The Trip To Texas and Back... AKA How spoiled am i?

So we went to Texas this last month. I am never going back. Oh the stay was nice and all, but there are BUGS in Texas... and Heat... and rain... and I had to get a JOB! Oh. My. Gawd! But it was still fun. Maybe I'll go back if it snows or something, but but beyond that, hell no! My bug bites have bug bites and I missed Epiphany. And I missed the palm trees. And it got muggy and I actually sweated... ew! LMAO. I am so spoiled. Actually I am not spoiled, my husband just loves me that much :)

But we are back now. We are in California again. No, I didn't move to TX. But I have a lovely photo box of CD's to show their teacher next Tuesday. And Mom printed out labels to make shirts with that say "Where in the World is Early, TX?" Hee hee hee.

When we got back to California we spent a day at Sea World. We went to the beach, went to the pool, went to a concert near the bay... you'd think that was the vacation. LOL

Now the boys are in sailing camp! They have 5 days of sailing lessons with a class of kids. They are having a blast! Really, you'd think we spoiled them! We're having a campfire tonight with smores and I am enjoying getting to walk the beach every day again. Next week I'll start adding updates on school.

The dockmaster here at the cove said that he'll be calling us "soon" about a live aboard slip. I wish I knew what soon meant. I am so excited! I can't wait to get that slip! WOOHOO! Soon-ish we'll be live aboards! I'll be a spoiled rotten beach bum! Oh wait, I already am!

Also next week will be the start of me working on selling items on eBay again. I am hoping to bring in more money to help pay off our bills faster. Then we can be debt free! That would be VERY nice!

I better run for now. I am going to go have lunch with the boys.

We made it to Tucson Arizona today

The drive was fine pulling out today. Then we hit snow, ice and wind going through the mountains. It was fine though. We made it through the mountains in one piece. We stopped at a Missile Museum in New Mexico. It was so cool! The boys were fascinated.


I did learn one thing though. Be careful where you buy your coffee. We stopped at this one store and I bought a 32 ounce of coffee and a 16 ounce of coffee. I wasn't stopping for anything! Turns out that it was the WORST coffee I have ever tasted! It was like stale coffee with a taste of burned coffee to it and hint of vomit. Yuck!

Miles lost a tooth! He lost one of his molars and bleed all over the bathroom sink at the hotel here. At least it wasn't the carpet LOL. And Lil Mendel bought Mexican Jumping Beans and he's waiting for them to jump race across the table HAHAHA!

Well, my laundry is almost done. That was my quick update for today. Tomorrow, we head for San Diego after a nice breakfast that is complimentary... eggs, sausage, bacon and cereal! FINALLY! A non-carb laden breakfast!

Will update later.

We made it safely to New Mexico

We are in Roswell, NM. I've only seen one alien... and it was attached to a fence :) We woke up this morning to ice. I have pictures that I will post later. They had closed down I-40 through NM and into Arizona so we headed south to avoid the rain and snow and sleet, etc. I already drove my van through a blizzard in the mountains in near white out conditions... BTDT... don't wish to do it again. We stopped at this one rest area/ museum and the guy there was really cool. He said we DO NOT want to be travelling through the mountains in the night with the snow coming in... so we stopped in Roswell instead of going all the way to Las Cruces like we had planned. We had a big traveling day ahead of us and I have the chains for my tires JUST in case. Not that I think we'll need them though. We'll head out later in the morning to give us some extra time though.

All of us are doing great. I am getting tired of riding in the van so much. Wish we had more rest breaks instead of the 5 minute pee stops hubby plans. He asked if this trip was better than the last and I had to tell him no. The last trip across country we stopped to rest longer than this. It wasn't 5 minute pee break, get your butt in the van and lets GO! Oh well, at least we're getting there anyway. I am hoping we make it to Yuma, AR tomorrow night. If not, I'll be driving for awhile during the night. I don't mind that at all. I can get some DRIVING done while the kids sleep and break when I need it. Stop, stretch, get coffee.... that's another thing I don't like about this trip... stop and get some freaking coffee! I promised to quit smoking, so I've slowed down a LOT, but do NOT take away my caffiene (sp?) at the same time. AGH!

Better run for now, I am using the hotel computer and other people will want to use it soon.