Lesson learned yesterday...the best laid plans mean jack squat when things get cancelled! Cale and I had big plans yesterday. In an effort to recapture our youth we were going to go on a road trip to see a band play in Nashville. Back in the day we became friends because we liked the same bands and would go to shows together, so the whole trip had sentimental attachment for us as well.
We had been planning our adventure for 2 days which is as spontaneous as you can get with a 1 year old when it involves overnight travel. It was perfect! We have family in Nashville so we had agreeable childcare and lodging all lined up. Free food, too. Does it get any better than that?
Only one small detail was missing- we didn't know what time the show started. After some failed attempts to find out this info on Monday, the efforts were intensified on Tuesday morning as our departure time of noon neared. As Cale was driving home to pick us up he finally got ahold of someone in the band's management office. He called me and asked if I wanted to hear the bad news or the bad news. Not good...the show had been cancelled two weeks ago. What?! Doesn't anybody ever update their webpages with pertinent information like shows being cancelled?!!!
We were disappointed to say the least. Our attempt to be spontaneous was dashed and as quick as the whole idea began, it fizzled out. No road trip (no 5 hours in the car!), no seeing family and no night out with my favorite boy.
But all was not lost!!! We now had a free afternoon and had to decide how to best utilize it. Since great minds think alike here at our house, Cale and I had the same idea. We had been given tickets to a nearby aquarium for Haven's birthday (a great gift idea!!). So off we went.
An hour drive, a few hours looking at all sorts of amazing examples of the creativity of God, some shark petting, a bit of shopping and a fabulous dinner with my two favorite people in the world. A girl can't ask for much more than that. We had a wonderful time together as a family and made me feel so blessed.
No, it wasn't the big adventure we had originally hoped for, but I know that it all worked out in the best possible way. So until we can plan to be spontaneous again, I will remember a happy day spent just being us, together.
(BTW- the band was called Future of Forestry. They are amazing and you should totally check them out!)
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