great night!

Randy and I went on a date last night, except he was with a different woman and I was with a different man...Intrigued?


Someone at Randy's work organized a road rally. It started around 4 at his work and worked through the country side through 2 counties to the organizer's house for a party afterward. The catch was, husbands and wives were split up. It could not have been more fun.

When the wives showed up at work, we were handed an envelope and a partner. Inside the envelope was a packet of instructions, riddles and limericks (as well as a plastic bag for road kill, sticker for the car, a CD of music and a get well CD if you got lost) There was a "pilot" and a "navigator." The limericks were anything but innocent. (I don't believe his work is able to come up with anything without some sexual connotation) But the limericks had to be read because they had the street name hidden with in the poem. Then there was riddle or phrase to decide which way to turn on that road (NASCAR which equaled left because they only turn left around the track) Then there was one other riddle of things to catch while driving, (like the date on a bridge or a zap)

I was the navigator and one of Randy's co workers was the pilot. We had SO much fun. We (as did Randy and his navigator) had a slight advantage to the directions because most of it was in the vicinity or our house. We didn't win, but had a great time. We ended up finding one road kill (a squirrel that was not even stiff yet, eww!). Each type of animal had a different point rating. We found a deer, but were in a small car and couldn't fit it in. We ended up taking a picture and getting credit for it. Randy found 3 small road kills and a raccoon. (He tried to say it was a large roadkill).

We did really well and had a fabulous dinner waiting for us at the finish line. I have to tell you I was NOT looking forward to going. I don't know many of his co workers, let alone their wives and my couple of safety net friends were not attending. Then after dinner most everyone did Irish car bombs. The thought of Bailey's, Jameson and Guinness was just too much for me, I had to sit that one out, you know DD and all!! I now wish I would have taken my camera and taken pictures.

*side note* They don't put the husbands and wives together, for the obvious reasons. They want them to arrive at the finish line and speaking to each other. Splitting the husbands and wives up pretty much guarantees a happy crowd!

Then I had to come home and pay the babysitter and feel like I had to take out a small loan to cover it. (but a positive note, she is so fabulous, it doesn't hurt me too much. She does crafts, that she brings and reads to them, takes them outside and generally really plays with them. That is totally worth the money)