I WILL get on with the trip stories as soon as my sister sends me the pics........Trust me it will be more entertaining with the pics.

Nothing shocking or overly funny happened, it was a realitivly mellow trip....I think what I will remember the most is the freeways...LOL!

 

A while ago I said the place I wanted to be was a cabin in the woods....

NOW I want to be in a cottage on the beach anywhere along the California coast.

It's funny.

I am SUCH a Canadian (BC) girl, I honestly thought I wouldn't like it as much as I did. I would love to go back and visit a few places again as well as visit places and people I didn't get to.

I find myself missing the warm nights and dry days and ofcourse the GREAT mexican food!

 

I hope everyone is doing well.

(((Hugs)))

My computer is working a bit better then it was but I don't know for how long, I no longer have "spell check" so please bare with my horrible spelling.

I will continue on with Trip stories but right now I just have to write about last night and today.

My sister came to take one of the cats (Bella) to get shaved and we found out that my poor little Cleo had a ingrown nail....It was HORRIBLE and I can't belive I didn't see it! So my sister took them both.

Once at the vets it was learned that they have lost weight (too much for these little girls), part of the weight loss was stress over us being gone but part of it is because I haven't given them enough hairball stuff......I was up all night last night crying and wondering if I should even own animals. I still feel so bad  for them. I have gone and gotten the right hair ball stuff and a better food as well as really good nail clippers so hopefully I can get them back in good health.

It has been really hard on me because I had my sister telling me that this was "Our very last warning, and that if we didn't take better care of them she would find homes for them." OK now I understand her being upset and if SHE took them back I would be upset but OK with it, the idea of them going to STRANGERS breaks my heart, I can't handle that.

Add this stress on to being VERY worn out from the trip.....It was GREAT trip but it was also stressful and tireing.

 I have gotten a cold and I woke 2 days ago and I couldn't move my right arm or rather my right shoulder and the pain radiated through to my right b*reast so that even taking a deep breath hurt....never mind coughing, every time I do that I see stars....It's not as bad as it was, the first night I almost passed out the first couple of times I coughed after that I figured out how to cough so I didn't cause myself that much pain, it still hurts but it's getting better.

The only reason I feel slightly better is my Mother gave me a couple of M*otrin and I was able to get a couple of hours of sound sleep.

That has helped but I'm still in for more stress.....Some just the every day kind, but the rest of it will be from some decisions I have to make......
 I was going to say that it was unfair I have to make these decisions.....But they stem from decisions I made in the first place.

When I first made these decisions I believed I had thought them out, (And I had...To a point) but reality has come along and SMACKED me in the face and made me see that even though I thought it out what really drove these decisions was my desire to make people happy .....to help out in some small way the people that have always been there for me....Now I feel like I'm letting them down and with one decision I very well  may lose a friendship or at the very least put a major strain on it.......So yeah I'm having a hard time right now.

I know there are bigger problems and people having harder times....But I am hurting, tired and very confused, feeling like I have no where to turn.

 

Sorry to be such a downer.....But tomorrow is another day right?

And hey! I could win the big Super 7 jackpot.....Then I could just run away (yes I know I'm a coward) and spend a week or more in each of my favorite California cities.....Yes I fell in LOVE with California.....Funny thing is I didn't think I would like it or be as comfortable there as I was.

My computer is REALLY actting up now, going to try a temperary fix tomorrow. It has to be temperary because there is just now room in the budget  for a full fix at this time. Hopfully ttemp will last until I can work it in.

I MISS YOU ALL!!!

And have so much to tell you.

I will be home some time tomarrow (the 17th). It has been a good trip but it will be good to sleep in my own bed, plus I miss my animals....

 

~April 16~

Also marks the 10th anniversery of my father's passing......

I can not put into words how much I miss him still to this day, during this whole trip I kept thinking to my self, "Dad would love this!" Or "I wish I could tell Dad about this!"

A time or two I could have sworn I heard his laughter.....Crazy I know but there it is.

 

~it is now the 17th~

Anyway, we are still in Dunnigan CA.

It's 7 am and Tessa and my sister are still sleeping, I've been up since 5:30. My sister says this is the half way point to home so I should be there some time tonight.

I DON'T want to leave California......I LOVE IT HERE!

But since I can't live here I must leave and that makes me very sad........

 

I know everyone wants an update.....But I HATE typing on this thing!

I have been writing everything down in a journal and I will tell you guys EVERYTHING when I get home. I PROMISE!!!!

We are having a GREAT time!

I went on a rollercoasster and DIDN'T puke......Trust me that is a BIG deal....LOL! As a matter of fact I LOVED it.

 

See you all when I get home some time next week

 

 

First day and night we drove and drove......I am now in the lobby of the hotel while my sister and Tessa are still sleeping, I just had the BEST breakfast, now I just want to get on the road again!

But I just have to wait for the lazy bones to get up......LOL!

I am very impressed with B^est W^estern Hotels, very comfy!

Time to go and get the other girls out of bed I think.........*GRIN*