July 19, 2007--Tire and Lube Rodeo

Erick is in Kalamazoo, MI today. I didn't know he was going to be that far away! I thought the Tire and Lube Rodeo was only going to be in Muncie, so when he called last night and told me where he was it surprised me. He thought he wasn't going to get to go for awhile, because they waited until the day before to tell him when it was (and never told him where until after he left!) and also because they had a couple of techs that quit and they were going to be shorthanded. He had told them he didn't have to go the event, he would be happy to stay and work, but they told him he needed to go anyway because they had already put him on a team. Right before he left yesterday morning, I woke up the kids so they could kiss him goodbye, and Tim felt hot. I had had a full day planned--two trips to the fair (one for Jay to feed the animals and for me to enter my cookies in the Bake-O-Rama, and one for the awards ceremony and maybe ride some rides) plus I needed to go shopping. With Tim sick, though, I didn't go anywhere. My parents took the kids with them to both events, so they got to go after all (but they didnt' ride any rides) and I stayed home with Tim. Thankfully we had some ground venison in the freezer still and some potatoes, celery, carrots, and onions, so I was able to cook even if I didn't get to go shopping. Tim's better today, so I'll go shopping today. I thought it was kind of funny about the planning of the whole Tire and Lube Rodeo, thing. You can certainly tell that men were in charge of the planning! If a woman had planned it, Erick would have received a packet at least a week in advance with maps, an itinerary, a packing list, a list of all the closest restaraunts, and probably more. He'd have so many details of what was going on that he probably wouldn't even have the time or energy to read through it all and he's miss half of them. Some of the details might conflict or otherwise be in error, but he's have details! When a man plans it, all he got is, "Be at the store at 9:00 tomorrow. Bring a uniform and an extra change of clothes. He didn't even know what city or state it was going to be in, and didn't think to ask!