Picked the kids up at the airport. Their flight out of Paris was delayed an hour or so due to fog, but they finally made it. Rich said that J paid him a compliment. (This is noteworthy since the two of them squabble like siblings) When they arrived at Paris CDG, J looked at him wide eyed and said ‘Boy am I glad you came with me, I’d be lost’. It is a pretty daunting airport. It’s gigantic! We got their bags and got them loaded up into the car and on the road. Then Rich asks ‘So what’s on the agenda today?’
I was a bit surprised by this question since you figure they’ve been on a plane all night and both said that they had not been able to sleep. ‘I figured you guys would be pretty tired so I thought I’d get you home and let you take a nap before dinner. I’m making my world famous Hawaiian Chicken. Or would you rather drive into the city for a quick look around now?’
‘Well, I guess we could go dump the baggage first and go from there.’ says Rich optimistically.
Rich says he’s hungry and would like to eat something, J is insistent that they just had 2 meals, but Rich says yeah that was dinner and breakfast and J says that she’s not hungry and Rich…insert squabble here. We hit McDo’s and headed home. J was pretty wound up by the time we got home and she proceeded to unpack all of the goodies I’d asked for in between bites of burgers and fries. One whole suitcase plus half of another of the 3 suitcases and 2 carry-ons they’d brought were full of stuff for me. Then a pile of mail was presented and I began to go through it. They were both looking pretty owl eyed after lunch, but just like petulant 3 year olds they refused to go take a short nap. ‘We’re not tired.’ So I pulled a ‘mom’ on them.
‘Well, at least relax a bit and then we can head out if you want. Let’s put in a movie in my room and we can snuggle up on my bed to watch it.’ This was agreed upon and we put JD and Orlando into the DVD (Pirates of the Caribbean). We watched for a while and then I said I needed to pay some bills that were in the mail that had just come in. J whined a bit for me to come back and I said that I would ‘in a minute’. I returned 20 minutes later and they were both completely out. They are so cute; I took a picture of the two of them snuggled up asleep on my bed. (Gee, I hope they don’t drool on my pillows.) Unfortunately I can only let them sleep a couple of hours or they’ll be up all night and want me to be up with them and I’m pretty tired. Though I supposed I could adopt Rich’s motto of ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead’ and just suck it up.
I’m pretty tired because my so called friends, my Ya-ya’s called me at 3:20 this morning to ‘chat’. They were all having a belated Ya-ya Christmas dinner together and felt like sharing it with me. Thanks ladies, I appreciate it and don’t worry, you’ll get yours. Tris said that they had set a place for me at dinner with a margarita glass and they put some green beans on a plate for me. Yummy. Really, I’m touched. And I keep thinking about the fun I missed and wish I could have been there.
Anyway, after that I never did get back to sleep, but no way am I taking a nap now, I’M NOT TIRED!
