Home at last.
..and there were tears. And they weren’t mine! I got the biggest hug (did he get TALLER?) and a bit of clinging “MOM!” ness when I picked him up. The bus was early, he got in about 2am, and was there when I pulled into the lot. He is still wired – hasn’t slept yet, because he slept on the plane and bus. Heh. That’s actually good though, because then he can sleep tonight, and get back on track before going back to school on Monday.
The trip was excellent, he said, though he didn’t spend much money, or take a gazzilion pictures like I expected.. He did get himself some cool souveners, and even little trinkets for everyone else. AND the presentS for TGHLSB. A pewter fairy, and a trio of perfume from the shop at the Eiffel Tower. Heh.
The guy in airport security broke his watch that he’d JUST gotten the day before at Hard Rock Cafe, Paris, and he was pretty mad about that. I’ve emailed their sales co-ordinator to see if I can get it exchanged or at least replace it for him.
You can see all his pictures here:Â Flikr Set though be warned that a lot of the descriptions are “A monument…. somewhere… in Spain…” *L* I told him to write things down! But he didn’t, of course. Am I surprised? nope, not at all. *L*
He did get some gorgeous pictures! And…. a whole buncha blurry ones where he wasn’t able to use the flash. No big. I am amused to see there are not any pictures of the group of kids he went with. *L* I’ll have to collect some from others, and rumor has it that Hendy puts together a book of pictures for everyone anyway. Rumor also has it some video of their singing will be availible online too – I’ll link as soon as I know for sure.
But for now – he’s home, and happy, and really glad he went. That’s good enough for me!
(Toledo, Spain. The Boy’s favorite of all the cities visitied.)
I was right!
Got the call from The Boy at about 11pm from Anchorage – telling me they planned to be pulling into the school about 2:15 Saturday morning. He couldn’t talk long, because there were other’s who needed to use the phone – but *sniffles* he sounded SO GROWN UP! *sob*
More tomorrow, after he’s settled and told me all his stories. *g*
PROOF!
I have PROOF AT LAST that the boy is still alive!
….or that someone stole his money card and finally used it yesterday and today….
Seriously though – he made that cash he had STRETCH if he just NOW on the last day of sight seeing/shopping. I’m seriously impressed. He wouldn’t have done that here at home. *chuckles*
Anyway! 3am Saturday morning and he’ll be HOME AT LAST! They had their farewell dinner and a cruise on La Seine tonight. I hope he took tons of pictures, but mostly, I hope he had a wonderful time and am glad he’ll be home soon. I miss my BAYBEE!
*sniff*
ETA on Friday the 30th: Ahem – Thanks mom. *L* I thought today was the 29th for some reason and just hadn’t noticed yet. I’ma airhead.
Hurray! My baby comes home TONIGHT!
HAHAHHAHAH!!!
This was SO my minivan. *L* And now, it’s my Jeep. Le sigh.
Lookit that face…
Yeah. Looks cute, right? Sweet and innocent, could do no wrong? Well if the other end of that cute little face doesn’t start making it outside…. *snarl* I don’t CARE how cold it is, dammit, or what the cats get to do. pooping is for OUTSIDE.
And – the boy? Still no call. Naturally. *L* I figure at BEST by this point, I’ll get a call from Anchorage when he returns home. “uh. um. we made it.” heh.
Vedy tired. Loads of work to do, and don’t wanna do none of it. After I take the pup to school – it’s naptime!
Ah – and the girl, SO SO SO blond!
Me: So I have to do Little League Registration on Friday Night.
Her: You do? That’s cool. What night?
Me:…. that would be friday like I just said.
Her: You did not say that!
Me: ooooookay.
And this past weekend – regarding her pickup/leave time for the trip to anchorage she went on with her sunday school class. (Yes, she has a busy social life. Yes, I’m aware I’m doomed. heh.) The original time to meet in Soldotna was 7:45am.
Me:Â So, Ms.B called, says she wants a little extra sleep, so she’ll pick you up at 8:15, instead of 7:15.
Her: So, are we still meeting everyone else at Taco Bell at 7:45?
Me: Uh. Not unless you’re gonna time travel…. But no, you’re gonna miss everyone else, even though you’re only taking one vehicle for everyone – the vehicle you’re getting picked up in. You’ll just have to catch up with them as they walk to Anchorage.
Her: … but mom, that doesn’t make sense.
Me: …
Her: …oh.
I swear, they don’t get much blonder then that child. *L*
