Well, true to form we were not able to leave without some last minute p
acking on my part. I always seem to leave much later than I had hoped, but we still left before noon! However, I will say that I WOULD HAVE done all this on Friday had I ignored a nagging little feeling I had about my car. That irritating “service engine soon” light wouldn’t quit, and my baby had a hard time going up hills. I decided to find out why. Perhaps she just needed a quick pick-me-up. Even my service advisor thought it would be simple. Well, it wasn’t. What was going to be about $200 to fix quickly turned into five times that amount. Fortunately, my service advisor had pitty on me and gave me Uncle Doug’s discount. Mom and Dad helped too, so the roadtrip was not going to be cancelled. Thus, my baby was running again, and we are now in Erick, OK, only 7 miles from Texas.
I would have liked to go right to sleep, but Allyn had other ideas. Gum in the hair. 
Crazy ideas of Lisa Simpson running around with peanut butter, mayo, and ice in her hair flooded my mind. However, the night manager said “veggie oil”, and so we did that. It worked. I was shocked. I thought for certain I’d have to whack about 5 inches off her hair… just in time for pictures with family. But, alas, her hair is saved. However, she will not be having gum anytime soon.
….and I always get so stressed out by lollipop residue in Lily’s hair! Allyn’s predicament is the stuff of nightmares for me! Thank goodness for night managers with random pieces of knowledge!
Boy that brings back memories….Brenda, you did the same thing when you were little….I was not as lucky to know about the veggy oil though. You got the sissors used on your hair. I also remember the gum from Dads uniforms in the dryer—stuck to everyones’ clothes. We did it with the lipstick too. Boy oh boy, what goes around, comes around. Love, Mom Nerd