What a day!

Whew, what a day! Chase had football in Alexandria Bay tonight. The drive up was beautiful (1 1/2 hours), but it was cold! The game was a real barn burner. The Beavers had control most of the game. In the 4th quarter, it was getting dark, and the opponent scored with 23 seconds left, leaving the Beavers trailing by 1 point. We got the ball, and our running back ran a 70 yard TouchDown with 7 seconds left!!!! It was a-m-a-z-i-n-g. They had lost thier last two games, so this win was important. Only one game left, then straight into wrestling.

On the way home we stopped and got Chase some wrestling shoes, and picked up a pizza. He remembered at this point that he had a lot of homework that was left at the school. We had to be there by 8:00 before they lock the doors. I got a call on my cell phone, and pulled over to talk. A law in NY that I rarely obey. 15 minutes later, I was off the phone, and back on the road. We weren't going to make it by 8:00. So I might have been going slightly over the speed limit. Slightly. But it was important to get that homework.

Oh No. I'm getting pulled over.

Yep, caught speeding. NY police in this area are known to be "anti-military". Oh great, a speeding ticket, plus whatever else they can add on. Oh No. I found the one and only Military Friendly cop in this area of the state! He didn't even bother to run my license. I got off with a warning. As he put it "Alayna, I'm going to give you a break. Got to look out for my military families. Enjoy your husband coming home, tell him thanks for me". WHAT?!! I've never heard of anyone giving a warning here. I felt so lucky I wanted to stop on the way home and buy a lottery ticket!

And as luck would have it, the school was still open at 8:23 and Chase was able to get his homework!

Now the bad news: We have a storm warning. 8-12 inches of snow between Tues. afternoon and Wed. morning. NO! I don't have all my leaves raked yet, or the table put away, or the snow blower out!!!! ha ha. Hopefully if it does snow, it won't stay. Praying it won't stay. Although it could make for a fun final football game on Saturday!