MSU

Last weekend John and I got to get away for a few days. It was very fun. We went to the MSU vs. IL game in Champaign IL. It is about a 3-hour drive from us. We went with our neighbors Marci and Brent who went to IL. It was a trip we have been planning for the 4 years we have known them and finally got to go this year. The grandparents had the kids for us and we got an adult weekend. We have only known Marci and Brent since we have had kids so it was nice to have a kidless weekend with them. We get babysitters all the time with them but it is still hard to let go and be free like you were before you had kids because you still know you have to get up with them the next day. It was fun to get some time together carefree. Friday we took off about 6 pm and started driving. We stopped half way and had dinner then continued on. We got to Champaign about 9 pm. We dropped the car off at the hotel (we didn’t even go in), called a cab and off we went to bar hop and see all the Shuman’s favorite hangouts. We had a blast and even got to see Marci’s old sorority house. A ‘Burrito As Big As Your Head’ finished off the night perfectly. We had decided we would share a hotel room because we knew we would crash late on Friday and get up early to tailgate on Saturday so we knew we would not spend much time there. Plus the only place that had rooms left was a Best Western (ick) so I really didn’t want to spend much time there. The BW was kind of sort of newly renovated but still how nice can a BW be? It was one of those old hotels where each room had a door to the outside. It was fine though, the sheets were clean and the pillows were nice. Once back at the hotel on Friday night the Shumans went into the bathroom to change and John and I changed in the main room. I pulled out a pair of PJ’s and the first words out of John’s mouth were “new PJ’s?!?!?!” As I tried to justify them we heard Brent in the bathroom say “new PJ’s?!?!?” That part alone was pretty funny to a bunch of kidless parents who had been out all night without a care in the world but then when Brent walked out and saw that I had on the same PJ’s as Marci that really made them laugh. Brent and John are always teasing Marci and I because usually we have on similar outfits. Not planned we just have similar tastes plus we see each other so much living right next door. On any random day we are outside with the kids hanging out without ever making plans with each other. The PJ’s were planned though. We went out a few weeks prior and bought them to get a laugh out of the guys. What we had not planned on was how much crap we would get for just buying the PJ’s. hehhehe Talking and laughing for a while then all the sudden we were quiet and then asleep. It was fun. Saturday we got up and had planned on calling a cab to take us to the campus. It was going to take an hour though so we ended up grabbing a ride with this married couple and his parents. They were very nice though and we got there in plenty of time. We tailgated a bit with some of the Shuman’s college friends and then went into the game. State won and it was a beautiful fall sunny day so it was perfect. Afterwards we tailgated some more and then walked the campus and saw Brent’s frat. It was seriously dirty and gross but it could have been a beautiful house. We partied some more that night and then headed home to see the kids the next day. It was a great weekend and one we were very sad to see end.