What We Do for Our Kids

The snow load is all gone off my roofs. There is nothing like 50+ degree temperatures in December for that. I wasted a few hours worrying about the snow load on them Christmas Eve, when I could have been sleeping.

Sleep was not really in the cards Christmas Eve. Andrew was coming home from Grand Rapids for Christmas, but he decided to not start out for home until around 1 AM Christmas Morning. He figured on there being less traffic then. Most likely he was playing video games on line before that as well. He should have arrived around 2.

Lori got up to check the fire (and watch for Andrew) around then. She checked the IM program we use, and there was a message from Andrew. He was stuck in his drive, had been shoveling for a couple of hours, was tired and discouraged. He and Lori chatted online a bit, and then he used his computer to call home. (He lost his cell phone - again) Lori and Andrew miscommunicated on the phone for a couple of minutes (Lori misheard the cost, she thought he said $1/min, when it was about $.01/minute. She talked fast!) Lori wanted to go then (3AM) and rescue Andrew. So we did. We arrived about 4, and Andrew had gone to bed! He understood that we would be coming up to help after noon. We could not wake him up. Lori finally found the key to his van, and we got that unstuck, shoveled the snow and backed it into his parking spot. I also pounded on his door off and on during that time, to no response. He can sleep! Then I thought of using the shovel to knock on his door. That got him UP! He thought someone had hit his van. The back end was out in the road some. The story has a good ending...Andrew came home with us and we had a great visit on the way home. He and I even tried to rescue an injured deer. It was down in the middle of our traffic lane.

We had a great Christmas with my kids at Christine's and Andrew was home as well. What could be better? Who needs to sleep?!