Pre-vacation day

Saturday, March 14, 2009

The really funny thing is that I had tried to avoid having a mad rush on Saturday, knowing that we would have a lot to do before driving to my parents’ place for the night. Unfortunately, Glenn had 2 appointments during the week, and a lot of work showed up on Friday, which meant that a lot of tasks – like packing, laundry and cleaning – were shoved to Saturday. We wound up doing 8 loads of laundry, packing, going out to buy last minute items (such as cleaning brushes for Ingo’s braces), mailing some important letters, trying to prevent Torsten from “helping” too much, getting Torsten to settle down and take a nap (which lasted until after 6 pm!) and having dinner at the Daily Grill with Andy before we drove to my parents’ house.

As it turned out, our timing was wonderful, since my parents had just arrived home. Torsten immediately headed up to the living room with Gung Gung to play with trains, and the rest of us just relaxed, secure in the notion that the next day would be relatively relaxing.