We have been very busy since we left on our mini-vacation last Wednesday! Three days at Kings Island and an afternoon at The Beach were the obvious highlights. Entering into worship with 7000+ other believers in the middle of a loud, hot, WET amusement park for 3 days was indescribable. We had rain Friday and Saturday. The shows went on but were delayed Friday night due to lightning within 1/4-mile of the park. It had started to rain while Kutless was playing, and as the closed their portion of the show with "Strong Tower," as they sang the chorus, "You are my strong tower..." just at the end of those words, CRASH! BANG! BOOM! That must have been the lightning strike 1/4-mile away! It gave us chills, not because of the pouring rain, but because of God's perfect timing! It was just as though He wanted to emphasize that phrase.
Anyhow, two of the days we had friends with us: Thursday, the teen son of the friends we were staying with came, and on Saturday, the daughter came. It was fun having them come along, and they really enjoyed the concerts, too. It was also funny that we ran into some good friends Thursday at the concerts - they were just a few rows away, so we ended up sitting with them. Friday we crossed paths with a girl I used to work with from here in town, and Saturday, while we never introduced ourselves, we ended up getting kicked out of the concert area because we were talking for so long to the people who sat beside us. They have a son a year older than my twins and also twin daughters age 10. They knew Jeremy Camp before he became well-known in the Christian music community, and it was interesting to talk music, twins and the challenges of raising faithfilled-teens in this present time. Sunday I took DD and her friend back to the local paint-your-own-pottery (Mad Potter, if you are ever in the Cincinnati area!) to finish up their projects that they had started Wednesday night, and then we headed over to The Beach. I was tired and didn't feel like getting wet, so I sat and red while everyone else went on the water rides. And no, that's not a typo. While I READ for 2-1/2 hours, I also turned RED on my legs! They don't look quite so bad this morning, but last night, whew! they were lobester-red.
So now it's back to the every-day. Laundry, dishes, mowing, trying to work a little extra. It will be a busy day or two to get caught up. The cats have finally decided to grace us with their presence; last night one of them didn't come out of hiding for several hours and even then was quite strong in expressing his opinion on our leaving him for 4 nights!
Update on the transmission: I called Friday from Cincinnati and told them to go ahead and replace the transmission with a new one with the 3-year warranty. I talked to people I trust, and they all advised me to do the same thing. I need to call today and see if the dealership offers financing. Otherwise my soon-to-be-paid-off credit card will be put back into use. This also means that I will not be getting a clunker for the kids to learn to drive in. They will just have to make due with the van, and I'm sure they will do fine. Eventually. ;-)
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