Brett and I were extremely fortunate that one of our friends asked us to join us for the Indy 500 yesterday. Brett and I both Hoosiers by birth, but neither of us have actually been to the race. We've both been to the track several times for time trials and what-not, but never to the race. I grew up watching the race every Memorial Day weekend with my entire family gathered around the TV. I absolutely love the 500!
So at 8:45am I loaded the girls in the van with my siblings and they headed to grandma's for the day. Brett and I were out the door at 10am on our way to pick up our friends and head to the track! Who knew traffic would be soooo bad! It took us over 2 hours to get to the track, park, walk the mile or so to the track and find our seats! But it was all worth it!
I sat down in my seat and was just overcome with emotion! The cars were roaring around the track and people were cheering. It was just awesome! We had such a great day of weather too. It was 72 degrees and for the majority of the race we had a great breeze that kept us the perfect temperature. We were entertained by all the drunk people around us and their conversation. It was quite an education at times!
We left the track after the end of the race and dropped our friends back at their home. Brett and I then had a nice dinner just the two of us before the girls arrived back home. And what a blessing - they were both asleep when they arrived and went straight to bed!
It was a great day at the track and a great day with friends. And it was a super nice day to just get to spend with my husband!
