Day 13

The last day of this road trip was met with a lot of excitement. The boys knew something was up - they got in the car with (little to no) issues, and were happy with essentially no breakfast, 1 lb. of goldfish, apple juice, and shortbread cookies. When we would mention that we were on our way home, Angus would talk about the train table, his bed, while Henry was screaming, "Yeah!" and throwing both hands in the air.

I drove the last leg of our trip. Have you ever seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off (my second favourite movie of all-time)? If no, I'm officially e-slapping you...now go. If yes, you know the scene where the principal, Mr. Ed Rooney, is running through the corridor of his school, but when he would get to an open door of a classroom, he would immediately start walking, and then resume his sprinting as soon as he was out of sight? Well, that's what my driving was like today. I was going 1##/h (edited for CAS purposes), and then as soon as I would see that sign that said "U-Turns prohibited except for authorized vehicles", I would slow to the speed limit. Side story: When I was younger, I seem to remember traveling to Montreal with my grandparents and Mum...a lot. My grandfather (R.I.P. Papi) would always be driving, and on more than one occasion, was pulled over for speeding. Before the cop made it to our window, Papi would always tell me to stick my head out of the driver's side window and say "Hi!" and keep smiling while the police officer was talking (they were the only times I was allowed to interrupt my grandfather in mid-conversation). I don't remember him getting a ticket. I was trying to proactively plan to pinch all the boys if I got pulled over, so that they cop would come by and hear a van full of boys crying and let me go. I never had to dip in to my bag of tricks, thankfully.

As soon as we each crossed the threshold into our home, we were all smiling. The boys rediscovered their toys, our kitchen and garage were cleaned (thank you Dave & Marlene!!), and a wave of exhaustion washed over each of us. We were all in bed by 8:00...except for Oliver, who decided that last night he was going to party like it was 1999.

Anyhoo, this brings us to the end of this road trip. Thank you so much for following the blog. A lot of you gave great feedback, and it was nice to hear! In keeping with the last trip's entry style, I will be posting one more entry for this blog entitled, "Top 10 Things I learned on this Road Trip". It might only be 8 things, or maybe 15. In closing, thank you again...hopefully next time you'll join us, or who knows; maybe we'll be road-tripping en route to visiting you! Until then, happy (s)miles!