I leave for Wickenburg in less than 3 days. It's crazy how quickly moving day is sneaking up on me. I feel like I have so much to do to get ready to drive out there. I had planned to start loading my car tonight, but that didn't happen. More on that fiasco later.
This past weekend I traveled to Cincinnati for Zoofari at the Cincinnati Zoo. Zoofari is the Cincinnati Zoo's major fundraiser of the year. This year there were 2300 people in attendance and over 50 restaurants and a couple hundred silent auction items. So much fun! Fancy dresses. Endless food and drinks. Animals. Good music. Dancing. All with good friends! How could I not have a great time? Alexis, Colleen and I were volunteers at the event. Last year, Colleen and I worked at the wine table for the first shift of the night. We still had a blast, but by the time we were finished working the party was starting to wind down. 
We learned that this year that we needed to work the late shift. At about 9:00p our shift started and we got to "work." I use the word work loosely. Basically Colleen, Alexis and I stood around the silent auction table for a couple hours eating, drinking and dancing. When people came over to claim the items they won, we handed it to them. Towards the end of the night, we decided to work smarter and definitely not harder. I don't know whose idea it was, but it was a genius idea. We took shift and 2 of us went to the dance floor while the other stood guard. After 2 songs we switched. Great choices!
Exhausted and on our way home from our night of fun, we notice that my car started to make a weird sound and shaking. Yep, the first flat tire of my life and it had to happen at 1:30am when I am super tired and all dressed in the a not very nice part of town. We pulled into a gas station parking lot and tried to add air to the tire so we could make it the few miles back to Colleen's house and deal with the flat tire in the morning, but absolutely no air went into the tire. We ran over a screw and pretty much shredded the tire. After attempting to change the tire ourselves and the tire being really stuck, I called roadside assistance. The mechanic had to pound on the wheel with a rubber mallet and then kick the tire for a while before it came loose. We finally made it back to Colleen's around 2:30am ready to sleep, knowing I had to buy a new tire in the morning. 
Saturday was a fun day of Findlay Market and enjoying the fantastic weather at Devou Park in Covington, KY with great friends. How have I never been to Devou Park before? This was the most confusing park to drive around even with the GPS I was so lost. After I finally found the pavilion, it was so beautiful and relaxing.
After my Cincinnati adventures, I got back in the car to drive to Indianapolis for my Auntie Denise's 50th surprise birthday party. Because of traffic, I barely made it to the party before Auntie Denise arrived. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Bridgie, Moe and Jimmy all came it to town to celebrate with Auntie Denise.
On the way home from Indy, I stopped at my friend, Ron's. It was like a mini reunion of friend's. Dan was in town from San Diego, Mike was in town from where ever he's living in Asia, and Kerrie, Gabe, Jon, the other Dan were all there, too. It was really good to get together before everyone goes there separate ways again. Who knows when the next reunion will happen? On the way home I got another flat tire. That;s right another flat tire. Hopefully, all my bad luck with my car was used up this weekend and next weekend the trip will go smoothly.
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