worth it.

      we have escaped from stuart to linville. me, my parents, my brother, his girlfriend, my nephew, and kiah packed our 2 cars full as if we were going away for 4 months and drove up here to our friends mountain house. it has been perfect weather and tons of fun as we have overcome OBSTACLE after OBSTACLE. so, snow came thursday night in the little town of stuart. it set us up for perfect weather up here. fresh powdery fluffy snow. we headed towards boone, nc grabbed a bite to eat a panera bread, bought our groceries and finally around 8:30 pm we reached the gate to where our guest passes would be and...the guard said, "there is nothing under you name. sorry" hmmm, with a tired baby in the car and no cell phone service to reach our friends all we could do was pray for some FAVOR. after some time, the guard gave us a key and let us go. then we got into the house and all the lids on the toilet were off...there was NO WATER. it had been winterized. all we could do was laugh. even though, i don't think anyone actually laughed. around midnight, a plumber came. it has just made the experience even more memorable. the next day we walked out to the snow cover golf courses and sled all day long. we all got sunburnt from the shine off of the white ground. then last night, we set off the fire alarm because i guess we didn't have the fireplace vent open all the way. man O man.
      i got to go out snowboarding by myself this morning and it just felt so amazing. to be alone. on a grand adventure. on the top of a mountain. (sigh) WORTH IT
    i thought to myself 
so so so worth it!
       stephen will be home in 6 days and i can not stop thinking about meeting him again in the airport!  so i need to think out my plans to make the time go by faster...

MONDAY: pack up here and go back to VA
TUESDAY : mommy morning!!! massage from rachels masseuse and alone time
WEDNESDAY: hmmm cook dinner for my friends and family!  LAST DINNER!
 THURSDAY: pack up the car and go back to charlotte with kiah that night
FRIDAY: go to the GYM , grocery shopping, kiahs pediatrician appointment in the afternoon
SATURDAY: 3:45 pm pick up stephen from the airport!!!!