numbers: NC weekend

1 long weekend

409 miles... each way

7 hours...  each way

3 kids

2 dogs

2 hours of traffic

a gazillion raindrops

2 audio books

1 out loud 'tween reader 

1 driver.... who usually sleeps in the car

1 iced coffee 

1red bull 

1 hot coffee

1 44 oz. diet coke 

c o u n t l e s s  rest stops

100's of granite choices

4 open house tours brimming with ideas

1 freshly framed house

e n d l e s s  tiny decisions to make

1 afternoon trek down to the river with grandparents

1 brave dad beating the heck outta his shrinking (yippee!) brain tumor

1 set of tired, neglectful parents lazing in a hotel room

2 10-year-olds

1 exercise room 

2 speeding treadmills

many lessons learned.... 

the hard way

1 beat down blogger in need of a nap.