Yup...we're back home! North Carolina is so beautiful, so different from Arizona. It was so nice to visit with Kim and Steve, and help them settle into their new apartment...for all of 4 months until their deployment. Geez, I'll miss them so much!
Had a lot of firsts on this trip...
* First time nearly running out of gas in the middle of nowhere. (NOT my fault...I always fill up at 1/2 a tank on road trips, but the only station available at the time was an unlit creepy single pump...like out of a horror movie. And at 3am, I thought it was wise of me to move on!)
* First time experiencing black ice and skidding off the road into a snow bank. This is one of many reasons why I live in Arizona!
* First time driving that far across the country and for 40 hours straight. I started forgetting just how long and what day it was since we'd been in the car for so long!
* First time narrowly missing making additions to the roadkill population. Stupid Jackrabbits and ELK!
I'll post the few pics we took shortly...but there's not much cuz we didn't do anything! Just sat around watchin' Star Trek movies, playin' Mario Cart, and generally just vegging-out. Too bad we were so lazy, there was a zoo and a botanical garden I thought the kids would enjoy. Oh well...next time! Perhaps a trip when they get home from deployment...
AND...
My computer is working again! The motherboard crapped out so I had to use John's for two weeks. But it's back...thank goodness! We thought it was my hard drive, so I was prepared that I lost almost everything. But nope! All is saved and accessible again, so hopefully I'll be able to finally get more of my projects finished up and all my files backed up. It's hard to do since they're constantly changing!
I must say...my husband rocks...seriously. He always manages to fix my computer before I have a total melt down of anxiety. It's just one more reason (out of about a million) why I can't live without him.
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