Last weekend, when Dustin and I went up to the Seattle area for a wedding we took Josh with us, but we didn't bring him back. He stayed behind to catch a flight to Virginia to see his girlfriend, Ashley, who moved east for a new job a couple months ago. Great plan... except when he flew back to Seattle without a rig to get home.
In comes Phase II of the plan -- Road Trip!
I offered to drive up and get Josh [after all, we took him up, so it was only fair to help him get back], on one condition... someone would drive with me. So I called my bestie, Keicia, who happens to be a PRO at road trips [note: She lives in Montana, Fiance' lives in Spokane, Mom lives in Lake Stevens, In-Laws live in Lewiston..... she travels a LOT] and we planned our quick trip to retrieve Josh.
Keicia arrived in Burbank shortly after I got home from work on Friday. We let Porter play with his girlfriend, Keicia's spunky little boxer puppy [Roxie], for a few minutes before dropping him off for a sleepover with my sister and her dog, Koa.
We packed along Roxie, her spunky spit-fire boxer puppy, and planned to spend the night in Lake Stevens with Tammy and Lori. We arrived just in time for some snacks, wine, beer and dinner! Roxie pestered the two munchkin dogs [we're allowed to call them bitchy because by definition they're both bitches] and begged for any scrap of food that she could get, we ate a delicious dinner and homemade cookies, enjoyed fun conversation sitting on the deck until the sun went down, played an intense game of 'Oh Hell' [a card game that is definitely more fun when at least one person doesn't quite understand the rules], and laughed much of the night away.
Aside from my favorite pair of flip-flops breaking [also the ONLY pair of shoes I took to Seattle] and hearing the phrase "swollen vulva" [one of the bitchy dogs was in heat -- maybe explaining part of her moodiness ;) just maybe] more than I ever have in my life, it was the best night in a long time! I got to spend the whole day with Keicia, enjoy a fabulous dinner that I didn't have to cook, be surrounded with great company, play with an adorable puppy, and sleep in a comfy bed!
We DID end up retrieving Josh after a quick visit with his Aunt Lori [who rescued him from the airport in the wee hours of the morning after his flight landed] once we found the right apartment. Then we had a nice little lunch and hit the road! Josh and Roxie both enjoyed a nap along the way, too!
After making it safely home Porter was excited to see us, but not as excited as he was to see his girlfriend, Roxie, again. They played as long as they could before Keicia had to kidnap Roxie and go back to Lewiston. Porter might be big.... but he's a big baby at heart and knows that he has to be gentle and that the little one gets to 'win' when they play! [For now. When she's full grown, it's on!]
All in all, this has been a great weekend.... and it's only Saturday :)
[Thanks SO MUCH to Keicia for going with me, to Tammy and Lori for hosting us, to my sister for watching Porter and to Josh for being the reason we got to go on our little road trip!]
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