The last couple of weeks have been a total blur. My husband went out of town and I don't know how it 
happened, but, it seems I need him around to sleep. It used to not be that way....I, at one time, loved having my big king size bed all to myself. We have been together 8 years and whether it's one night or 2 weeks, I have a hard time relaxing and sleeping in our bed when he's gone. Anyway, we have a friend who was doing the Gumball Rally 3000. It started in California and ended a week later in Miami with many stops along the way. My husband went along for the ride. Throughout the journey he met a lot of participants in the rally. Mind you, it cost quite a bit to enter and there was no big prize at the end for being the first to arrive at any of the destinations. There were many extravagant cars in the rally and our friend had one of many Lamborghini's.
My husband called me along the way to tell me he was talking to a Prince of Saudi Arabia, the hip-hop artist "Mario", David Hasslehoff and The Jack-A** Guys to name a few. Of course I had to tell my kids who thought that was really cool. Terry decided to end his trip in Orlando where I would pick him up. It was only about 45 minutes away so no biggie. He then called back to say he had set up a meeting with "Mario" for us to meet when we came down. 
They arrived in Orlando late Thursday night so I decided to drive down Friday morning....well, what better excuse to skip school than you are going to meet one of your favorite music artists. The kids were so excited and I must say.....I was too! My son didn't think he was going to know what to say and my daughter said she had butterflies in her stomach the whole ride down. What a great experience for them.
We got there about 7:30-8:00am....most of the participants had not gone to bed until 3 or 4 am, so no one was in a hurry that morning. No one seemed to start at the same time....they just did their own thing. "Mario" must have been tired but when Terry called to say we were there, he got up and came down to meet us and take some pictures. He was such a nice guy and when we were finished he went back up to bed. I thought, how great it was that even though he would have rather been sleeping, he came down to meet some fans.
Jeffrey then got to meet one of the Real Housewives of Orange County, Gretchen Rossi. She was amazing and very friendly. I don't think Jeffrey will ever wash his left hand or the shirt he was wearing. I have not seen her show before, but, because she was exceptionally nice, I think I might start.
One of Terry's favorite meetings was with the Prince of Saudi Arabia. Terry had to give me a history lesson regarding Saudi Arabia, etc., I am so glad he's around at times to explain all that I must have missed in school. The Prince also took pictures with all of us and couldn't have been nicer. He actually went to school in the States and was very highly educated. The kids had a blast and couldn't wait to come home and show all of their friends the pictures.
After coming home Friday...I had to get ready for a fundraiser on Saturday. We then headed down to Miami (during the trip, Terry also met up with a huge hotel/real estate business man who offered a free room to us and if you're offering, my husband will take you up on it.) We stayed in a hotel right on the beach and met up with the Prince for breakfast in his hotel a few minutes from us. He had some amazing stories about his travels and this happened to be his 6th Gumball Rally. I guess if I had billions of dollars I would be traveling around and enjoying every part of the world too. He then gave my husband and I gifts...(I have it written down somewhere the names...the long dress and head wrap) and Terry tried to get him to explain to me the "listening" that women do over there...hahaha right! The prince told him, "man, I don't think so....do you think they listen over there?"
After our breakfast and talks about the world we headed back to Mt. Dora. From Miami it was a 4 hour drive, so after the busy weekend, I was ready to be home and relax in my bed.....with my husband by my side.
I couldn't have had a more memorable birthday/mother's day weekend.
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