Wake Up Call

I probably just had the most interesting of all wake up calls. Literally and figuratively. Mike called me, and I was still in bed. "What are you doing?" he inquired.

"Laying here listening to my snooze alarm. Why?" I responded.

"Well, how much do you want me to tell you when Aaron calls me?" he asked.

Now if that isn't a loaded question, I am not sure what is. We established, at least for today, to go ahead and tell me what's going on.

"This morning at 6 a.m. Aaron called and wanted to know if he could go flying with a friend of the family who is an acrobatic pilot," he confided.

I recall a few seconds of silence then laughter on my end. "Well, you know that's what he there for...to have an adventure." 

"Yep," said Mike. "I told him to go for it."

From all reports Aaron survived and enjoyed the trip in the little two seat airplane.

Now as I prepare the rest of my day, I am thinking perhaps it wasn't by chance that after we dropped Aaron off at the airport Saturday we headed to Two EE's Winery. We tasted the wine. Mike broke a glass before he even started to imbibe, Then we purchased two bottles. While we really are coping well for the time being, those bottles of fermented grapes just might come in handy as we continue to "wake up" to the realization our young man is on the adventure of a lifetime.

Our two bottles of wine.
They might turn into morning "coffee" if these kind of wake up calls continue!