Good/Bad Weekend

The weekend started out pretty good, lots of good company for Felipe's on Friday and there will be a new face this Friday. My new friend Nancy is coming. Her son and daughter are great friends of Erik and Jamie. Nancy is a blast to be around, I wish I was more like her. Then on Saturday Alex called and said he had 2 extra tickets for the Galaxy game and he was playing in the alumni game before it started. WHOOPEEE!!!!!!! I get to see Alex play!!. Well, Rick was already helping Robin put in a door. They were in the middle of it all when Alex called, so there was no turning back. OK, Rick said he would be done "shortly". I knew right then and there that we are not going to make the kickoff of Alex's game, but hey, part of a game is better than none. As soon as we got to the 91 off of the 57 we saw smoke in the distance. As we got closer, we saw that it was huge, but it was hard to tell where it was because the freeway winds and turns. Almost as soon as I said "I wish I had gone to the bathroom before we left", the freeway came to a standstill. The fire, I found out later on the news, was a tanker full of ethanol that had flipped and was on fire at the 91 and 710 freeways. God rest his soul, the driver died in the accident. The highway patrol closed the 91 going both ways, so we never even made it to Home Depot. I sent Alex and Jamie a text that we weren't going to be there. I won't complain about missing Alex playing and getting to see Jamie and Aiden because a man lost his life. After a LONG while, we were able to be diverted off of the freeway and headed back home. As we were getting close to Brea I called Rick's sister Marianne and we met her at Cheesecake Factory for dinner. It was a nice visit and salvaged a little of Saturday. Yesterday Alex called and we went over to their house for BBQ burgers and dogs. DELICIOUS Aiden showed us his tadpoles and it was fun to watch him play and just be Aiden. The Laker game was on and they won the finals. It was a great way to end a weekend and I can't wait to do it again. Right as we pulled up in front of our house, Erik called and asked me if we wanted to stop by on our way home, too late. Like I have said before, this empty nester stuff is crap!!!