Well... we finally made it here. Gosh, I make that sound like it took us forever to get to Maryland. We left friday morning about 4:30 and arrived on sunday at 9 am... so we drove for about 50 hours. Yep,straight through. We were planning on getting here originally on Monday... but decided that we just didn't want to drag the drive out that long. Shannon and I had a ton of fun... well mostly. Montana of course seemed to take forever (yah, I knew it would, Rod and I have driven cross country to see family quite a few times...), the bit of Wyoming we went through with skiddish cell phone coverage, and then there's the trek through South Dakota... Somehow whenever we get to South Dakota, it's my turn... to drive at night through the flatlands that seem short on gas stations.. Indiana seemed to take awhile as well. Shannon pretty much drove during the day and me, the night owl drove through the night. Before yesterday, the furtherest east i've ever driven was Tennessee.. When we drove through Lolo, MT and I waved at you, Paul & Shari...
I tried to play my DS but playing diner dash in the car just wasn't working for me. Did listen to some music and I did watch a dvd.. bridget jones diary... I've never been a sunflower seed person like Rod is when he drives... but I have become one. I realized that the key to staying awake is really keeping my head busy... whether it be listening to music or chewing on sunflower seeds. You just can't be board and drive that far.
I was bummed that I didn't take many pictures along the way of our trip. With driving straight through, we didn't stop at many scenic places. McDonalds and Taco Bell and Gas stations in my opinion aren't really picture worthy....
So I'm here for a couple of days. At home the boys are in VBS at church. Mom's taking them a couple of nights and the day that Rod has off he'll take them. I can't believe i'm missing VBS! I've 'worked' it for the past three years....
When we got here it feels so East Coast. The houses, many of them have brick faces... which I've always loved... So many things here are different... But the heat is shocking.... you walk out of the house or get out of the AC'd car... and you get a blast of heat. It appears that most people spend their time indoors. Today is was 98 and tomorrow it's supposed to be 97. Thank the good Lord for Air Conditioning! Rod used to live out this way, before there was 'us' and i've teased him about why he ever moved west, it's beautiful here... and the way the houses are here it feels classic. He says he moved out here to meet me... awwww...
Funny being so close to the nations capital makes me feel somewhat patriotic. Seeing the signs etc... Normally, it's a place that's so far away, that you have no real reason to visit. And being here makes me want to come back, bring the kids, and see the sights.
It's peculiar to go somewhere without Rod. I know that Branden travels alot, but I don't go very many places without Rod. I really love to be with him... and it makes me sad when I have experiences that he is not a part of. It's a piece of me that is hard to share. You can't really share something that you haven't done... I can tell him about it, but it's just not the same! Miss you babe!
My brother Zane, when Josiah was a baby, found his birth mother. Since then he's been in touch with his birth siblings. He has 5 birth siblings.... And one of them, First Sargent Sam, lives about an hour from Zane and he was here when we arrived... So I got to meet the infamous Sam! I didn't know if I would ever get to meet his other siblings just because they live all over... and so it was an honor to meet him. And pretty crazy to see someone who looks so much like Zane. Up until now, I've never seen anyone that has his features... it was great! And then, because I'm a civilian... trying to figure out all what Sam actually does took me a bit. But he was very patient.... Thanks sam!
I fly out wednesday night... taking a red eye.... Funny, some days I so need a break from my kids... and then when i'm not with them I really miss them! I guess since i've been gone, Jaden and Jedediah have both moved up a level in swimming lessons and Josiah got his first trophy (3rd place) in BMX racing at Bakerview park... and Garrett got his first ever First place trophy (he's gotten others before) in BMX this last weekend as well... Usually i'm the one texting pictures to him to see at work while we are doing something cool... i'm not usually on the receiving end of those text pics!
Anyhoo... i'll let you know when I do get home... and maybe even post some pictures... Z
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