Neil & Derek have aways wanted to do a Football Weekend – College on Saturday and NFL on Sunday- but could never do it because we were playing or coaching.
This year is different – neither of us are. We started looking for games and weekends that’s would work. The best was the end of November in Seattle – Oregon Ducks at Washington Huskies and Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks. Now that Ben is a Vikings fan, we decided we should invite him – better yet let’s surprise him.
Lora needed to be involved. Getting Ben removed from his busy schedule, without him knowing would be a tall order but we forged ahead. Everyone at CLC knew but kept quiet. With Ben coaching the interns on their speaking coming up the Friday of our weekend, the schedules of half a dozen people had to be changed.
Lora discovered in the first few days that Ben’s passport had expired – he would need a new one. After looking at the alternatives, (it’s not really possible to get someone a passport without them knowing) we realized we had to had to get his help in getting the passport. Lora told him he had to get his passport photo and he is not allowed to ask any questions. Ben later said he assumed that Lora was planning a trip for the spring because she wouldn’t plan anything until after the new baby arrived.
The passport was to arrive on November 29, the same day we were scheduled to leave! Yikes!
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