Thursday, July 5, 2007

When Will It End??

It was 4pm on Friday afternoon and we are finally on our way to Ohio for Tour de Grandview. All was going really well until we started getting hungry. Beca and Irma had spotted Subway but I had overdosed on it in Australia a few years ago, so it makes me sick. We decided that we could wait til Morganstown as Irma said there would be some really nice restaurants as there was money in the town. We made it to Morganstown and had a bit of a look around but there didn't seem like there was much at all. We spotted Wings Ole so the decision was made. We when inside and placed our orders, Wings, chicken nachos, cheese sandwich and fries. So it finally came out, the wings were so small that the bird was possibly 20 years old, the chicken on the nachos was processed and shredded and the cheese sandwich was one slice of cheese in toasted bread! We weren't too impressed but all we could do was laugh then Irma found some extra protein in her fries and sandwich...it was somebodies hair, not hers either!
We continued on our long journey and next thing I hear ooh oh, ooh oh. Next thing we were being pulled over by a cop and issued with a speeding ticket...poor Irma! Beca was in the back asking if she could get a photo with the cute cop as he was writing the ticket, so she just settle for videoing the next process. The cop came back with the ticket and at the end he said "and nobodies perfect"....what a thing to say after handing Irma a ticket!
So we get back on the road again and finally made it to Columbus Ohio but the street we were supposed to turn down was blocked off so we kinda got a bit lost. Eventually, 1.15am we arrive. We start unloading the car and Irma opens the back door and the tortilla chips fell out all over the driveway. The drama didn't stop there.
Saturday at the race, Irma was trying to set up the tent and the stupid thing just wouldn't go up. We all managed to get the tent up after approx 15mins of struggling...it's a 2min job!!! Then it was time to get the radios set up for all of us and only 2 were working so it was decided that JDub and myself would wear them. JDub's radio decided to die...so no radios for the race.
Race started. I initiated the break from the gun and the Shannon and Sam bridged across but Jdub thought it was Beca as Sam was in Orange too so she didn't go with them. During the race I won 2 premes and got 6th overall as I was cut off and gaped in the last turn, JDub was 10th.
Results were posted and they only gave Irma one of my premes...of which was $50, they gave her $40. I sent Irma back to get my 2nd preme and they weren't going to pay it until the official finally recognised that I had won 2. Again it was $50 but then they only gave her $25....ripped off I say!!!!!
Sunday actually went fairly well for us, except Beca was throwing up in a port-a-loo trying not to put her head anywhere near it but not wanting to spew on her white shoes!! So JDub finished up 3rd and I finished 9th.
Monday morning at 6.15am we leave for DC. Back on the highway, I said to Irma I'm going to sleep and we ended up near Lake Eerie in Cleveland, totally the wrong way!!! We ended up spending an extra 180miles in the car (3-4hrs).
Irma decided to stay at our place on Monday night as she was so tired from driving, then she gets up in the morning to go to work and found a parking ticket on the car for street cleaning....10mins over!!!!
When will it end???

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