Home Sweet Home

On Friday night John and I drove home to surprise my parents for the weekend. I made up a little fib that my friend was coming over to borrow something, so they wouldn't be alarmed when we strolled in. Half way there John voiced his concern of my Dad having a heart attack while sitting at the kitchen table (a usually hang out) when we walked in. We decided we did not want to scare them, so that's where the little fib came in. Anyway, we walked in and my Dad wasn't at his usual kitchen table hang out, but sitting on an ottoman in the family room watching "The Last of Mohicans." Isn't the most cheerful movie, so maybe that is why his voice did not sound very convincing when he said on a scale between 1-10 of how surprised he was to see us, he said 10. My mom was already sleeping, but I woke her up and she was so happy to hear my voice and very confused. We both were so happy and talked about how it was going to be a great weekend.

Saturday we watched IU beat Purdue. I'm not going to gleam and gloat because IU did not play well. Although we did pull off the win, our team was whack. Anyone else see the game? I shouted a lot of things at the TV and it was pure agony to see IU play neck and neck with Purdue for a bit. The Hoosiers came to their senses and started to play basketball and we took the win. Seemed like really sloppy basketball and John and I both said we were glad the game wasn't on ESPN because we didn't want the channel surfers to watch. We ran some errands (got my mom a Verizon cell phone--finally free minutes! Free at last!) and got some dinner. We chowed down at Scotty's and John and I felt reminiscent about the good 'ol days at IU. In particular the Upland Wheat and that one time I won a $60 gift certificate at Scotty's and we stuffed ourselves sick like we hadn't seen food in weeks.

Our free time was spent playing Scrabble Deluxe Edition non-stop. The board is actually on a lazy susan and glides effortlessly to each player. John dominated words like envoy and zip....anyone who knows Scrabble knows how dangerous these words can become on "triple word" or "double letter." My Mom tried to be sneaky and wrote words like "dipit" and "kud" and tried to explain why they should be words.

I wish the weekend could have been one day longer, but I'm sure I would still say that even if it was. It was great to be home and enjoy all the comforts it brings. I liked feeling the the warmth of the fireplace all day , driving the kitties crazy with the cat laser, enjoying some home cookin', and playing fun board games. Hope all of you got a taste of the things that make your life sweet this weekend.