Well its been a week, that's about all I can say about last week. My Mama and Daddy came for a visit. Now, I know you all don't realize the implication of this. So I'll fill you in.
A few weeks ago my Mama called and said "your daddy wants to come out there". I think I remember saying "what did you say again? I don't think I heard you right. You coming here?!"
Mama said " Yes, your daddy wants to come out and see you, where Sparklie goes to school and some wild horses." Wild horses? Yes, she said "wild horses". OKKKKKKK well when are you coming? I ask. She said ... OK folks are you ready for this...
"sometime near the end of the month of September. It could be the last weekend or the weekend before or maybe during the week before that. I'm thinking to myself OMG i have to keep my house clean for 2 damn weeks just in case they happen to show up? ( sighsssss and cusses and sighsss some more.)
Well I rearrange my schedule at work. Which was a pain for my work but we did it. I have now taken off the last weekend in September. I took of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I make Bill clear his schedule for the same days. I don't give a big yahoo, who is getting a divorce this week. They have been married this long he can get a continuance and they can wait one more! So I call Big Kay (mama) and tell her. She said " oh well I think your daddy wants go to Sparklie's first." That will not work I tell her as that is Sparklie's birthday and she is coming home. I have cleared my schedule a couple of divorces and a mediation for people who hate each other and needed Bill to take care of it. So I say to her like a suggestion that is all her idea. Big K ask Big D ( daddy) if this will work. I hear some yelling and cussin in the background. He's yelling he will go where he wants. When he wants and all that guff. (kinda hard since he can't drive and is dependant on mom) So I tell her, "tell him to just hush" I also tell her be better put on his happy pants cause I'm not listening to his bullcrap". She must have told him cause he hushed up. OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo I've never had this kinda power with daddy. I know he has just hushed up cause he's sulkin.
It's decided they will be here on Thursday. OK, I worked Monday, cleaned on Tuesday. Mom called and said we are staying at your house. I'm surprised as they never stay here. No, they don't stay with me (thanks be to god) because I have dogs. I tell her , "mom that's great and we would love to have you, BUT our dogs live here 365, you are visiting and I'm not boarding them." She says "umm ok".
So Thursday arrives, I have a few errands to run and I know they left on Wednesday. I'm in a hurry to get to Ft. Worth and back home. I call mom and say "where are you". Are you ready for this folks? Big Kay says ... somewhere in Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA! What the hell? She said, "yes, we wanted to see Hot Springs, Arkansas. Its so pretty up there, we loved it." I said, "OK then how did you get to OKLAHOMA!" She said "umm wrong turn and we just kept driving." I ask mom, "OK where are you now." She said "somewhere called Hugo, Oklahoma". Now, I have no freakin idea where Hugo, Oklahoma is. I tell her "I'll check in later".
So I go home to clean some more because with Big Kay you can never be clean enough. I go home and start some laundry. I had washed all the sheets yesterday because they were supposed to be here YESTERDAY! Dear Hubby and I slept in our bed anyway that night and of course the dogs too. Well i notice this big spot of some dog hair. Don't think I didn't get out the lint roller and get that right out of my bed and make it right up pretty for my mama.
Its been about 2 hours so I call my mom and say ..."where are you at" she said ... ARE YOU READY FOR THIS ONE... Paris, Texas! I said "OMG from Oklahoma?" She said, "don't worry we will get there." At this point I'm not so sure. In 6 hours they might call from Canada!
So now they have turned right at Arkadelphia, Arkansas and driven to Hot Springs ( where its pretty ), then they hit the wrong highway (even with gps) and went to Hugo, Oklahoma, now they have gone south to Paris, Texas. So they are basically traveling in a zig zag pattern. I tell her OK and to be careful.
Fast forward two more hours. I call. Daddy answers the phone and hell he can't hear me. He passed the phone to my mom who is driving and dropping the phone it sounds like, while beating it on the dash. I hear Hey ... hello? denna? hello? ( rolling my eyes) I say hey! where are you. Ya'll ready for this!? Sherman, Texas. SHERMAN! , I say how the hell did you get to Sherman. My mama ,I kid you not says.. "umm we drove". Now folks I know she drove ... she drove in a straight pattern west to Sherman after zig zaggin through Arkansas and Oklahoma. She should have driven southwest to FORT FREAKIN WORTH, I take a deep breath! OK mom, so south hit 35 and come straight to Ft. Worth. ( i sound like the parent of joy riding children). I call my sister and while laughing through her tears she says " I have no idea what they are doing, you have fun, glad its you bye!"
FINALLY, 3 and a half hours later I get the call. Hey we are in Ft. Worth. I ask mom "can you get to my house from there". She said ( are you ready this is classic) Oh, sure Denna we have the GPS!" I was thinking well your GPS is all screwed up for sure then.
So they roll in and I hear them. OMG they knocked on the door! Really.... I know your coming and you are my parents just open the door. ( they might have been thinking of making a run for the border or something) So mom and dad are here. The gave new meaning to the scenic route but they are here. Safe sound in one piece. Daddy heads to the recliner and falls asleep. My mom says see that's all he does! and then precedes to go to every room in the house and inspect for dirt ( even closets) and offers to wash the one load of laundry I have left. She did say, "now is that bed clean cause I can't sleep where the dogs have been." I said ummmm YEP fresh and clean." mumbling with a little help from the lint roller.!"
So, here we are, Daddy asleep in the recliner and mom wandering around looking for dirt and I'm thinking omg what day are you all going home?
More on this adventure later!
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