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Yes, it is true...that is Mike, my husband and now worldly traveler, and those are in fact THE Rocky Mountains....note..we are NOT in the pic. We are still in fact nestled into the Hocking Hills Region. Although beautiful, is clearly not in the same league. Deer in our yard simply can't compete with having to stop the car for an ELK. Not just any elk, but a big bull elk that he says is way bigger than my car. My husband believes he is in fact living inside of the Discovery Channel.

He has been in a suburb of Denver...yes Colorado..for, well it went something like this....
3:00pm Friday, May 16--on his way home from Polaris and he says they asked him to go out of town. I say "Where?". He says "Denver". I say "Colorado?!". He says "Yes". I say "What did you tell them?" He says "I told them to Fuck Off!". I say "Really??!!" He says "What you want me to go??!!" I say "Why not? The kids are in the last bits of school and what a great opportunity!"
**note--this conversation was via the nextel two-way as is most of our heart to hearts.**

5:00pm Friday, May 16--We have email conformation of flight arrangements and hotel info.

5:30pm Friday, May 16--Racing to Walmart to buy a carry-on and various 3oz or less toiletries that will fit into a quart size ziploc.

8:30pm Friday, May 16--Taking kids to Zanesville to meet my dad and Gram. Thank goodness they answered the frantic phone call from yours truly.

1:00am Saturday, May 17--trying to sleep
3:00am Alarm goes off.
3:45am leave to go pick up Fred, Mike's brother, I'm all dressed and ready for work. Be glad none of you were in my book....who needs sleep?
4:30am Meet Mike's boss in the parking lot of the McDonald's at the airport. He was the one in the big old Denali parked back by the dumpsters with a wad of cash to give the fellas for per diem. I was laughing until I cried over the whole stereotype...
5:00am Dropped off the guys at the airport and hit the closest Waffle House for some coffee....and a pecan waffle with some scattered, covered, smothered hash browns..YUM!

So, this was not only their first time to Denver but also their fist time on a plane. They loved it! They were scheduled for a week initially but, the time was extended for a few more days....it goes something like...there 10 days, home 2 days, back for 2 weeks. Tomorrow will be one week into the 2 week leg of the trip.

We are doing fine. I'm a resourceful woman as you all know and we are all coping just fine. I haven't had to make dinner for nearly a month! I made the kids some grilled pbj's instead of grilled cheese and cut up some watermelon and they thought I was some kind of gourmet chef!! Go Figure!

His sprint/nextel phone gets good service there so we have really talked more in the past few weeks than we have in a year. And that my friends is NO SHIT! He's a man of few words as you all know but, he does love his cell. We were at the ball field and out of my purse comes the words..."35 yards from a MOOSE...A MOOSE!!!" He is so cute. He is also feeling like he is very small and the world is very big. I'm so glad he's been given this opportunity. What a way to put a stimulus payment to good use.

They are bidding on an interior of the restaurant next door. If they get the bid this could go on for most of the summer. Jury's still out on that one...
Time will tell...and he brought us back cool t-shirts!

He now thinks he is as worldly as Donald Trump...I have taken to calling him "The Mike".
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