Trippin'

The boys still talk about the trip we took the other week -- B1 talks about different things he saw, B2 talks about the hotels we visited and the animals we saw, and they both tell me how they "miss the trip." It's cute. I was pleased how smoothly it went, without any hitches along the way. It was a resounding success; everybody had a blast, and the boys didn't once mention Exene -- not the entire time. I would periodically call her so she could talk to the boys, and they could tell her what they'd been up to, but they were content to be on the trip with me, even going solo. And the weird thing for me is that, since Exene never drove on any of our trips (she refuses to drive), there was no qualitative difference between this trip for me and any other, in terms of driving, since, had she been there, I'd STILL be the one driving over 3700 miles by myself! Baha!

On the Road

Heading back to Chicago today. The boys have been so good on the whole trip; they were the toast of the family gathering, as I knew they would be. It's remarkably easy for me to handle this stuff solo; Exene always sweats it, but it's cake. I admit that I've had more practice at it than she has, since I drive (and she won't drive), and I spend so much time solo with the boys (because of her absenting herself), so I know the dance. But the boys were great. It sucks, however, that I didn't give myself one more vacation day (tomorrow) -- I hate thinking I have to hustle back home, and then tomorrow morning, am back in the workplace saddle. Ah, well. I didn't want to take too many days off.

Anyway, the car did well, and I'll properly blog about last week when I'm back home. Today, it'll just be me driving all day, getting the boys home. They're looking forward to being in Chicago again. B2 was cute, saying "Where are all the buildings?" when we first got out into the country. My city boys!

I'm amused at the hotel I'm at, how it says "Hello." and "Thanks." at the door. Somehow, the period ending the sentence seems less friendly than it ought to be! I'll snap a shot before I go.

When I next blog, I'll be home. "See" you soon! ; )

More KY

Back in glorious Lexington, KY -- overnighting it before the final jaunt to Chicago tomorrow. Plenty to blog about about the trip, but I'll do so later. The boys had a blast. I enjoyed the time away, although am looking forward to being home, despite the attendant issues I face there.

Road Trippin'

On the eve of leaving on a weeklong trip down South, so if I'm quiet, it may be because I don't have computer access down there (although I might; we'll see). Anyway, I'll be back on the 18th.

To prep for it, I bought some road trip funsies (from Target!) for the boys -- a couple of toy cars for B2, some Iron Man activity books (tee hee!), some crayons, a Rubik's Sphere thingie for B1 (imagine concentric transparent spheres you twirl about to solve -- he should enjoy it), a couple of lil' Energizer flashlightsabers I'll decant the first night we reach North Carolina (where we're headed, incidentally), and so on. They travel really well, so it should be alright. I'm traveling nearly 700 miles, broken up into two approximately 5-hour legs, although we'll see if it shakes out that way. I'm most concerned about getting to the destination on Sunday in time to catch the World Cup final! After seeing so many matches, I can't miss the final one!

One thing I got at Target was a 2GB memory card for my old digital camera. *DROOL* Now I've got a nearly 1400-image capacity on my camera, which is a far cry greater than the 187-image capacity from my old 256MB card I used to us. 1400 images? I'm fucking SET!

So, Exene went to the latest specialist, who didn't seem too off-put by whatever's going on with her -- he seemed to think that she had gotten some kind of infection, and her immune system went haywire in its effort to go after it (that's his theory, anyway), and much of what she was experiencing was simply the aftereffects of an immune system run amok. He put her on a different steroid to address that, to, in his view, get her immune system to chill out and find its baseline again. We'll see if he's right.

She apparently was much better yesterday than the day before, as she went out with some of her McFriends for most of the day, once she was done with the doctor visits; she made it out like she'd been doing the doctor stuff all day, but that appointment was at 10 a.m., and when I got home yesterday (around 4:30 p.m.) she was only just getting home, and let something slip about going to lunch with her "friends," who'd taken her out someplace to celebrate her getting a job. Yeah, yeah. Always on somebody else's nickel, that one is. Always.

I pick up the rental car after work today, although I don't leave until tomorrow morning. I just wanted to have all of that sorted out ahead of time. The cable people are supposed to fix the line today, so hopefully that'll be up and I won't be incommunicado again tonight, which sucks. Hate not having my Internets and Cable!