Gone Going

So Wednesday morning I'm flying to Sacramento where I will be picked up be my sister Hayley. We will then immediately begin the 12+ hour drive back home to good ol' Gilbert. Hayley is moving up to Pleasant Grove, Utah to live with my other sister Fern while Hayley's own husband is deployed for the second time to Iraq. I'm along for the ride because there's no way anyone in their right mind would take that drive alone with an 11 month old baby. I'm actually pretty excited to go because road trips are fun and I honestly love to drive...gives me control :)

My pops and I were going over "the plan" last night, because we just ain't gonna do the whole trip in one day, all three of us would be exhausted an quite cranky. So Wednesday night we are gonna get a hotel room in San Bernardino and then make the rest of the trip on Thursday. For some reason staying in a hotel always screams out adventure to me. Like when my friend Tara's mom came to visit us in Provo last semester, she stayed in a hotel and let us come sleep over one night. It was just fun bouncing on the beds pretending we were five and then snuggling up to each other under the nasty sheets while watching a movie.

Anyway, after we get home Thursday I have two and a half days to pack up my life (actually just my clothes and shoes, don't really have much else down here) and get ready for the long drive back up to Utah. Which...we're also doing in...2 days! Hayley, baby Maddox and I are leaving for Utah on Sunday right after church, stop in Hurricane for the night and then drive to Pleasant Grove Monday. I'm just excited to get to Hurricane to see my cousin Colton who just returned home from serving a mission in the Czech Republic.

Overall, I'm gonna be in a car for about 24 hours, not to mention a plane ride thrown in the mix there. I should just stand up for the next two days to make up for the loss of feeling I shall receive in my behind. I am taking suggestions for any good music to listen to in the car; my most recent playlist is already getting old. I'd ask for suggestions of a good book, but I have yet to finish my summer book list, which I am totally kicking myself for.

So I think I've talked enough now...