VACAY!

Or, as I like to call it, the week Gretchen tried to kill me.

Exhibit A:

Yes, it's true, we were in a car accident! Within the first 24 hours that we were there! With Eli in the back seat! Can you believe it? 

Ok, so the 17-year-old girl driving the red car was pulling out of a parking lot onto a major street. Ok, so Gretchen put all of her weight on the brakes and yelled "Please stop!" (she is really 'skinny' though ...). And, maybe by the time we hit her we weren't even going fast enough to deploy the airbags. Ok,  and so when I tried to make the 17-year-old girl fell a little better by kindly saying, "Is this your first car accident?" she answered, "No!" But still ...

... it was the hottest day in 6 years in Des Moines. So maybe she was trying to give me a heat stroke while we waited for the police and ambulance?

All in all, everyone was ok, after some Red Robin fries and a soak in the hot tub ...

As for me, the week ended with a round of pink eye and a suspicious ringworm on my neck. Gross! Will we ever be back to Des Moines?!?

Don't feel too bad for Gretchen, though ... she did end up with a Mercedes in her garage! 

Melissa