Shelby was picked-up from school at 3pm by a classmate's mother for a birthday party that was supposed to be a sleep-over as well. However, after I picked up Darby from school ~6pm, we headed to pick up Shelby from the party. It seemed like a good idea at the time to even let her go to the party, but we definitely had to pick her up because she has choir practice in the morning.
For whatever reason, Shelby's classmate lives very far from where she goes to school. We live near the school, here on the southeast side of the OKC metro, but we had to travel to the far (and I mean far) northwest side of the metro to get to Shelby. Once we found the neighborhood, which took some doing, we were greeted a closed road, so we had to find an alternate route to somewhere we didn't know how to find to begin with (we had a Google Map, but... GASP... it was WRONG!). So, though we said we'd be there between seven and seven-thirty, it was nearly eight before we traveled to, and then found the place. Let's remind everyone that OKC is 600+ square miles, so it can take some time to traverse the sprawl if you can't take highways.
We were also supposed to make an appearance at a friend's for a Christmas party. By 8pm. But on the (pretty) far northeast side of the metro. Because of all the delays, it was after 8:30 by the time we got there. We missed food (but there were plenty of leftovers), Dirty Santa, and some of the company. The party actually started at 6pm, and by the time we got there people were starting to leave. We did get to participate in some games, and didn't leave until almost midnight, so it was worth the trip. Plus it was fun for the girls as there were MANY kids there. I think Shelby eventually forgot that she was mad that she didn't get to sleepover at the sleepover.
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