So here's the scoop on my vida...
I took off on my adventure at the beginning of June by first flying to Seattle and then taking off on the drive upon my return. With an ambitious itinerary set forth I was ready to go. On my first solo driving leg of the trip I drove a 10 hour day from San Francisco to Salt Lake City. I found some fun sights along the way and took many pictures. I stayed at a less than desirable hotel in SLC…we’re not in Kansas anymore or more like not with Mom and Dad haha. I was just fine with the drive but was already stressing about the later part of my trip and the logistics because things were just not working out timing wise with friends being around when I would be in their region. This was going to defeat the purpose of my adventure if I was going to attend baseball games solo since I was only interested in tackling the driving part solo. Anyway after removing the bedspread and sleeping on my own blankets in this hotel room I woke up at 4am to get out the door and on route to Colorado for a 1pm game. After lugging my things out and checking out of the hotel I was on my way. In Wyoming my heart sank as I turned to my backseat and realized I had not lugged out all of my things from the hotel room. I was already a few hours into the day and panicked. I made the decision to return for my things knowing I would not make the Colorado game.
Here comes the moment of truth: back tracking, missing a game, when can I fit it in? what am I going to do? RE-Evaluation time! What is most important to me, am I going to have fun rushing through all of these games and I already missed one? The most important question… What would make Malyssa happy? Suddenly I realized that re-routing my trip would.
So I skipped Colorado stayed the night in a delightful hotel in Cheyenne “Little America,” ordered room service, watched TV & called the Iowa Fam!
SOMETIMES THINGS FALL APART, SO BETTER THINGS CAN FALL TOGETHER!
It was wonderful to spend time with Uncle Brian & Aunt LoLo
I had a blast at the Twins game with Aunt Jane & Mike
From there on out my new plans worked out perfectly. The timing was great to visit my family. Since I would not be with my Dad on fathers day it was nice to be a part of the Oelwein Fathers day! I was with Uncle Brad & family while Heather was with my Dad and family- what a fun Dad swap!
I went back to Colorado. This time around my college friend Jenny was in town (which she was not when I had originally planned to hit the Rockies) and I got to meet her husband and son. It was fun to attend the Rockies game with Matt & Kylan because Matt is a true Rockies fan, which gave me the inside scoop on the players and Kylan is just thee sweetest child.
*they just returned from figi & had a great cocktail recipe to try out*
I got to see my cousin John who is simply one of my favorite people in the whole world!
Summer 2006 reunion con Estacia
& the timing worked out to see my bestie Roni
then came the great escape from Texas... which i thought may never end
