Plural vans, Mack? As in more than one? Noooooooooo! There's still hope! Get one van and one decent vehicle, before it's too late!
And thanks for all the thoughts, guys. My wife came down and apologized last night, and couldn't seem to accept that I've accepted what happened and moved on. She kept wanting to talk about it, and wouldn't buy that I'm over it. Just don't ask me to move any furniture, or offer any suggestions for decorating [img]smile.gif[/img]
Today was a better day in many ways. Had to be up before the rest of the house to play drums in our church band, so at a few 'til seven, my alarm went off. Couldn't figure out how to shut the stinking thing off for a couple of seconds, but I remembered how to work the snooze button (bang on the top until it stops making noise). I played well, but one song was throwing me... one of the crash cymbals was out of place. I figured out midway through that someone had lowered the high hat by about four inches, and that threw everything else off. It's a shared drum set, BTW... owned by the church, and stored about ten feet from where I have to set it up. You can't get much easier than that, lemmetellya.
Then we came home to prepare for another kid invasion... a girl in my daughter's class and her two brothers. The last two or three playdates were at their house, so it was our turn in the barrel, and my wife decided that it would be good to go sledding with them.
Remember that blizzard stuff this week? The multiple feet of snow, the freezing and frigid temperatures? So did I, but I was convinced to be the second driver, and if someone wimped out, I could take back the wimps. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to wimp first.
Turns out that even with frigid temperatures, a healthy dose of sunlight makes it all right. There wasn't much wind, and the snow was not too wet, so we had a lot of fun. We finally stopped when all the kids had soaking wet socks, almost everyone had gotten a face full of snow (one way or another), and their noses were running more than the Boston Marathon.
Came back for another fire in the fireplace (third day in a row!), out for dinner at a local chinese buffet, and finally (finally!) a chance to read the Sunday morning paper.
Brightest spot of the day was finally getting family approval to pick up the electronic drum set I've had my eyes on. Woohoo! Something else down in the office that will keep me busy....
And now, a bit in the cafe, and then it's off to Faerun for a bit of adventure...