Viva Las Vegas - or not.

The drive was long.

There were pretty rocks. Really, really pretty groovey sedimentary, calcite based rocks. Rocks that Amy really wants to go climb on and study.

We drove through Flagstaff, so now I know where to go when Stephen and I go to the Grand Canyon.

I managed one decent sketch in the car before feeling like I was going to puke my guts out of the window. Damn motion sickness.

Took 2 hours to find a room, spent the weekend on a total of 9 hours of sleep since Friday, but the weddings were nice, and spending time with great friends was worth it. I, however, hate Las Vegas. It is all glitz and money and glam and shallowness and suck-you-in greed. I didn't waste 1 penny on gambling.

Thank god that Dar went with me. I really think that I would have pushed myself so hard that I would have had an accident and died.


Lesson learned: the Pythagorean theorem is truth. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is a shorter distance than the sum of the other two sides. And that means it is quicker to drive the hypotenuse rather than the sides of said triangle. We KNOW this. It saved us 2 hours coming home.

Ashley is home, too, and Grace here also. We were so excited that we stayed up far too late. Now working on a total of 11 hours of sleep since Friday.

Who needs sleep? (No, you're never gonna get it.)
Who needs sleep? (Tell me what's that for?)
Who needs sleep? (Be happy with what you're getting: there's a guy whose been awake since the Second World War...)
-Barenaked Ladies

The Weekend...

We have learned that it takes extra work for couples to stay connected when there is 5,000 miles and lots of things to do in between them. The closer deadlines get, the more there is to do, and the more exhaustion sets in. Sleep becomes more vital than spending time. Waking up early leads to "please, baby, can I sleep just a little bit longer".

Stephen and I make time to talk at least a bit every day. It keeps us connected. It helps so much when things get overwhelming. It shares the load.

This weekend, Dar and I are going to Las Vegas for a wedding weekend. We are leaving to drive there on Friday, wedding craziness on Saturday, and leaving to drive home on Sunday. Stephen will spend his weekend at the WyeFayre, a three day music festival in Wye, a small town near-ish to Canterbury. We are both going to be very busy. Neither of us will be taking computers. It will be the first weekend that we won't talk in a while. Perhaps a few one-off text messages, but no talking.

On some level, its good. We both need to go and do things separately. I am glad to be going (except for the drive, and the heat... supposed to be 111 F in Las Vegas this weekend... and that is not hot, comparatively.) I am glad that HE is going (though a very very tiny bit jealous... I love music festivals. Perhaps next year I'll get to go too.) And yet, there is that other level that is bogged down in moving muck and being overwhelmed that feels a touch of panic. Will my equation still work without my constant?

I know this is silly. It is a weekend, not a month. We are not /always/ going to want to be around each other every minute; that's not healthy, or even really fun sounding. But it tells me something that things are messy and overwhelming, and the lifeline I reach for to keep me from going under is him.

So here is to weekends floating unfettered and bobbing adrift. Just because my constant is rocking out at a music festival doesn't mean he does not exist at this point. It just means that the music is good.

I'll make us both tell you about our respective great times upon our return.
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Oh! And did I mention that Ashley comes home on Sunday, too?!?! Yay!!!!

Moving Madness

The time is getting closer and closer. 20 days until the movers come. And I'm feeling all angsty about it. It is too soon, I am stressing out over it, there is not enough time to get everything done, and yet I wish they would hurry up already. My space is trashed, what with boxes and lists and inventories and papers all over the place. I can't tell which way is up anymore.

Originally, Kelli was supposed to move into the house when I left, and I would be leaving furniture and such. But that is not happening now. So I need to plan in the fun of a yard sale. (fun=Amy being sarcastic. Yard sales should DIE. ) In the end I think it will work out better, but it is one more list to write and one more thing to do.

One of the daunting, tedious tasks that I must do is inventory every single book that I have chosen to take with me for the insurance company. I keep putting it off. I made it through 3 boxes and have 4 more to go. Stephen, being so wonderful, found me a program that uses my web cam to read bar codes, and input each book directly into a database on the computer. He has a program like this on his computer, which works great. But he has a Mac. The program for Windows that he found for me doesn't work on mine. So he is chortling and happily inputting every book, CD, DVD, and computer game he owns onto his computer. I'm writing book titles by hand. (Little does he know that his fun has only just begun... because all of these books will need to be added to his list when they arrive there, and since he has /such/ a good time doing it...)

As of yesterday I am finished with my summer Calculus class. I think it has been my favourite math class thus far. I am a tad sad that it is my last one. I think I ended up with a B in the class... but I won't know for sure until the 6th. Next week I start BACK to school, for the last class of my career at NMSU. Spanish. Not even intermediate Spanish. Basic. I wanted easy to go with my stress level. If I get a bit of vocabulary and some practice conjugating verbs, then I will be content.

20 days seems like forever... and tomorrow.

With her First Appearance!

Hello People!

I just wanted to explain that I'm not really posting, mostly because I have no clue what's going on. I usually find out when Momma and I talk. Which doesn't happen too often lately.

I'll have many more things to say when I get back into town and I really get to be in the thick of everything. The one thing I do know that I don't think has been said is that the movers are coming for our stuff on the 24th. So Momma and I will be floating around the city for awhile.

Well, I don't have much to say currently. If you have questions you would like me to answer, please comment and I'll get to them.

I love you all!
<3
Ashley