boston trip (part 3 of 3): SURPRISE!

friday night i was at my my cousin's house. if she found out i went all the way to boston without visiting her, she'd totally kill me. since i was going to be there, my parents knew that she wouldn't have any plans that would involve not being home, so they figured a road trip was in order. so friday night after my sister-in-law arrived from england, i called home to see if they were ready to get on their way. they told my cousin that they were going to spend the weekend in toronto to throw her off.

leaving at about 7-7:30pm.. i get a call at 4:30am.

me: *in my half asleep, i think i'm whispering voice* hello?
dad: we're outside. can you sneak us in?
me: *pause*
dad: hello..?
me: yeah, i'm here.
dad: can you sneak us in?
me: i don't know..
dad: well take a minute.. and then open the door.

i walk over to the door and tried my best to quietly open it. i never snuck out of the house when i was younger.. i'm not good at being quiet. certainly my lack of sneaky practice didn't help in this situation. so i managed to get the door open letting my mum, brother, and sister-in-law in. my dad was about to walk in, but he had to lock the doors to the suv. how does he typically lock it? with his keyless.. what does his suv do when he locks with the keyless? honk. when i saw him fiddling with the keys i growled and said (in what i assumed to be a loud whisper) DON'T! gah, so he locked it the traditional way.

my cousin just had her basement re-renovated (just meaning the contractor finished that day..). so due to lack of beds, we improvised as usual: my brother and sister-in-law in the den, my mum slept in my nephew's bed with me, my dad slept on the couch in the family room. at 6am, my brother-in-law woke up and went into the family room to have his morning tea and some quiet time to himself (with three kids, it's usually a weekend necessity). walking into the family room he noticed the suv parked on the driveway and spent a good few minutes trying to figure out who's suv it was and what it was doing there. then he walked over to the den and noticed that my brother was sleeping in there. hrmm.. then walked back to the family room to stare at the suv some more. he finally noticed dad at this point, only because dad started laughing.

i was shocked.. no one woke up during the "great family sneak-in 2007". it's not like we're the quietest bunch out there. of course it became the joke of the weekend:

me: i seriously thought someone was going to wake up in the middle of the chaos..
brother-in-law: nah, we were completely knocked out.
brother: so we could have easily just taken all your stuff without you even noticing..
cousin: good! then i can get NEW stuff :)

oh dear.. at least we now have an idea for an april fool's joke ;)