After a long day in Denver, Lori and I picked up the 3 Amigos (Jagger, Zach and Ethan) from the airport at 6 pm. 3 hours later after stops at Starbucks and Chick Filet we were all home safe. Their trip was a total nightmare. Upon arrival the teacher told me it was horrible and she was so sorry. They had switched from the Bahama’s the year before to the Keys which were supposed to save money but didn’t. So last year it was great while this year the so called kids in charge treated our guys like they were inner city delinquents who had never been outside before. The first question to them was, have you ever slept in a sleeping bag? Now our kids are outdoor junkies who have traveled the World and slept in snow caves so they all looked at each other like this was some sort of a joke. Sadly it wasn’t. To close it out, (too many things to go in to) there wasn’t enough food, the so called “guides” had no clue what they were doing and all the kids and the teacher counted the days until it was over. We all laughed all the way up about the nightmare it was. The boys could laugh now that it was over but it was zero fun and I’m pissed as we paid for something that didn’t deliver as advertised.
We took the truck to fit everyone in with their gear and spent the day at the cabinet shop and a few furniture and lighting stores before getting the boys. Lori wants to get or hire a designer for a few hours to get some help on a few things. We also were at the lighting store (one of two) for a good hour plus as we need to finalize light fixtures for bathrooms and the outside of the house. One of the few restrictions in our neighborhood is to be dark sky compliant meaning no direct bright lights on the outside of the house. So we found sconce’s that have indirect light to go on each side of the front door and the garage doors. They’re super cool and sort of industrial looking like steel beams.
Lori has done an amazing job with all she’s picked from floors to tile to cabinets and everything else you don’t think of like baseboards, closet material, sinks, faucets, appliances, the color of the siding and the soffit’s inside and out and more. It’s a big job. The lady at the lighting store asked “how long we’ve been doing it” and of course I said, “20 years”, ha. Oh one thing, and this is great. While in Chicago, Ty was at the Nike store and came outside and saw a homeless guy freezing on the street so he took out his wallet and gave the homeless guy his $50 gift card from Christmas to his favorite store, Zumiz. There was a Zumiz right next to Nike so Ty told him to go in and buy some warm clothes! What a kid. Then he took some more of his own money and bought a few blankets and pairs of gloves and went and gave those to some more homeless guys. How touching is that, way to go Ty, you’re a great kid. Jagger said Ty has always had a great heart.
I’ll stop there as it’s hard to top that. Hope you all are well, take care, be safe and God Bless.