Final Night

Well, it's my final night alone with the cats. My parents fly into Buffalo tonight around midnight from Las Vegas...oh excuse me, let me rephrase that, from Lost Wages. Thank goodness they didn't lose the house! They were flying Southwest Airlines...ok, so when I went to Vegas in May 2003 we flew Southwest, direct from Buffalo to Las Vegas, and yes it was a long 6hr flight, but they made it fun etc ect. Now...have you ever seen the reality show 'Airline' on A&E? How Southwest Airlines EVER lets A&E show half of the crap that really happens is beyond me. If you haven't seen the show, lemme tell ya, if you saw it, you wouldn't want to fly the airline lest you be bumped from your flight because SW is NOTORIOUS for Overbooking. My parents were laughing at this, and decided they were going to print off their boarding passes before they got to the airport because if they didn't, who knows when they would have gotten to Vegas.

S'anyway. They house is cleaned, the cats are fed and happy (I am not), it's Saturday night and I'm at home doing nothing (again), and I miss Grov like you wouldn't believe.

Less than a week and I will see him! Yay! Grov and I both re-enact and next weekend there is a tactical event near Pittsburgh, PA. (Tactical is basically a mock battle with real weapons and blanks...Fun times!!). Problem is this...Ok, I usually leave for this event by about 8am after picking up a fellow from my unit, and we get there early afternoon (after gas stops, food, bathroom, you get the picture). Well...I found out the other day that my fellow unit member has to work that day and can't leave that early. Earliest we would leave would be 10am, and the latest is 2pm! I haven't seen Grov in over a month, so I was actually looking forward to the early morning drive (I'm not normally a morning person). Now I won't be getting to our destination until probably early evening. I'm not happy about it, but there isn't anything I can do. All I want to do is get down there as fast as I can (without getting a speeding ticket!) and see Grov.

Now, the next 'problem'. The tactical begins around 01:00hrs and goes until 16:00hrs on Saturday...I'm a Belgian resistance fighter...Grov is a German Fallschirmjaeger (paratrooper)...the only time I'm going to see him throughout the event is if I/he kill(s) him/me...or if we capture one another and 'interrogate' each other ;) I'm actually hoping the latter happens hehe. Then after the event we'll see each other until we have to leave on Sunday. We've booked a hotel in the local town because sleeping 2 nights outside when it's going to be below freezing is just not my idea of fun. Plus I have to drive home!

So, there is my dilemma. Last night home alone, missing Grov terribly, wondering how I'm going to get to the event next weekend as fast as possible without killing myself or anyone else (kidding!) and about ready to hit the hay :)