All aboard....but barely

Last night, David and I had plans to go to Bardstown, KY to ride the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary, which will be tomorrow (January 16). We'd been looking forward to a great date night for a long time. David, being the meticulous planner that he is, had coordinated everything. He even had made arrangements for a high school girl from down the street to come and watch the baby. She had watched her once before, so we didn't think she'd need a long introduction, so we asked her to be there at the time we had to leave - 3pm. At 5 minutes 'til 3, David started getting nervous. I told him she would be there. At 3pm, he called her cell phone - no answer. At 5 minutes after 3, David went down to her house (2 doors away) - nobody was there. At 15 minutes after 3, we started trying to come up with a back-up plan. My mom had to work, my dad and Pat were out of town, and a desperate call to a good friend of mine wasn't successful, so we decided to take the baby with us. Fortunately, after we loaded her in the car and headed out, David thought to call the Train folks - they don't allow children under the age of 5 on the train. Great....we decided we would have to re-schedule and headed back to the house, very disappointed. However, when we got there, the missing babysitter had arrived! Although she was 30 minutes late, we managed to quickly go over instructions, jump in the car, and race to catch the train right before it left. We had a wonderful time. Of course, I never realized how much our lives could be at the mercy of a 9th-grade girl until now!