And the meek shall inherit the earth

Meek I am most definitely not.

Apparently sticking to my guns with TheEx paid off!
Mr. Nascar, Bert©, and I were heading home from a trip to Wal*Mart. We were very excited about all the new gardening stuff that we picked up when I received the following text message:

Can you take Bert© to Nashville? K would fly with her.

Why yes, yes we can! That is MUCH more reasonable a trip for us than driving 4 states & 1 time zone away. Plus there is plenty of fun stuff that we can do in Nashville so Mr. Nascar and I can make it a kidlet free weekend!
The plan at this point is that NewWife would bus down from Sioux Falls to Nashville and spend the night depending on flight times. Then NewWife would take Bert© and they would fly back to SD together. Once the 3 week visit is over, Bert© and NewWife would fly back to Nashville and then NewWife would bus back to Sioux Falls. Why TheEx isn’t doing all this travelling, I have no idea.

I offered them the opportunity to front us the money for gas and a hotel room and we would meet them half way again. He declined that idea saying they will just do it the way they suggested. OK with me !

Does anyone know the legalities of a minor flying with someone who is not their legal guardian? If I provide her with a notarized letter saying I give her permission to travel with Bert© do you think that would be sufficient?

In other news, Mr. Nascar has finally been working a little bit. His business is slowly picking up. He had 5 jobs booked for the month of March and already has 3 booked for April. I am trying to build him a website to help promote his business, but it’s much harder to come up with content than I thought it would be. Thank goodness for www.webs.com as their site builder has been EASY as pie. About as easy as blogging LOL!

The weather is FINALLY getting better. We have had 3 sunny days in a row and the temps have been up in the 70′s. I always feel so much better when the weather is good. I moved away from Seattle to leave the dreary weather behind me, unfortunately I think Mother Nature is confused about where I live now.

Bert© is on Spring Break from school next week and I am stoked. I have something planned almost every night of the week.

Monday I’m going to go to happy hour with some of the girls from work. Yay!

Tuesday I’m going to a bar in the Old City to catch the improv group Einstein Simplified.  I have wanted to see these guys forever. They feature Knoxville’s favorite quirky local radio personality, Frank Murphy from Star102.1 FM. He is part of the morning show trio of Mark & Kim & Frank. They are hysterical to listen to and I can’t wait to see Frank in all his glory live. It’ll be my luck if this coming Tuesday he isn’t participating!

Wednesday I’m going to go bowling. I stink at bowling, but I have so much fun. However I ROCK at bowling on the wii.

Thursday I’m going to participate in a ceramics class at a place called Ceramic Korner. Bert© had a birthday party there last Saturday and they had a blast. They offer classes for adults every Thursday showing them how to paint different ceramics. I think it’ll be lots of fun.

Friday I’m not sure, it’s still open at this point. Maybe date night with Mr. Nascar. Oh, or maybe a movie! Oh so many possibilities!

Saturday/Sunday I’m going to go up to my mom’s house to see Bert© and to help mom clean out my step-fathers closet. I think she’s ready to take that step to help her move on in the grief process.

That’s all for now, wish I had more time. I need to tell you guys about my new business opportunity. I’m so excited about it.

Stay tuned!

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