Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

It's Father's Day and we had a great day appreciating Dads. I asked Craig what he wanted to eat...he picked ribs, french fries and cole slaw. That's what we had. It turned out pretty well. I had never made ribs before. They were okay. Craig and my dad seemed to enjoy htem.

Craig couldn't sleep in because he had to work. So when he got home, I was going to make him breakfast...thigns were kind of crazy. I think he ate cereal, but I'm really not sure. We got him a few Ralph Lauren shirts and an MP3 player. I think he really like everything. I even took the time to load his U2 CD's onto the MP3 player. I'm hoping he'll use it.

After we ate, we all took naps. We needed them too.

I'll tell you why.

I got home around midnight...Craig was up and we talked until about 1. Sometime around 2:30am, I woke up. I'm not really sure why. I heard something in our room. Since I'm blind as a bat (pun intended) I couldn't really see what was going on. I could make out a shadow moving around our room. I nudged Craig...no respone. I grabbed my glasses and could see the shadow a little clearer. I hit Craig....no response. Now, I realized it was a bat flying in circles around our room. I kicked Craig....I got a grunt. I kicked, shook, shoved Craig...he woke up. I told him what was happening. He slid out of bed and out the door....leaving me lying in bed with the bat overhead. I yelled "hey, what about me!!!" Fending for myself, I leaped out the door.

We stood there, not quite sure what to do for a few minutes. I went and got to brooms to assist the bat with his exit. After a few deep breaths, my courageous husband ran into the room and opened a window. I could hear him grunt and groan (Craig, not the bat)...there were a few tense moments...a big crash as he knocked over the fan in our room. Then, finally, the bat was forced out the window.

What a relief. We ended up laughing and talking for another hour. This acutally happened to me before. When I lived in Harrisburg there was a bat in my bedroom one night. I had to battle it alone then. I'm so glad I had Craig there this time around. I slept with the light on.