SLEEPING IN... (or not!)

Yesterday my husband announced that we could sleep in this morning since we didn't have to be in Denver until lunch time.  Thats always good news to me because I'm up at 6am every school morning, and 5:30 every Sunday... that only leaves Saturday to langour in bed.  So imagine my surprise when Dickidoo starts tugging at my shirt at 6:55 am!  Excuse me... but 55 minutes later than the usual wake-up call is NOT SLEEPING IN!  I stalled as long as my conscience would allow, then flopped out of bed and drag my butt straight to the coffee pot.  I think its time to clean the waterlines in the Bunn-Omatic... usually I pour a pot full of water into the reservoir and WHOOSH!  In less than a minute I'd have a full pot of perfectly brewed coffee.  Today I had to wait for what felt like an hour.  Okay, it was probably more like 5 minutes.... but I'm not a good waiter.  So anyhow, I'm up, I have my coffee and I go down stairs to join my husband ... watching TV?  For this I got up early?  Come on dude!  I could be sleeping!  Oh well, I guess I could get stuff packed.  We're going to Denver for the Denver March Pow Wow.  I'm so excited because... well, anyone who's ever been to a Pow Wow knows the feeling... even when I'm not dancing (once upon a time I was a very good shawl dancer), even when I'm not watching my children dancing (they too used to be awesome dancers)... when I hear the pounding of the drums, the jingling of the bells, see the flashing of the feathers... I am transported to a magical place where culture and tradition runs deeper than the Grand Canyon.  I can't wait to get that feeling again!  I'm off to Denver!