Boy do we owe Uncle T and Aunt B. Our evening got off to a rocky start when we made it to the Morrison park n ride on time at 4:30 to meet our friend who was going to Colorado Springs with us, only to see her pull in a few minutes later with a police car right behind her with his lights on. She supposedly ran a yellow or red light and was pulled over which meant we would start the evening off at least 20 minutes late. It seemed to take forever for the guy to write her a ticket and while doing so the misses was taking photos with her cell phone. Soon we were on our way with and the girls had the incident posted on Facebook within minutes.
We made it to our destination which was Glen’s incredible home perched high above the Broadmoor Resort in a gated community. I won’t go into all the details of the home but it was like it was out of a James Bond movie. Everything from the windows to curtains to lights to the coffee maker and all the audio systems were computerized. Our friend Glen made all his money developing Google Earth or something like that. He had huge telescopes all around and pictures of him and Stephen Hawking (the world famous astrophysicist) around the house. Anyhow after a quick tour (the view was spectacular as he bought up all the surrounding property so no one could build in front of him) we headed down the hill to the Broadmoor for dinner. I’m not sure of the name of the restaurant we ate in but the food was good. By the way, the place was packed! No recession there.
We knew Glen from various parties and functions over the years but missed his Christmas party this year so he’d been inviting us down since the holidays to get together.
Upon leaving, and I’m not sure how it came up, Glen offered up his house to us next week from Wednesday through the following Monday. You see our kids have a 4 day weekend and Glen is taking his kids ski team to Glenwood Springs for 5 days. He insisted we take his house even after numerous attempts by us to politely decline. Finally we gave in as the house is right across the street from the famous Cheyenne Mountain Zoo that the kids love. In order for us to know how to operate everything in the house, (since it’s all computerized) we had to drive back up to his house above the Resort and get a quick tutorial on all the electronics. This took another 15 minutes which when added to our late start, put us back in Denver at 11:15! So, this is why we owe Uncle T and Aunt B big time, for making them stay up so late.
Earlier in the day the misses had her interview for one of her new jobs and had to go by the art gallery she works with as well. Before that she and I ran to a lighting wholesale shop downtown and then delivered some sconces to the other doctors office that she is remodeling. Throw in a trip by me to meet a buddy and a couple of other quick errands, and picking up the kids along with an extra kid at 3:30 from school, and the day flew by.
Today I need to get to the distributor early and pick up some samples, then get to a shop at 10:30 to pick up another bottle I need and then head to Boulder where I’ll hopefully arrive by 11am or so. I then need to get home by around 1 as I’m meeting another friend. Tonight we have the annual school carnival which I think the misses and the youngest have volunteered to work. And so it goes, busy busy busy.
It’s now 6:45 and everyone else is still sleeping. Time for me to run and get showered to start the day. Hope everyone has a great weekend, take care and God Bless. Maybe the misses can post the picture she took of our friend and the policeman later!