Sneakoff
Adventure 2017 has officially begun.
Although I did have someone tell me yesterday that it can’t be much of a
sneakoff when I post pictures on FaceBook.
But hey, that’s all part of the misdirection process. Every good secret agent knows that trick,
right? So this journal will suffice as
the official, after the fact record of where we end up from day to day. Which, for the most part, we have no idea
until it actually happens. It’s kind of
our way of carrying living day to day to the extreme.
So
what happened yesterday? Our original
mission was set to begin on Friday, today.
But we got word that our middle son Josh was to be involved in a
championship basketball game on Thursday evening. He has been playing in a church league, and
his team was thrust into the championship game by virtue of an unexpected
victory in their last game. That’s the
one where tempers flared on the opposition and things didn’t go so well in
their relationship with the referees. Josh’s
team maintained their composure, however, and as a result the calm and cool won
out in the end. The championship game
was a back and forth affair, but the young legs of the opposition proved too
much, and they lost by just a few points.
Both teams had a great attitude, though.
It was a fun game to watch.
But let
me back up just a bit and fill in our itinerary. We made one stop on our way out of town. Whataburger.
Needed some protein for the journey, right? And then it was hit the road. Chris was driving, as usual. I was determined to watch an in-flight movie
without falling asleep. It was that
Harry Potter prequel about incredible magical creatures being let loose on New
York City back in the 1920’s. We had
already watched it once, but I’m pretty sure I fell asleep then, too. Did you catch that clue there? “Too.”
Yep, I fell asleep yet again. I did
wake up in time to see one of those catchy freeway signs. This one was on one of those high-dollar
electronic sign things. It said, “Irv’s Clean
Restroom.” That’s all. It set me to wondering. Does Irv have just one restroom? And if he has more, is just one of them
clean? Ah, the disturbing philosophical quandaries
one finds oneself pondering in the midst of a Sneakoff Adventure. There was one other sign that struck me. I wanted a picture of it for my FaceBook trip
archive, but I didn’t move fast enough.
This one read “Pass Carefully When Allowed.” So does that mean when I’m not allowed, it’s
OK to step on it? And who gets to decide
when I’m allowed? I never saw a sign
further ahead that said “You are now allowed to pass, but do it carefully,
remember.” I finally returned to my
movie. Finished it, too. Awake.
As it
turned out, we actually arrived in Waco too early. By that I mean Christi was out running
errands and Josh hadn’t returned from work yet.
The kids were safely ensconced with a baby-sitter, but they hadn’t yet
been told that we were coming. So we
decided to wait for Josh to get home so he could be part of the surprise. We pulled into the parking lot of a school
for a while and tried to find some information on the Lake Waco National
Park. We want to buy a National Park
entry pass for seniors. Why? Well, right now they are only $10 for us
oldies. But they are about to increase
that to $60. Gotta take advantage in
case we run across a National Park “out there.”
Parents started arriving to pick up their children, so we left the
parking lot and drove by the house. The baby-sitter’s
car was still parked out front, so we took a little drive through the
neighborhood and down by the park. We ended
up just parking behind the baby-sitter’s car.
About that time Josh drove up, so we could honestly tell him that we
just arrived.
The
surprise was a good one. Caleb was
playing a video game in the living room, and Zak was doing the same on the bedroom
computer. AnnaGrace was hard at work in
her little walker thing, spinning and squeezing and slapping at the fun array
of options before her. And Luke? Well, Luke was hiding behind some pillows in the
guest room. Why? No idea.
But he emerged from the safety of his lair to give me a hug. It was a bit more difficult for the older two
to tear themselves away from their games, but they did acknowledge our
presence. AnnaGrace smiled sweetly. Close enough for me. actually, I’m pretty sure the reason for the grin
was that she saw her Daddy over my shoulder.
But I’m claiming the DadDad right of rewriting history. She smiled at me. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
Hebrews
8:1-2 says, “The point of what we are
saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand
of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary, the
true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.”
Father,
thank you for a day one safe trip. I’m
looking forward to the wonders of day two.
Amen.
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