Bain Blabber

 

 

 

 

 

This evening finds me at home enjoying a quiet evening alone with the whippets.  Jason and the girls went to Deer River for the opener of the deer hunting season and tonight's flight home got me in later than they wanted to get on the road.  They'll enjoy a good weekend with family and I'll enjoy some time tomorrow getting a head start on the 4th quarter holiday season shopping.  Birthdays, Christmas, parties...  The shopping list is long!

 

I believe I may have told someone that my travel schedule was looking like it was going to lighten up.  Those words must have escaped during that 15 minute window when I perhaps had two travel-free weeks on my calendar.  Needless to say, the trips keep on coming.  I was in Detroit and Milwaukee this week.  I flew home from Detroit just long enough to put the kids to bed, have a conversation with Jason, and a few hours of sleep before dashing off for a 7am flight the next morning.  While it leads to extra schedule nuttiness, sneaking in some mid-week family time is totally worth the extra miles and keeps this traveling mama sane.

 

I'm using next week's schedule to build my case for a firm-sponsored jet.

 

Monday morning 9am - fly to Madison

Monday late morning / early afternoon - meeting

Monday late afternoon - client meeting

Monday night - hotel in Madison

Tuesday morning - 7am flight to MSP

Tuesday afternoon - Reagan & Rylee's follow up hand doctor appointment

Tuesday evening - Fly to Milwaukee

Tuesday night - hotel in Milwaukee

Wednesday morning - proposal presentation

Wednesday afternoon - fly to MSP

 

So after next week's jambalya of a scheduling mess was finalized this afternoon (because really it has evolved piece by piece over the past three days and Jason's been getting Outlook calendar updates every 15 minutes for 36 hours straight), I called him to talk about the revised-rerevised-final-final schedule and his first question was " are you...."  Not sure where to even BEGIN, he started over with a "Why don't you...."  and then just gave up with a "OK!"  Thanks, Sweetie, for just going with a schedule that defies logic.

 

Throughout all of this chaos, I've put this picture of the girls on my computer desktop...  Because that look on Reagan's face?  Worth the trip home!!

 

 

 

This afternoon finds me in the chair, laptop on the laptop and one eye and two ears on the Vikings game as Favre & Friends deliver a solid first half performance in Green Bay.  SKOL Vikings!!!

 

We've had a terrific Halloween weekend.  Unfortunate for the Blabber, its been a weekend woefully light on pictures.  I was able to volunteer in both of the girls classrooms for their Halloween parties Friday afternoon and forgot my camera!!  Eeeks!  We loaded the Bain Train Friday evening and headed to New Ulm for the Reed's annual Halloween party - this year in a Hoe Doe theme.  Jason and Diego dressed as Colombian cowboys and do you think I managed to catch a single picture?  Right again.  Crap!

 

Diego learned the hard way a lesson that has been taught to many before him...  Bartender Bain IS NOT your amigo.  He Who Knows No Moderation found his latest vicim Friday night.  I actually heard this quote this morning... "You know its been a good weekend when there is bruising involved."  *shakes head in amazement*

 

We stayed in New Ulm last night to enjoy some trick or treating on the famed State Street.  What fun!  Hundreds of people trick or treating on a street fully decorated and prepared to celebrate with the masses. 

 

The Bain & Reed trick or treaters:

Monkey Brooklyn, Bumblebee Cassie, Geisha Rylee & Vampire Reagan

 

This was the scariest house in all of New Ulm!  Spooky decor, spooky music, and these spooky guys who talked to you!!

 

   

 

After the chicken taunts, the girls braved it and got their candy.  FUN!

 

And then the dreaded words this Mama HATES to hear!  Especially on Halloween.  Especially blocks from home. 

"Mom?!?  I have to pee."

 

To make the moment even more classic??  After I walked the six blocks round trip to take Rylee home, pee without peeing on the flowing Geisha arms, and back to rejoin the group on State Street?????

 

Wait for it...

 

 

 

Wait for it....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait for it....

 

Reagan:  "Mom???  I have to PEE"

 

{INSERT HALLOWEEN SCREAM HERE!!!}

 

I'm starting my search for next year's Halloween costumes RIGHT NOW!!!!

...I know I can find those urine sample costumes somewhere!

 

 

 

 

 

Rylee                                                                                Reagan

  

 

Reagan Merkel                                                                  Rylee & Talia & their pumpkin finds

  

 

Talia

 

Our Troop (Well 7/16ths of our troop.  That's right 16 Daisies!)

Emma, Reagan, Talia, Kailey, Rylee, Alaina, & Reagan

Please, oh please, press the pause button!  This evening I started to plan the girls {s-e-v-e-n-t-h} birthday party.  Beyond the usual oh-my-gosh-I-can't-believe-how-fast-time-flies cliche (and really - what a cliche), I think I'm having trouble with this one because I REMEMBER being seven!