How I Spent My Spring Break Vacation, Part I

I really did mean to get this posted earlier in the week, but we had a pretty bad "Gleevec" week around here and I kept telling myself that I needed to unpack, pick-up, do dishes, etc. before I blogged. Well, I've given up. I'm not unpacked, my house is a wreck, and there is laundry everywhere. Sigh. I love to go out of town, but I don't particularly enjoy the first week home.

We had a GREAT week! My dad flew down the Friday night before Spring Break and we drove to Abilene where his first every "Cousins Reunion" was being held at one of his cousins houses there in Abilene. It was at dinner with my dad when Eli finally admitted why his room was starting to smell like a kennel. I was convinced it was his pull-ups that were leaking and so I was changing sheets and spraying the mattress wtih Febreze...all to no avail. I kept asking him why his room smelled like pee, but he would always just shrug his shoulders. At dinner he finally told us it was because he was peeing in his room...on the floor! He told me it was too far from his room to the bathroom and he had to go around the corner to make it to our bathroom. I was mortified!! I told him if he continued to pee on the floor, he was going to sleep in the bathtub. I would like to go on record to say that boys are disgusting. Absolutely animalistic. That's why I had to rent a Rug Doctor on Monday when I got home. By the way, it didn't work. I googled "how to get urine out of the carpet" and was told about "Nature's Miracle." It's technically for dog urine, but for some strange reason, there is nothing for human pee...maybe because humans don't pee on the carpet repeatedly. I tried it...it's not very miraculous. I'm going to try vinegar and baking soda next. It that doesn't work, we will be replacing the carpet. Boys are gross. I'll talk a girl out of a catfight any day over teaching a boy not to pee in his room. Even after that terrible start to my Spring Break, we had a good time at the reunion. My Grandfather was one of seven children and is now the only one still living. I forget how many cousins my dad had, but it was a bunch so it was fun to reconnect with some of them. My dad's brother (who also lives in Abilene) brought his children and Eli just adores the "big boys and Bethany" who are my cousins. We drove on into Dallas that afternoon...Phoebe only screamed for two hours so it wasn't too bad. :) My sister had her wisdom teeth removed Saturday so we spent most of Sunday just kind of bumming around. Well, my mom and I did sneak down to Fair Park for Buchanan's Vintage Market. Lots of junk...so much fun. Monday and Tuesday were spent just kind of hanging out. It rained some on Monday and A LOT (think building an ark because of the flooding) on Tuesday so we mostly entertained the kids inside. Thank goodness for Nena's toys and DVD's! It finally cleared up on Wednesday and we headed up north to meet Ben and Sarah for lunch and to see my brother's office. He works for a graphic design firm and it's very cool and young and artsy. When we walked in, there was a guy riding a scooter to his desk. There's a basketball court next to the accounting department. Ben fits in so well there! My friend, Steph, came in on Wednesday afternoon. We did some fun stuff the rest of the week, but I'll have to end this post now because otherwise it would be way too long.

I'm sure you'll all be waiting with bated breath to get the next installment of "How I Spent My Spring Break Vacation, Part II." We'll just see how the rest of my weekend goes.