steppenwolf

get your motor running

head out on the highway

in a day and some hours, my mother, the babies and i will be boarding a plane to warmer climates - not much warmer, but anywhere is better than ak at the moment.  we are driving the west coast in a mini van, and i have an inkling i am going to love the van.  did i really just say that?  

there are so many aspects of this trip that have me awake at 1:30 in the morning, not reading the insides of my eyelids because of my excitement: family i haven't seen in over a year; family that i cannot wait to introduce to dylan; friends i need to hug, cousin's new babies that i wanna scoop up and smooch; and of course, shopping that can't be done up here, naturally.  and likely best of all, life on the road for two weeks with my mother.  

like any mother-daughter relationship, my mother and i have been known to occasionally experience a snit-fits or three.  i think it's just what we do as women.  and of course, it's always over something incredibly silly.  ben asked me if we were going to argue on our trip, and i told him with a chuckle, "oh, absolutely."  momma, i love you dearly, but you know it's gonna happen.  then we'll hug each other, say sorry and get back to laughing about jack and his crazy antics.  

so the bags are out, the clothes are spewed all over my bedroom floor, shoes need to be collected, and of course the bitch bags toiletries are the last things to go in the suitcase.  don't you hate that about packing?  you want to get it all done and over with, but you have to wait until the morning of or whatever because you need those things until the last minute.  annoying.  jack's iPod has new cartoons, music videos and one new abc app.  wait.  can we talk about jb's iPod?

i'm really not that parent that seeks out ridiculous (expensive) things for their child.  really.  (but maybe just saying that right now makes me one.  like, i'm really not a stalker, says the creeper at the gym.  or i'm a good boyfriend! exclaims the dude on maury getting dna tested, sitting next to his three girlfriends.  you get the point.)  but.  let me just say that i bought ben an iPod touch when they first came out years ago. then came the iPhone and viola'! no need for the touch.  we used to let him play games on our phones until he decided that throwing was his new m.o.  it really is a lifesaver at times.  he has his duck duck moose apps that he loves dearly.  then there's episodes of mickey mouse, and sid the science kid, even choo choo soul ('cause he's got a crazy crush on genevieve), and get this, the kid LOVES the song empire state of mind.  loves it.  can't express that one enough.  he calls it the big song.  what a riot.  

so, that's it.  we're (gonna be) off!          

looking for adventure

and whatever comes our way