Early

Here it is, 6:54 AM on a Saturday morning and I am sitting here posting, because I'm up and already have laundry going. Doug and Bradley are going to a special thing at a Gun Club in Muskegon with the Boy Scouts. They will be helping to set up and work at a M-1 for Vets rifle competition. This program helps to rehabilitate wounded Iraqi war veterans through involvement in the shooting sports. It will also feature a rifle team from the Army & the Marines competing against each other. They will also be leading the Marines, Army and all the Vets in the Pledge of Allegiance, what an honor!! It's also a service project. They have a busy day ahead of them!

Our weather is looking up for Spring Break week, looks like it'll be a beautiful sunny weekend with highs between 62 and 64 today and tomorrow, then for the rest of the week, in the 50's and 60's until Friday when it goes back to the 40's which is fine, because Bradley and I will be flying to Arizona that day.

Speaking of our trip, I've had to rearrange everything, my sister/brother -in-law are now unable to take us to the airport and pick us up... and then my Mother-in-law is unable to babysit. She will be starting Chemo on Wednesday and Ryan will just be too much for her ( this was my decision) So I asked a friend of mine that has a son in 4th grade who also works at the school part time, She said she didn't have anything going on Friday so Ryan could go there when Bradley and I leave for the airport and then she'll take him home after school and when Doug gets home, he just needs to call her and she'll bring him home. How sweet is that!! I bet she'll even have him do his homework. Her son is a diabetic , so I know he wont' be eating a bunch of junk food either!! I'm weird, but I don't trust just anybody to watch my kid, Having Bradley babysit has spoiled me!! The mornings will be different, Doug will drop Ryan off at the Schmucks and Candi will take him to school with her boys. I am really glad I got that worked out. Then with the transportation and parking. My sister in law said I could park at their house and then take a taxi to the airport ( 45 minutes away) and then she could pick us up, but we'd have to wait an hour or so before she could get there. So I emailed my friend Scott to see how close he is to the airport... (30 minutes) and then he told me about park and fly places, that would cost about $45 and they are lit, open 24 hours and secured, plus I have a coupon for a free day, they pick you up at your car and then you ride the shuttle to the airport, then when you get back, you call from a phone near baggage claim, and by the time your luggage is there, so are they and they take you right back to your car. So that is an option and a good one. Scott just had a job interview Friday and if he gets the job he starts right away, if he doesn't we can park at his house and he'll take us and pick us up which would be free. I told him I'd rather he got the job because he really needs it. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for him. I have rolled change from my piggy banks and turned in receipts to get reimbursed for things I've bought for PTO stuff so I'll get a check on Wednesday, so that will be my spending money for the trip. Bradley has $40 he's taking with him. I've already told him we're not buying food at the airports or on the plane we'll pack snacks. We've got our Ipods loaded and the portable DVD is all charged and ready. We're getting excited!