Day 2 (Sunday) didn't not start out as great as DAY 1....
My alarm didn't go off at 5:00 am (I checked my phone three times the night before too!) and I somehow woke up at 5:20. I had planned on leaving by 5:30 to head to Arrowhead Stadium for the COLOR Run, so I jumped out of bed and got ready as fast as I could. I woke up Bryce and just had to put on her pants, shoes and socks. (I had her sleep in her white shirt, to make my morning easier/faster!) You are probably thinking "why are you guys leaving at 5:30 AM"?? Well, we still had to pick up our packets and they recommended getting there by 6 at the latest due to long lines. We were out the door at 5:30 (I don't know how!) and had 31 minutes (according to my GPS) to get to the Staduim. After leaving Matt's apartment complex, we started hearing this thumping sound. We figured that there was something hanging out of the door and banging against the side of my car. The noise got louder and then 15 minutes after leaving we heard a big bang and I could tell I had a FLAT TIRE. I have NEVER had a flat tire before and here I was at 5:45 in the morning, on a Kansas City highway, with a 4 year and no husband and a flat tire! I then had to figure out what I was going to do. I barely made it to the side of the road because it went flat on an over-pass. Just my luck! I pulled over and immediately called my dad. I knew that my little brother would still be asleep, my husband was in Colorado and I knew no one else in the area. My dad calmed me down and told me to call for a tow truck or 911 to get a policeman to help me. I called 911 and they dispatched one my way. This was at 5:50. We waited and waited. I figured I could get out and try to fix it myself., so I unscrewed the lugnuts (sp?) and started jacking up the car and then at 6:20, a VERY nice man pulled over and helped us put the doughnut on. He was so nice! He even got it all done in about 10-15 minutes! (By the way, a policeman never did show up....) We were then on our way to the COLOR Run at 6:45! I really didn't think we would make it! After driving no faster than 45 mph, we pulled into the parking lot (LOT N) at 7:05 and the race started at 7:30. We still had to pick up our packets and only had 25 minutes! Of course the lot that we parked in was on the opposite side of the parking lot as the Check-in/Start Line. Bryce was already "tired" and didn't want to walk ,so I had to carry her and walk as fast as I could to get there in time. We made it and got our number/shirts/goodies and headed to the Start Line. We ended up being in the 5th wave of people. While waiting to "start", Bryce was not having it! She kept sitting on the ground and pouting/whining. She was hot. She was tired. She didn't want to walk. I was coming unraveled myself.... Our wave finally crossed the Start Line and guess what? I was carrying my 40 lb, 4 year old! She whined the whole first kilometer until she saw the paint dust and flags. She ran through the first paint "station"(YELLOW PAINT) and loved it! She was smiling and laughing! Then, she went back to being a "crabby patty"! I carried her another kilometer and again when we hit the paint area, she jumped down and ran through the paint! (ORANGE PAINT) I really wish I had my camera to capture her smile! She was in heaven! This happened again through the next paint area (PINK PAINT). By this time I was sweating pretty good and my back was starting to hurt, so we took a "short cut' through the parking lot and just headed toward the big group of people who finished the race. (We never actually "finished" the race!) Bryce just wanted to throw her paint into the air and make the paint cloud. It was so cool to see all the paint in the air. This was Bryce's environment! Again, I wish I had my camera!! Here are the pictures I got at the car before we wiped off.
After the COLOR run, we had to head to a Wal-Mart to get a new tire. The first Wal-Mart that my GPS sent me to wasn't there anymore! And the second one was a Wal-Mart Market and didn't have an Automotive area! Just my luck!! Finally Kyle found one on his phone and called to make sure they had an automotive area (after I had a temper tantrum on the phone!). We finally made it there and waited an hour and a half for a new tire. Did I mention that we are still pretty much covered in paint? Bryce looks like she was beat up with her mixture of blue and red paint covering her face!
By 1:00, we were on our way back to Wichita-FINALLY!!
The day was filled with LOTS of crying (mostly me!), some screaming (also mostly me and on the phone with Kyle) and one curse word-which was on a text, so does it count??
I do have to say that it was ALL worth it to watch Bryce's smile when she was throwing paint powder into the sky!! :)
P.S. My "Check Oil" light came on when we got to El Dorado too!
P.S.S. I've never disliked my car this much!
P.S.S.S. I'm probably not leaving Wichita again by myself....
The life of the Banicks!!!
