So we have been in Arizona a whole week! So far so good... other then the fact that the area stinks... literally... It reminds me of Mexico... anyone else remember that stench?
The ride down was something else... a bad experience... ha... It took us about 28 hours or so... twice as long as 'Mapquest' quoted. Somewhere after Bakersfield (hour 20) I lost it. The cat in the backseat had been crying the whole way. My emotions were under the influence of too many energy drinks and the fact that my family was the opposite direction of where we were headed. Our cell phones had gone dead a few hours back, so, I flashed my brights at Daniel and we pulled over and I cried the crazy out. Later in the night we pulled over at a rest stop. It was late, and driving in the dark is boring. The scenery doesn't change... its black... just always black... so we ran back and forth the sidewalk like insane people... it was to get the blood flowing so we wake up and stretch the muscles... but the truckers were laughing at us...
Then...
It was awful!!!! We were driving down the freeway... not going very fast because Daniel was pulling the trailer... it was right before we got to the border... so... it was about 3am... a jackrabbit ran in front of Daniel... he ran over it with the truck... then... it flew into the front of my car!!! I can not describe how gross this was! It was like slow motion... seeing this red bloody bunny flying threw the air and into the front of my little car! I threw up a little... I don't think I will ever be the same... ha...
Then I had to pee... again... this was something that kept annoying Daniel... just about every 40 min or so... well not that much... but I was drinking lots of caffeine (which made me sick the next day... I felt like I was going threw caffeine withdrawals... I got a head ache and was shaky... it was funny) so... we were on this windy road and hadn't seen a sole or a building for an hour or so... I started to panic... I waited ten more miles... nothing... then another ten miles... I started to cry (again... remember the influence of energy drinks and 20 hours or straight highways...) so then I just pulled over... hiking a few feet off the pavement into the dessert... keeping a ear out for rattlers and coyotes (which were abundant on the side of the highway... which creept me out!) then I started thinking about monster spiders and scorpions... All the scary movies start out this way! Argh!!! But I was desperate! so...
We got across the border around 4:30 am... I was asleep in a comfy bed around 8am... It was the longest day of my life!
I started my new job the next day! I can honestly say I love it! It is really fun! The girls I work with are great! And my manager (Daniel sister...) is awesome! And... I get to tan for free! which is exciting!!!! woohoo!
Living with my 'in-laws' is actually going good... not as odd as I thought it was going to be. Other then having to deal with my newest "relative" (David's "wife"...my sister in-law{that made me throw up a little}) things are just super... I am getting set in a routine and have not gotten lost in the last two days...
This place is huge! It has all the amenities of a big city... even a Mimi's Cafe (they have the best muffins!) I am very much looking forward to exploring this place!!!
I do, however, feel awful for not saying 'goodbye' to some of my lovely friends... I wish I could have had a few more hours to visit you!!! I can't stay away too long, so plan on having coffee with me in the near future!!!
I love and miss you all!!! I have a new phone number... so... don't call the old one cause it is not me...
