU...PID and ugly and skanky to boot. Our dog Indy went with us and he whined all night. Most of the cars there were pitted-out pieces of junk except for the occasional ones like us and I think he knew he was among the criminal element of man-kind and he kept me awake ALL NIGHT whining because he was either scared or wanted to keep them away from his family.
So at this skanky motel, we had reserved 2 rooms the night before we left and when Rantz got there the guy who made the reservations hadn't left them for the next shift and we had no reservations. They had 2 rooms left and Rantz took one and called me and I had him pay for ours because I figured those people wouldn't keep it held for us. We wound up paying $20 more for a room with 3 beds so Rylee had a bed, Keelan had a bed and we had one. It looked stupid to have 3 beds all in a row. Grrrr!!!
We left around 9:30 this morning from there and got home in around 5 hours because we could book without someone tailing us. Hubby always takes care of the kids so he gave Kee $60 and paid for Rantz's room too and a tank of gas. Rantz tells all of us that his and Keelan's dad was going to help him buy furniture for his new house, but what he didn't know was that his dad had just told Keelan day's before that he couldn't help her with her tuition. It made Kee feel bad because he helps Rantz, but not her. Oh well.
Step-dad (she's lived with him longer than her own dad) got her in to see an F-16 because that's her goal, to fly one of those planes. She said it was the highlight of her life so far. She's going to join the Air Guard next summer and maybe join ROTC to become an officer. She'll succeed.
I'm out of here! After not sleeping last night, I'm tired. Please excuse any misspelled words cause I'm typing really fast and too tired to check.
posted by Mines Broken @ Saturday, June 05, 2004
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