Home, Sweet, Home....COKATO!

Viguen spent the weekend at Cokato....setting up camp and getting the karts ready for the race season...in addition to going through 700 emails from work and booking all of his upcoming business trips to New York, Chicago, and Dallas.  At home, Alexander and I saw an Armenian guitarist, hosted hospitality at Mass, saw "Beauty and the Beast", did homework, and nursed some kind of a bug that I've been trying to beat for the last few days.

For the Cokato season, Alexander is racing a KPV engine in a BIG chassis.  The division he will be competing in is called:  "The Young Guns".  Should be a LOT of fun for him.  Next weekend, both boys will be in Cokato breaking in the new KPV engine and giving Alexander some seat-time in the big kart.  First race of the Cokato season will be held on May 5...the day my "baby" turns 13!  I honestly don't know which goes faster....Alexander's go kart or his birthday celebrations!

"More Apple Juice, please!"

When I was putting Alexander to bed this evening, he started giggling after saying prayers.  When I asked why, Alexander said:  "I was just thinking of some happy times like when I sat in First Class and kept asking the flight attendant for more apple juice...she just kept bringing me more and more apple juice....glass after glass....I was HAPPY, HAPPY!"  Ah, the little things in life!  I LOVE happy memories and smiles before bedtime.  Good night!

A Typical Weekend in Our Lives

It's been a whirlwind the last few days...and we made a decision not to have Alexander test or race at the Pennsylvania track...thus making the previous decision to drive the Rusty Bucket to Indianapolis look VERY smart.  Viguen is travelling a LOT over the next few weeks and the schedule coordination of testing and racing in Pennsylvania made us both a little anxious.  We are not ready to have Alexander fly places...especially with connecting flights....to meet Viguen for racing.  It was such a difficult decision to make, but a necessary one.  As a result, Viguen is traveling to Indianapolis to pick up the Rusty Bucket and trailer, bring them home, and set up shop in Cokato, MN so that Alexander can race at his home track on May 5th and 6th.  Here are the things that we did this weekend to make it happen:

• Friday, April 13
• I worked a little late, made a quick dinner, and then Viguen played cards with the "boys" until 2:00 Saturday morning.
• Saturday, April 14
• Wrestling for the boys, breakfast, and then getting ready to send Viguen on his way to Indianapolis.  One of Zander's buddies stopped by for some jogging on the Gateway Trail and spending some time together hanging out and eating BLTs at his house. 
• Viguen and I grabbed a quick bite to eat and said our good-byes.  Viguen had a LONG 10 - 11 hour drive to Indianapolis.  Armed with two books on CD, some cashews, and Coke, he departed around 1:00 in the afternoon.
• I joined one of my girlfriends for a quick shopping excursion for a mutual friend who is dealing with breast cancer and dropped off a few "goodies" for her.  Then, my girlfriend picked Alexander up while I picked up some Chinese and pizza.  We got together for dinner and a visit. 
• Viguen made it to Indianapolis in record time....the Rusty Bucket is still in one piece....WOOHOOO!  He spent the night in the Bucket.
• Sunday, April 15
• Alexander and I went to Mass and then Coffee Cottage for our favorite....MUFFINS and COFFEE!  No better way to start the day!
• Viguen slept for a few hours and then started his day by unpacking the trailer, taking an engine, seat, and other parts off of a kart that needed to stay in Indianapolis at the shop.  While doing all of this, he noticed a flat tire on the trailer....so he had to change that.  Then he re-loaded, organized, and packed everything back into the trailer....last, but not least, the Jeep which barely fit.  On the road again.....
• Back at home, Zander did homework while I read the paper....then Zander went to baseball practice and I went to a confirmation meeting.  We both arrived home within an hour of each other and were greeted by BIG thunderstorms!  Our pooch is still puking, so that always makes things interesting.
• Viguen phoned and had ANOTHER flat tire, so he is at a TA truck stop getting a valve stem and fixing the flat.  He found the valve stem that he needed and changed the flat in a DOWNPOUR.
• I put Alexander to bed....and after prayers, we kept calling Viguen until we finally reached him.  We had visions of him, in the rain, having troubles, etc.....so we couldn't sleep until we knew he was okay.  Got to hear his voice, all went as well as could be expected....we went to sleep and Viguen started driving.
• Monday, April 16
• Typical start to the day:  up at 5:00 am, fed dogs, garbage out to the curb, copious amounts of coffee...Zander up at 6:00, breakfast, shower, pack backpack.  Just as we were getting ready to leave, what do we see????  THE RUSY BUCKET is HOME!!  WOOOHOOOO!  Viguen went to bed as Alexander and I started our day.

Whew!  All is well that end's well......