Are we there yet Are we are we?
Chorus from the back seat "Stuckey's !!!!"
Reply from the front seat "keep driving".
It is amazing how our kids think they know best about taking care of babies like it was all one big accident when we raised them. Our 1 year old granddaughter lives near us and we take care of her every Saturday so our daughter in law can work. Both parents work Saturdays but no daycare. We went through the same "here is what you need to know" routine and basically when she is with us we do it our way. The secret is we don't tell the kids that, so keep this quiet. One thing you will start to see Bud, is the babies change every week and this first year will be so rewarding as GIGI will bond with you guys for life. Wait a couple of months until you get that first big Pahpah smile when she sees you, it will send a chill of delight down your spine every time.
Now Bud down to our who gets there first, you will lose as you have just too many things working against you that are out of your control. First you will have to get through TSA screening and after the anonymous warning that was sent to them that will be questionable. Even if you get past TSA, planes are NEVER on time so you have an 99% chance of getting to New Orleans an hour or so late. Third even if you get there on time it will be rush hour and traffic back to Jeff's compound will be bumper to bumper for 90 miles.
Now for me I will be in Picayune Miss (114 miles from Jeff's compound) on Thursday so my wife can do her quarterly inspection of her office building. We plan to leave there no later than 3pm. Since we are driving I will be in BR by no later than 4:30pm, which is before you land in NO, if the plane is on time. Your only hope is that my car breaks down, which is doubtful as my Toyota is only a year old.
So Terry will win, Terry will win
Terry will win
You guys .....
;)
Post Edited (142) : 4/17/2012 7:42:07 AM (GMT-6)
Just another of many examples of the Mods trying to ruin all of our fun and put dampers on our gatherings. I will now order Louisiana State troopers to detain 142 at the border so he misses all the fun. It will be bologna sandwiches for him in his detention cell while we all enjoy the best Cajun food ever at GFMPH. The only mud bugs he will get are the ones crawling on the floor of his cell. Is bologna GFMPH?
Bud,
Rats I guess now I will have to drive the wife's Volvo to GFMPH. (she doesn't really have a Volvo but Bud doesn't know that so now I am safe again in my Toyota)
Post Edited (Raddad) : 4/17/2012 9:33:07 AM (GMT-6)
Never have so many (all of us in HW) been so inspired by two people like you and Lynn. She is in our hopes and prayers everyday. We will see you when we see you at GFMPH. I do not think any of us will complain if we give you the honorary "first arrival" designation, well maybe Raddad might claim foul.
Just one favor if you are on the I-10 Thursday and see a Toyota RAV4 please do not run it off the road with the beast, it might be me.
Oh Steve every heard of Garmin? For about a hundred bucks you can get a Garmin that eliminates maps and will find anything along the road you want. My wife use to be my navigator when we traveled and we got lost all the time, but she will not admit to it, the Garmin put her into early retirement even though she still wants a paper map just to try and prove the Garmin wrong.
Well my car has been to the car wash (Nothing like Sonny's) and it is clean inside and out so I am ready for the road trip to GFMPH.
Post Edited (The Water Guy) : 4/17/2012 10:04:01 AM (GMT-6)