Medford!

September 27, 2010

Hey y’all! It’s Taylor blogging for Shawn…he is a busy boy as usual and somehow I got elected to do it but I really don’t mind! :-) You will probably find that I am much more of a rambler than he is so bear with me! Medford was so much freaking fun! It just could not have gone any better! Beside a little mishap with the nightly gate security guard, everything else was smooth! We had a delicious dinner on Friday courtesy of Outback Steakhouse and another great dinner on Saturday! Mindy and I BBQ’d steaks, made broccoli salad, mashed potatoes, and rolls! Yum! During, qualifying we ran a 5.38 and then improved with a 5.35 so we ended up being number one! We fell off the mark a little bit and slowed down to 5.40s but no complaining here (well except for our perfectionist crew chief, owner, and driver, Bill, Ron, and Shawn)! We want that divisional championship so bad so winning Medford and Earlville sure helped us out! Depending on what Mike Austin does in Atco, NJ this weekend will determine if we win or not…two words…FINGERS CROSSED! I have already started doing my praying and whatever other ritual I can do! Haha...just kidding (well, kind of). If anything, we gained 21 points for the national standings so that will help us out alot! What was so cool about Medford was that we won, our good friends the Hough’s won, and my dad runnered-up! The weather was gorgeous all weekend! And of course in Vancouver it was raining when we got home. Go figure. I had school on Monday so poor Shawn on Sunday night drove straight home and we didn’t get back until 5am! Holy moly we we’re tired! What a way to celebrate a win! I have to mention this because we always feel the void when we are missing crew members…Shirleen, Harry, and Al…we missed you! Sorry you guys couldn’t be there! Oh, and Happy 1st Birthday to Bill and Shirleen’s granddaughter, Lena! So we finally get a little break until Vegas at the end of the month…UNFORTUNATELY, summer is over and the weather is getting crappy again so our free time will be spent working on the house or racecar! I will say it is definitely a treat being home for longer than a week because we get to…GROCERY SHOP! Oh the little things we take for granted! I don’t think my body can handle another Subway sandwich or burger from a fast food joint…EWW. Speaking of free time…it is pretty late and guess where Shawn is? The shop! Good thing our house is only 15 minutes away or he would be putting some serious miles on that truck…he likes that split shift thing where he goes in the morning, leaves, and then comes back. Whatever floats his boat and keeps it from sinking right? Not sure how the boss feels about that :-) We have a busy weekend ahead of us. We are working Friday and Shawn’s nephew is having a “tow truck” birthday party on Sunday! So cute! Welllll…I am flipping exhausted and I have what seems like endless loads of laundry to do…our dressers are running thin with clothes so I better get on the ball….fabulous talking to you all and we will see you in VIVA LAS VEGAS (our favorite track!). Night all!