spontaneous

my best friend amy called our house at 8:30AM yesterday to tell us that she was going to the hospital b/c of her contractions. i had told her if she had the baby before we left for colorado, i'd try to be there. so, after she called, i started looking for tickets to houston using my parents frequent flyer miles (thanks mom and dad!). after looking, i found a ticket that would get me in at 10:15PM. nat and i went grocery shopping and came home to have lunch. i packed, and then got ready for a baby shower i was throwing. went to the baby shower, nat picked me up and took me to the airport. i called on my long layover in chicago to check on how amy was doing. she did great! she had isabel at 8:30PM! my friend's husband drove me to the hospital and i got to see the new family member. it was great!

i'll be home in champaign tomorrow night (for those of you in champaign that have been missing me). :)