Back From Vaca!!!

Hey all!!

Did ya miss me?? lol... I had a wonderful trip for two full weeks!! I got to see almost my whole family except for a few cousins and Aunts on my Mom's side!! Very fun and relaxing and getting to spend that last little time with Kalyn was absolutely the best!! We had a lot of fun on the drive and her car drove really smooth. Couldn't even tell I was driving 85 mph!

I typed up a synopsis of my trip, by day, but it is waaayyy too long to post on here, so I will just make a little paragraph about each part of my trip instead.

First of all, Tyler took care of the house for me and did a good job with the cat feeding too. I'm sure he was glad to have the whole place to himself!

First part of my trip was driving Kalyn's car with myself, Kalyn and her dog up to Minnesota!! We spent one night at a hotel in Nebraska and the next day we arrived in MN. Perfect trip, no problems and alot of great conversation. We spent one night at Dave and Heidi's (where Kalyn is now living) and then we were off to Eau Claire for 5 days! We stayed with my Dad since he could house Sasha for us. He no longer has his dog, so I knew we would be safe having Sasha there. Dad and Lori loved Sasha to death and Sasha loved them in return. It was quite funny how they interacted. Dad hosted a pizza party for Jenni for her birthday the first evening we were there, so that was fun. The next day, we spent the whole day with Jenni, eating and shopping. We ate at Gram's house for dinner and it was delicious sloppy joe's. Grampa went and played pool and we chatted with Gram. That evening Kalyn and Jenni got matching tattoos on their wrists. Lori took Kalyn and I to Taco John's on Wed. for lunch and then that evening we went to Pizza Del Re and rollerskating with Jenni and Trent. Thursday we spent time with Sasha alot but did go over to Gram's to see Aunt Julie and eat leftovers from Tuesday! That evening we met the Wilson gang for dinner. Ann, Haley, Dick, Brenda, Lori, Sis Jenni, Kalyn and my friend Jenny Logan Delkamp all ate at Azul Tequila. Aunt Kathy stopped by just to say hello, which was nice! Dad didn't wanna come. Friday we headed to Gram's again cuz Cousin Matt and his gf Tiffany came to town to surprise Gram and fix her computer. Aunt Julie bought pizza and fruit and we had a great time! Soon, it was time for us to go back to Minneapolis! We drove back to Dad's and loaded up and away we went. It was so great to see everyone there. Gram, Gramp and I snuck over to see Aunt Bev too, for a little bit on Wed.

At Dave and Heidi's I got Kalyn settled in. We went grocery shopping, cleaned up her room, washed her new bedding and made her bed, explained to her how to refill her prescriptions and got her clothes hung up in the closet. D and H took us to eat downtown Minneapolis to Hell's Kitchen, which was delish!! We also hit up Mall of America for just a little while. Sunday the 9th was Sasha's 1st birthday and I flew out that morning to Baltimore....I cried and cried all morning leaving Kalyn and Sasha. Probably one of the hardest things I've ever been through besides the divorce. :( I still get teary-eyed thinking about it (and typing this!)

I arrived safely at Phillie, raced to catch my next 20 minute flight to Baltimore and boy was I starving when I got there!! I grabbed a quick little Chinese meal and walked down to baggage to meet Mom and Jon. They were laughing at me as I was saying hello, giving half hugs cuz I was holding my food! It was wonderful to see them!! We drove straight over to Jon's to see kids and Minerva. M cooked enchiladas and they were delish! Kids were good and then we headed to Mom's. Mom needed a little help with getting rid of things so we did that one morning, toured Frederick, ate good meals and toured DC one day! When Mom had her class on Tuesday night, I stayed with Minerva and kids and got some quality time in there. We went to eat and shopping at the post for an Army t-shirt. Earlier in the day, Mom watched the kids and M and I went and did a spinning class at the gym. It was brutal. They are stationary bikes that you workout on. You have an instructor that tells you what tension to be at and to speed up or slow down! We spent one whole day at Jon and Minerva's cuz Jon was off work and they took me and Mom to lunch and then the Mall there. Minerva cooked the last night I was there also and it was a great dish called Bulgogi. Got some quiet time with Mom at her place and it was just so nice to be there and see them all too. :) Then, it was time for me to fly back home on Friday the 14th! After my flight from Baltimore to Abq, Tyler picked me up and we did a little shopping and headed back to LA. I didn't leave the house the rest of that day or Sunday. I spent that time cleaning, washing, scrubbing, organizing everything that I could. Had to catch up on two weeks of duties!! I got it all done!

I want to thank everyone for feeding us and housing us for the entire trip! We couldn't have done it without the help of some of you out there!

It's been really quiet at home with just me and Ty. It's nice to be home and back to work though! I did go back to ABQ on Saturday. My former co-worker, Christine, was back in town for her baby shower! She married an Army guy she met in college, almost two years ago. Their baby is due in Feb. They are going to name her Lucia. It was great to see C again and meet all of Pat's (her hubby) family after hearing about all of them from time to time when she worked at the bank.

Well, I suppose I shall end this...I'm working at the gym and gotta start cleaning!! Hope all is well out there! Until next time... :)