We have had some highs and lows over the last few days! With each of our adventures this week, it seems we have had some mishap, inconvenience, or flatout disaster. Here it goes...
During our fourth week of summer, we kicked off with a pool day at the YMCA with the Williamses. The Y has several new policies in place due to the coronavirus, including a reservation system and assigned areas on the pool deck. I had my hesitations about going because of the health risks and also because it would be my first time with two kids and an open body of water! The entire outing went really well...until the very end as we were loading into the car. I must have forgotten to put the parking brake on Eli's stroller, and he went for a joyride through the parking lot! And then in the chaos, I somehow lost my phone! It was a very stressful hour as I frantically searched for it, only to finally give up and drive home. Thankfully the phone was somehow wedged inside of Eli's car seat, and it dropped out when I gave the car seat a good shake. We are going to attempt another pool day next week - fingers crossed for no "mommy-brain" moments! On a positive note, Emmy jumped off the side of the big pool several times. I was so proud of her for being so brave.
We ended the week with a mini-getaway to Morganton and Asheville. I was quite surprised when Boomer made the suggestion a few weeks ago. I suppose we were all itching for a change in scenery, especially since we are missing our baseball trip this year. We tossed around other locations (like the beach, Savannah, Charleston) but decided on Morganton because of its close distance from Kernersville and the cooler temperatures in the mountains. Before going on our trip, the day started with a major leak in our downstairs bathroom. Boomer discovered it just before he left for work and had to use almost every towel we own to soak up the water. He was able to quickly shut the water off so it didn't do any further damage. With that major catastrophe avoided, we are so thankful it didn't happen while we were already on our trip! The kids and I left later that afternoon and picked up Boomer in Yadkinville after he got off work. The day's mishaps were not over yet: a wreck on I-40 turned our 2 hour trip into 3.5 hours, putting us in Morganton a little after 8PM. We had to abandon our plans of meeting Coley for dinner, and instead we settled for eating McDonald's at the hotel pool before hustling to get the kids to bed. Emmy was quite excited to have her own special fort (i.e. couch pushed against the wall!)
Considering it was our first night in a hotel room as a family of four, everyone slept pretty well. On Friday, after a coffee stop at The Grind Cafe, we arrived in Asheville a little after 10AM in positive spirits. Boomer had a "quick" work errand to drop off a few school banners for screen-printing, but staying true to our luck this week, we had trouble finding the business. GPS led us to a residential home off of a gravel road! After wasting about 30 minutes driving around, Boomer confirmed that it was in fact the correct location. Not to be dismayed, we left the banners and headed off to the NC Arboretum. This was another fail! I regret not doing my research, because once again, we blindly followed our GPS, and it took us to a storage facility and then a mobile home park! It was close to noon by this point, so we completely scrapped our original plans and went to Lake Julian Park, a park that we had seen earlier in our aimless driving around. After stretching our legs for a bit, we loaded back in the car in search of lunch. We went to 12 Bones Smokehouse (a favorite of the Obamas!) in the River Arts District. Boomer got the blueberry chipotle half-rack of ribs, with jalapeno cheddar grits and mac 'n cheese. I got the pulled pork sandwich with the smoked potato salad. We had called ahead to place our order, and it was ready when we got there. Plus, there was a table outside in the shade - score! Things were looking up! Rather than extending our Asheville adventure, we decided to end on a win and headed back to Morganton. We went for a walk on the Greenway, which gave me lots of memories from my teenage years. Then we got a sweet treat from Scooper's Creamery before heading back to our hotel. We ended the day by watching the Forbush High School Virtual Graduation on Boomer's laptop. The recording included the traditional commencement speeches, and I was so proud of Boomer's address to the graduates. He has a few more days as the principal of Forbush, but Friday's graduation basically concludes his duties. He will soon be turning over the reins to the next principal. I know he has enjoyed the last few years. They have been challenging and fulfilling, tiring and energizing. We will always have fond memories of his time at Forbush. Go Falcons!
To conclude our Morganton vacation, we met Coley for an early lunch at the Grind (two days in a row - it's that good!) The weather was cloudy and breezy, so it was comfortable for sitting outside. I'm glad we could see Coley after our plans fell through on Thursday evening.
So it has been a week of mishaps to say the least, but hopefully we will only remember the good moments! In other news, Eli is fully rolling around now, and we have also transitioned to the sleep sack for naps and nighttime. What a big boy!
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