Mondells in Minneapolis: Mom to DC, Great Baseball Game for Connor, Gidget RIP & Mom’s Birthday + Mother’s Day!!!

Weekdays:

Monday - Happy Birthday to Emily!! I had a normal day in the office getting to see my employment attorney in person since she was in from Virginia. Connor had baseball practice at night and Maci had soccer practice where I watched random TV in the car since I was tired!
Tuesday - Worked from home. Flor came and cleaned the house. Clint had a Dr apt in the morning. After lunch, Clint drove me to the airport for my flight to DC - session 2 of the leadership development program. It was an easy flight to DC. Dropped my bags, had a quick dinner while also watching Connor’s Big W in Baseball and then watched the Timberwolves unfortunately lose game 1 to the Warriors.

Maci sent me this so I could hold her hand while flying ❤

Connor’s Baseball Game

They got DQ afterward

GameChanger is so cool!

It highlights an article afterward and of course I miss the game where it is all about C man!

Wednesday - Happy Birthday to me! I was tired all day b/c I never sleep great in a hotel on night 1. The leadership training was fine and everyone was super sweet about the birthday but by the end of the day all I wanted to do was crash. I went to my hotel room, ordered room service, watched Connor crush it in his baseball game - big W and then binged some junk tv before going to bed early - kind of a perfect way to kick off year 42. Thank you for all the kind wishes, it made me smile throughout the day!

Thursday - Day 2 of the program went better, likely b/c I wasn’t so tired. That night a group of us went out to eat which was some nice bonding. Clint got tickets to the Wolves game 2 - lucky! Liz Sullivan came over to hang with the kids so they wouldn’t be alone so late. Thankfully the Wolves did what we knew they could and got the W!!! I watched in the hotel room after dinner.

Clint’s Pre-Game Shot

Friday:

1/2 day of the program in the morning then to the airport for lunch and heading home. Thankfully I had smooth flights both ways.
I landed and was about to order a Lyft when I realized I left my purse on the plane - UGH!!! Thankfully a nice Delta worker ran back to the gate for me b/c they confirmed they had it and then brought it to me. Stupid 30 min detour in my plans and then I was in a car heading home.
While I was doing this, Clint and Connor headed up to the Greenwood carnival with Anna and her family.
I got home just in time to drop my bags and then run Maci up to Wayzata high school for a TFE soccer ID Camp. I got home and kept going by unpacking, completing some to dos on the home front and then it was time to go pick up Maci.
Shortly after we got home, Clint and Connor came back from the carnival.
Clint and I hopped in the hot tub to catch up and wind down from the week.

Saturday:

Clint was up and at ‘em for a 915a massage but first we had some coffee together on the deck - we are having insanely good/warm weather!
Right as Clint was leaving, I went in the playroom to find Gidget the Guinea Pig restfully laying and as I got closer, I realized she was no longer with us. She lived a great 5.5 years. Maci did ok with it and Connor took it pretty hard. She is laid to rest in a grave at the top of our hill. Clint even planted some day lilies on her plot.
After all the sadness, I ran Connor to his 10a-12p baseball pitching clinic.
After the massage, Clint met up with Connor and the team at the fields.
I scooted Maci up to a haircut at 1130a and while she got a haircut, I found way too many good spring/summer outfits in the boutique (happy birthday/Mother’s Day to me!)
Once home, Clint was ready to take Maci to SkyZone trampoline park for a “date” with her boyfriend Hans. His parents were kind and drove Maci home afterward.
I went to get my nails done at 130p and I got my fav gal Hannah with a fun hot pink color for the warm weather!
While I was wrapping up there, Connor had Anna come over to play and make friendship bracelets at the park from 200-430p.
Once back from my nail apt, I finally crashed and took a nice nap and Clint cut the grass.
We got around and left the house around 5p for a night out with Jacey/Ryan and Gena/Vinny. We started at a brewery and then to a bar/restaurant for dinner, cocktails, trivia and the Timberwolves.
Wahoooo the Twolves WON game 3 in CA!! Gena didn’t love that we were so into the game but good times were had by all :)

Cute hair after haircut and on the way to her first “date”

Maci and Hans after jumping

I love these gals!!!

Hanging at the Brewery on a nice night!

Sunday:

Happy Mother’s Day!!!
I slept in and then enjoyed coffee on the deck. The kids and Clint got me this cute puzzle that is a cartoon of me, Maci and Connor all in super hero capes with our names.
We had a slow morning but then left to brunch at Gold Nugget - Yum! We had 11a reservations.
Afterward, I told them I wanted to drop some donation items at Goodwill, followed by Starbucks and then to Lowe’s for flowers. Clint kindly planted them all when we got home and the kids helped me with laundry.
I didn’t have the most restful day but that is b/c I had a lot to do but all of them kept offering to help out which was nice. It was a HOT day but I tried to enjoy as much of it from the deck as possible.
We are now waiting to head to Connor’s LATE 3v3 basketball games at 750 and 820p tonight. I will probably do a little email reading in a few to keep me going until it is time to leave. Once we get home from that, I am going to CRASH!

So Sweet and Sad

This is Connor having a moment by Gidget’s Grave