Much to my surprise, I actually enjoyed the drive! We drove through the night (in true Paulson style), beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday night and arriving at Adam's parent's house at 8 a.m. Exactly 12 hours.
Perhaps I'm young and in love and I would dye my hair purple or get a tattoo or do something else (like learn to run or go camping) if it meant hanging out with AMP. (Sappy alert. Sorry.) But I did actually enjoy it! The first 3 hours we had some really good conversations, I napped from 11-1 and 2-4, and drove from Kansas City to Des Moines from about 4-6:30 while Adam slept. It was all broken up nicely, and we stopped for food and drinks and bathroom breaks in every state.
Adam was very sweet and made several suggestions so that I'd be prepared and ready for the car ride. I think he might've been a bit nervous, because if we had a bad road trip now, the ones in the future could be miserable!
This was after a nap and a shower on my part on Saturday. I was pretty worthless and totally out of it most of the day. I slept from 9-12, then 6-7 (before dinner), and back to bed at 9 (after dinner), when Adam literally took me by the arms, walked me upstairs, waited while I got ready and tucked me into my bed. I was kind of a mess.
{Adam loves his Shelby-dog. Look how green everything is!!}
{With the bunny.}
{Four wheeling and gun shooting. It's a boy's paradise!}
I did learn a few things for the next road trip, though, as I'm sure this was the first of many:
1. No matter the time of year (Winter or Summer), pack layers. Layers, layers, layers...because 80 degrees in Iowa is a lot cooler than 80 degrees in Texas. Much to my surprise, it actually cooled down at night, and wasn't nearly as hot during the day. (Then again, when I'm any where that's 30 degrees cooler than home, it's likely that I'll get cold.)
2. Next time we get there in the morning, have a delicious breakfast and want to head straight up to bed for a nap, I'm going to shower first. I woke up and felt so disgusting! Next time I'll be ready for whatever's next on our agenda. :-)
3. Stay longer. I wish that I didn't have to go back on Monday night. I was planning on staying until Tuesday, until I realized that I was running a meeting for volunteers Tuesday morning, and I could not miss it. So I had to fly back. (I know you're thinking this was part of my grand plan not to drive back, but I promise it was an honest mistake!) Not only did it take me a long time to recover from the weird sleep schedule, we were so busy this weekend that we had to cram everything in to a very small amount of time. By Monday morning, I was just bummed to be leaving his family and sad to miss the road trip back with AMP. Guess it didn't take long to make me a road-trip girl! (However, I will admit that flying sure is a time saver. Sometimes you just can't beat that.)
Sunday afternoon, we drove about 45 minutes to a nearby lake and put David's boat in the water. He'd just gotten it earlier this summer, and looooves to go fast. We got up to 50 and 60 mph. It was fast. I even got to drive, though!
I like to refer to this as the Big-A boat. It's 25 feet long.
{Aunt Kyle (also visiting this weekend) and David}
{The most spoiled dogs! Mike grills delicious pork loin. If I was a dog, I'd be beggin' too!}
{This is one of Aunt Kyle's three dogs that came to visit (for a total of 5 in the house!) She was such a sweet, sweet pup!}
{This is the only pic I have from the party. Bummer. But it was fun, and we laughed a lot!}
{Sweet love.}
Then it was time to leave...just as I was getting caught up on my sleep!
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