It's summer... and the Hill's want to spend as much time together as possible, right?
But I had a laundry list of things to do today.
Fortunately Matt's between projects so I asked all three of them to pile into the car and come along for what I THOUGHT would be a few hours of work...
I had a list.
It wouldn't take long.
In reality -- we were gone from 10:20am to 7:00pm.
It was like a trip to Indianapolis. 72 miles on the car -- just around Terre Haute!
Documents showed up and needed delivered, loan issues needed settled, there were impromptu showings..
We managed by giving the kids a job or two to do -- something to be in charge of whether it was flyer delivery, text rider detail or song selection on the radio.
A stop for ice cream.
And I lucked out when it turned out there was a park right next to the house I was showing!!
My favorite part -- on the drive home we put all the windows down -- all 4! -- since it was so nice outside. What? We never drive with all the windows down... (These girls aren't raised like I was - '74 Pinto - didn't know air condition existed in a car or a house!) So we were driving like we were in a convertible blaring Mumford & Sons across 25th and Wabash -- on the way back to our cherished home after a long day of everyone working hard to help Mommy.
We were together ALL day! We were still happy! And I got it all done!
I lucked out today.. another day they may not have been so congenial -- and their walkie talkie batteries may not have lasted as long.. (they found out they can pick up truckers when we're on the road.. that was fun!)
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