I rented a car from the airport and drove home (in the wrong gear) to Burlington. Spent a couple days visiting my family there and then took my two nieces and their cousin on a road trip to Upper Michigan to visit my mother and other family there. The youngest slept most of the 6 hour drive.
I painted the balloon toss trophy rock and helped fill up the water balloons for the toss. This was the first time I attended my cousin's annual party. I partnered with my mom in the balloon toss, we didn't win, but it was definitely fun. Afterwards, we had a water balloon fight to get rid of all the extra balloons. The rest of the party was fun, the food was yummy and I'm going to try to schedule an annual trip back there. I definitely miss spending good quality time with my family!
The rest of our trip consisted of playing croquet, swimming in my mother's inflatable pool, sidewalk chalk, a trip to Lake Superior, rock painting, s'mores, and other sightseeing. I always sleep well when I'm visiting with my mom. There's nothing like Mom's home cooking plus daily activities to wear you out!
We spent a week or so up there and then headed back down to Burlington. I had a few days left before my plane was leaving. I had planned on visiting with some friends in Illinois but plans fell through. I sat around bored for two days. Then on the evening before my plane left, my dad got an offer from a friend to go to a Brewer's game with some of the best seats in the house, in a founder's suite, right next to the manager's box! It was amazing, once in a lifetime seats (for us average folk). This was the best Brewers game I had ever been to!
Kitchen area, bar, and there's a private bathroom back there too!
Seating area, flat screen tvs.
Inside was air conditioned (it was HOT out), there were tables in front of the glass doors...yes, they did slide open completely. Lots of leg room on the chairs plus that little table in front. So nice!
The two monitors outside. Manager's box on the other side of the railing with much nicer seating.
I headed to MKE the next day and experienced some major delays. While waiting for my jumper from Baltimore to Norfolk, I saw a few things. First, I saw a mouse. Not the kind you use for a computer. No one else seemed to notice it. Then I noticed this family of three, a mother and two kids, stop a man, shake hands, get a picture and then autographs. I have no idea who he is. Do you?
I was anxious to get home after spending hours waiting in Baltimore's stinky and cold airport. When I arrived home, it was anything but inviting. It was a pig sty. The kittens had gotten into everything and the hubby didn't clean up anything, not even after himself. There was garbage, toilet paper (that the kitties got into), plastic bags, clothes, papers, everything scattered all over the floor. It got worse as I ventured further into our apartment. The litter boxes hadn't been scooped in two weeks. The garbage was overflowing. The dishes were dirty and the hubby had taken everything out of the cupboards looking for anything he could use that was clean, instead of washing the dishes. He mistakenly thought we had a garbage disposal because the sink was clogged and disgusting. I will spare you pictures. It was very disheartening and stressful. I had no idea where to begin. I learned to never leave the hubby alone for more than a weekend. If I ever leave for longer than that, I will hire someone to clean up and take care of the cats.
