We set out from home to start off our long journey to Illinois. I backed out of the driveway, got as far as the street corner, and saw a scooter on the sidewalk. So we had to stop there at the corner so Silly could go put his scooter back in the garage. I opened the garage from the street and Silly went and put his scooter away. I was trying to tell him to stand there and watch to make sure the garage door shut all the way because the button worked from where I was, but I couldn't see the door. Silly thought I wanted him to shut the garage door so he went in to push the button, shutting himself in. Then Scott had to get out, but now my garage door button wouldn't work so I'm backing the van down the street, pushing the button while Scott stands there waiting and Silly is wailing inside the garage. Finally the door opened, Silly and Scott got back into the car and we started off again. I just laughed and said, "See, it's already fun!" I'm trying to have a sense of humor about this trip because I know it will feel like torture eventually.
Then, of course, we had to get gas. We stopped at 7-11 and I turned off the car, but forgot to open the gas tank lid; I always do that to him! While the kids and I were in the car Philip points to the parking spaces in front of the store and asks if I know what those mean. I thought maybe he was talking about the handicap parking, but he told me those mean you're going into the store, "and that's where wormies come from." Gummy worms from 7-11 are his favorite treat.
About an hour and a half down the road something made me ask Scott if he got the camera. He always gets all the electronics together and has his own bag of everything with batteries and plugs. I pack everything else, he takes care of that and loads the car. He did not get the camera! So now we are here at the in-laws' and he is out at Best Buy looking at cameras.
We're off to an interesting start...
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