5/22/03 - Bon Voyage

Hey guys. I feel like such a slacker because I haven't been making regular posts but darn it there's just not enough hours in the day! Plus I think you'll agree that some priorities are more important than my rambling here! ha! Well, I have 10 free minutes to ramble before I start packing, so here it goes.

Bon Voyage!

Brian, Bella and I are packing up for a trip tomorrow to Southern California to visit mi familia. (Don't ask me questions in spanish...that's all I know - besides "tacos" and "enchilladas". Yes I'm ashamed.) I can't wait!! Although I am not too keen on leaving the beautiful weather and beaches of Carmel for the dry, hot desert (where most of my family currently lives) it is worth it just to be near them again. I am so close to all of them and it hurts quite a bit not to see them more frequently. But it is a small cross I must bear in exchange for my wonderful husband and daughter whom I couldn't live without. BUT one week I get the best of both worlds since we'll all be together. Woohoo!

But I have to say good bye now since I haven't started packing and we leave in 24 hours. (What? I'm late? Shocking, I know! haha) Packing is always fun. Isn't it? Do you remember that I Love Lucy episode when the Ricardos where going to California? While Ricky and Fred was trying to fit a few suitcases in the trunk, Lucy was piling tons of stuff on the sidewalk to bring as well. That's me, baby! I always have to bring everything but the kitchen sink "just in case". When Brian looks at the pile of suitcases and things piled by the frontdoor he says, "Sweetie, we'll never get all that in the car." I tell him not to worry and let "Fred" take care of it. I'll get it in there! (Although it usually means me sitting in a space tighter than an economy flight on Budget Airlines.) But who cares, we're going! And if on the way we are in need of a rain coat, bath mat or a years supply of fishy crackers, don't worry - I've got you covered!

Say a prayer that we have a safe trip. Talk to you soon. Love, b.