"How I know my husband REALLY loves me!"

Did you ever have to wake your husband up at 3:30am to tell him you did one of the biggest screw ups of all time? Well I did, and it wasn't fun!

Candace dropped me off at Tim's around 1am. Of course John was waiting up for me {well sleeping on the couch, does that count?}

I was in a hurry for her to leave because she still had a 2 hour drive home and she had to go to work in the morning. So we hurriedly said goodbye and she was on her way. John said, good you're home... I'm going to bed. So I go to find my camera to load the pics from the day, and I don't have it. YIKES! So I called Candace real quick and sure enough it was on the front seat. She was only 2 miles away so she turned around and brought it back to me. whew...now I'm happy! So I spent the next 2 hours looking at new pics of the Ace man and my friends. Then I decided I better start to pack some stuff up because we had a flight to catch in the morning and I'm much better getting things done at night. I'm looking all over for my purse...hmmmm no purse anywhere. Where could it be? I didn't take it with me today, I just stuck money and a credit card in my pocket. I searched the whole house, it's not there. So panic has sunk in. I called Candace again... she's almost home. I told her I think I left my purse in your car, she said you didn't bring your purse today. Well she checks and sure enough it's in her car two hours away.

I called Delta right away and told them my sad story that I didn't have my drivers license to fly with, what could I do. Nothing they said, you have to have a picture ID or no flying. Hung up ... said a few BAD words.... cried... and then knew I had no choice but to wake John up. I called Candace back again, told her I needed the purse to fly. She is so sweet, she offered to take a shower and drive the purse back to me, said to let John sleep and he doesn't have to know. Is that a GREAT friend or what? Now it's already 3:30 or so, she has been driving all day and has to go to work in the morning. So I said no, I'm the dumb ass who forgot everything, I'll make the drive.

So I slowly crawled up the stairs and sit on the edge of the bed. Took a deep breath and woke the sleeping man up by saying, John I'm so sorry, I really screwed up tonight and did something bad". So I explained the story. Told him we had two choices, pay to have our flights moved to later in the day or get up now, pack and leave to drive 2 hours south to pick up my purse and then 2 hours north back to the airport.

While he was still processing this info I ran back down stairs to call Candace again. Oh wait... I forgot to mention... on the way to the Augusta concert that day I dropped my phone in a glass of pepsi that was between my legs so it was dead. I already had to wake John up earlier to unlock his phone so I could call Candace about the camera. It's a company phone and has a password. I've never needed to use it before so I never knew what the password was.

Anyway... I called Candace back and told her we're driving down, just to put my purse on the porch in a bag. But she said no, she would wait up for us. We pack quickly, I washed my face, brushed my teeth and off we left at 4am. Poor Tim, I had to just leave him a note telling him briefly what happened and I was sorry for leaving in the middle of the night.

I was afraid to go to sleep because I wanted to make sure John stayed awake. About 5:30 he pulls into a gas station and asks me for his company credit card back. I had checked out of the hotel on Friday with it while he was at work and forgot to give it back to him. I told him it's in my purse, and he said well get it... I said it's in Candace's car! ohhhh he's not a happy camper again.

So back on the road, pull into Candace's driveway around 6:30 am and she runs out with the purse. I still can't believe she stayed up waiting for us. We chatted for just a minute or two and back on the road. Finally the sun is starting to come up and John isn't mad anymore. He really handled it much better than most men would have. :) So as it got light out, I put my head down and slept for about 30 min. We arrived at the airport with about 2 hours to spare. I didn't know what I was going to do for 2 hours to stay awake so I got the lap top out and started reading blogs, myspace, whatever I could find. Went on Ace's myspace and he had made a zannel video that morning and HE HAD ON THE STEELER HAT THAT I GAVE HIM THE DAY BEFORE!! Man did that wake me up! I was squeeeeeling... made John get up and look at it and everything! LOL
I was then wide awake and happy!
We had a great flight home, I think we were both sleeping before the plane took off.

It was great to be home! Ever notice how nice your house looks when you haven't seen it for awhile. You forget how nice it is when you live in it everyday. I was so happy to be home, so happy that I had a wonderful Ace filled month and perfect weekend {well except for those two mishaps LOL} and the best husband ever! I was flying on cloud 9 for a few days after we got home, even John mentioned how happy I was. I said it was because of Ace...he said then I need to see him more often! Woo Hoo! That's what I'm talking about! {there was a little more to that story but it would have been TMI to share ;-) }

So here's to more Ace Adventures with friends that I love!