This weekend was the big Trip to Kansas City that we've had our sights on for months. When we got the invitation to Felix's wedding, Travis said that we're GOING and we're NOT TAKING THE KIDS. So we did! I had been fantasizing about this weekend, especially last spring when I was so thoroughly exhausted, wondering what it would be like to be undisturbed for a whole night's sleep, but it didn't exactly go like that. We partied it up at the reception, made tremendous fools of ourselves (says me; Trav said we were totally fine), and I crashed at 12:30. Travis went out to the Power and Light district in KC for more festivities, and came in two hours later. Then he woke me again at 5:30 with a coughing fit, and I woke up at 6:30 cuz that's when it's time to get up. I did sleep until 8:30, though, so that was pretty nice. I did have quite a bit of coffee that morning!
The wedding was in this tiny town NW of Missouri, set in the hills with a crazy little old-fashioned main street, with almost european-feeling shops and pubs along it. There was a beautiful little park, and they were having a street organ festival, with the hand-crank kind all along the streets, and a few big trucks full of them at intersections. I can't even describe how bizarre they all sounded together! The church was at the top of a hill, overlooking the town with all the yellow and orange trees, the bright blue sky, it was SO pretty. The singer they had for the wedding was incredible. She sang Schubert's Ave Maria and it was absolutely gorgeous, like, relax and let the music wash over you in this beautiful setting, because you know you won't need to cringe or anything, just lovely. The reception was downtown KC in a trendy location, with incredible food and an open bar. There were people from all over the world at the reception - mostly German, like the groom, but he's got quite a few friends from around the world, and they were all friendly and interesting, with excellent English and ready to party. And then Sunday, I met one of my dearest friends for brunch before we skipped town! It was really, really a fantastic time.
I have to keep reminding myself of how great my weekend was because today has been such a letdown. I'm thoroughly exhausted, but so are the girls, so they mostly wanted to scream at each other today. We did some errands this morning, but I think I jumped the gun putting Audrey down for her afternoon snooze so she wasn't tired yet, and then didn't end up napping until 5:30. In addition to unpacking, sorting laundry, cleaning floors and washing high-chair trays, there was Play-Doh mashed into the carpet on the porch (Emily spent literally HOURS playing out there with Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan over the weekend, so it was probably a good investment of time). So with all the emotional let-down and the catchup work to do, I've been pretty grouchy today. It was worth it, I know, but wouldn't it be great if I could do all the catchup stuff before I left, so the mood swing went "extra-sucky to great to normal", instead of "great to extra-sucky to normal, if you work hard enough"? AND, my new shoes gave me some wicked blisters, and even with bandaids on my heels they cracked open, so I have a nice little limp today.
The girls had a really great time and did just fine without us, even though they somehow knew to get up and cause some trouble Saturday night at about 3 AM. Audrey missed me at bedtime and wanted nothing to do with the bottle, but she still went to sleep no problem. They were both kinda funny when I got home. Audrey just stared at me blankly and suspiciously, but then finally snuggled up and was happy to be with me. Emily was excited to see me, but not so excited that she stopped what she was doing with Grandma. You'd think that somebody (like me) who doesn't leave her kids that often would be that way because she's worried about the welfare of the kids, micromanagement style, but that wasn't really it. It's just that I'm too lazy to do all the extra work that comes with it!
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