Boys will be boys and men too

Met up with some friends after a long time...(made some new ones too!).
They all wondered at how my girls had grown up. Some said I looked the same (Yay! I think...). But I was amazed at how they were still the same and at how much they had changed at the same time...

I knew them as boys. Now I see them as husbands and dads. I see the boys lazing around in chairs. I see the husband quickly getting up and moving into the next room to hold a quiet conversation with the wife. I see the boys joking and pulling each other's legs. I see the dad bragging about his kid's ability to recognize 'brown' or worrying about his child being cranky after missing nap time. I used to see them with back packs, long engineering tools sticking out from them. Now I see them with heavy SLRs and sleek iphones. They are hardly the boys I knew. They haven't changed a bit.

The three hour meet-up was so worth the 300 minute drive.

We're almost there...

Just before a train ride to downtown Chicago, i gave the usual warning to my girls - Use the bathroom now if you need to. In spite of this, my six year old, about 15 minutes through the ride, announced that she had to go NOW. I gave her the look and then decided that was not going to work, because we had at least another hour to go before we arrived at the station. So i tried to distract her - Do you want to play with the phone? We're almost there. Why don't you try to sing that song that your music teacher taught you, in your mind and see if you remember the whole song? Let's play red pinch - you pinch me every time you see a red car! We're almost there.

Finally the station did arrive. We raced to the bathroom only to find a loooong line outside. We're almost there, just march in place - I told her. I also asked if she quickly wanted to run into the men's room (surprise surprise - no line there) while i waited outside. 'No way' - she said. About five minutes later, she finally found relief!

This morning on my way to work, i notice the 'fuel empty' light on the dash board. I've been driving around with that light on for the last three days. I know there is a gas station at the next signal...now if I can only let my car know - We're almost there...