Just Can't Wait to Get on the Road Again!
My sister-in-law kindly emailed to remind me that after I reach her house I will be getting back into the car to drive to Colorado on Wednesday. That means for the last leg of the trip, there will be 5 children in the back seat drinking Dr. Pepper and one of them will be her son. They were supposed to meet up with us at a circus one year, but I thought we'd never find them. Unknown to us, the circus had also invited every single elementary school in the surrounding area to attend for free. So the place is swarming with kids who are running, yelling, screaming and well, it was a circus. However, I walked right to them with no problem at all because over the shrieking voices of thousands of children I picked up her son's voice from the parking lot.
Isn't it wonderful to know that when you pour your heart out and share your darkest fears, your loving family is there in a heartbeat to gleefully multilply your misery?
On the plus side, she said she absolutely would have a cold beer in her hand for me tomorrow evening and her deafening son is lending me his copy of Victor Davis Hanson's book Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power to read while in Colorado. Sounds like the perfect description of our trip, matter of fact, Chapter 26: Will The Next Generation Survive or Be Thrown Upon the Ash Heap of History? (Currently located in Ardmore, OK)
Perhaps I'll have him read it aloud on the way. After all, I have no doubt I'll be able to hear his voice no matter how loud the other kids become.
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