What a week! First things first, I have to send loving birthday wishes to my two children. Silas turned 17 and Rhiannon turned 19. Holy Shit where did the time go! I love my babies so much and I am refusing to believe that they are all grown up.
Phoenix was incredible. I know that the summers are brutal there, but I think that I belong in Arizona. Hell, if we have to deal with months in the winter when you don't really go outside, I can certainly deal with months in the summer when you don't really go outside. And no more CUTTING, SPLITTING, STACKING, HAULING, and BURNING wood! (what a serious waste of time)
New Mexico was nice, but 'you can't there from here'. There were a bunch of fatal accidents while we were out there. Many of the locals say that drunk driving is out of control and that not only are there lots of drunks on the road, but just plain stupid drivers. I saw that. There aren't side roads to take to avoid the traffic either. We sat in one backup for over 3 hours on Friday because there was an accident and they had to shut off the highway. So EVERYONE had to get off on Route 66 and it was just as bad....stopped traffic. There are no back roads like here in NH.
I am a very lousy passenger. Anyone who knows me knows that I cry, scream and hold my breath as we drive along (let's just say Xanax became my new candy)...so the driving in New Mexico was a deal breaker.
Oh the luck we had!! Upgraded to first class on the flights (yeah!), we went to pick up our rental car...they had made a mistake in processing us, so for our troubles they gave us a 2006 Mustang (yeah!). We got to the resort in Phoenix and they had upgraded us to a HUGE suite - huge like, bigger than my house huge..(yeah!!!!)
And Jethro somehow survived the 8 days as well. Poor guy was SO happy to see us when we got home last night.
It's nice to be home, I just miss warm weather!
Phoenix was incredible. I know that the summers are brutal there, but I think that I belong in Arizona. Hell, if we have to deal with months in the winter when you don't really go outside, I can certainly deal with months in the summer when you don't really go outside. And no more CUTTING, SPLITTING, STACKING, HAULING, and BURNING wood! (what a serious waste of time)
New Mexico was nice, but 'you can't there from here'. There were a bunch of fatal accidents while we were out there. Many of the locals say that drunk driving is out of control and that not only are there lots of drunks on the road, but just plain stupid drivers. I saw that. There aren't side roads to take to avoid the traffic either. We sat in one backup for over 3 hours on Friday because there was an accident and they had to shut off the highway. So EVERYONE had to get off on Route 66 and it was just as bad....stopped traffic. There are no back roads like here in NH.
I am a very lousy passenger. Anyone who knows me knows that I cry, scream and hold my breath as we drive along (let's just say Xanax became my new candy)...so the driving in New Mexico was a deal breaker.
Oh the luck we had!! Upgraded to first class on the flights (yeah!), we went to pick up our rental car...they had made a mistake in processing us, so for our troubles they gave us a 2006 Mustang (yeah!). We got to the resort in Phoenix and they had upgraded us to a HUGE suite - huge like, bigger than my house huge..(yeah!!!!)
And Jethro somehow survived the 8 days as well. Poor guy was SO happy to see us when we got home last night.
It's nice to be home, I just miss warm weather!
posted by KMR at 1:42 PM
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