What an exciting 3 days! Around 15 years ago, Laura met a girl from Pennsylvania at one of the competitions she entered at Pre-Teen America and they became immediate friends. When the other girls dad died unexpectedly shortly afterwards, she started calling me dad. We have been there with her and her family at all their major life events. She is about 5 years older than Laura and is ready to have a (second) baby. We decided to surprise her and show up at her baby shower this weekend. The drive over was about ten hours long so Laura was going to meet us at our house and we would go from here. Very late Thursday those plans changed as Laura's car had an issue and had to be taken into the shop so I got to drive 5 hours to Knoxville to pick her up and bring her back and then drive 10 hours over to the baby shower all on Friday, arriving at the party by 10AM Saturday. Needless to say we did surprise her but had a great day with her Saturday. Sunday we met for breakfast and then started the 10 hour track back to Dayton. Luckily we have a spare car that Laura will drive to Knoxville and use until her car is ready and we can pick it up from her at the end of March. Proof positive... I don't reserve my crazy driving habits just for Masonic events.
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