A week ago I was sitting here, in this same hotel. Only this time I am heading back east. I had a great week with my family; I wish I could see them more often. Maybe they'll decide to move this way sometime (because I'm not going that way!)

I told them if there was ever a reason to leave Arkansas it would be because of the roads. For those of you who have driven 295, imagine if all the highways around were like that. Ugh! I have to say, some sections have been redone, but man, it's hard on vehicles.

We had a nice Christmas; after opening gifts my mom and I watched a movie while the guys did..guy stuff... We eventually ate..way too much of course. I sure wish I could cook like my mom. Maybe I could hire her :) Bruce left to see his girlfriend for a while so the rest of us spent quality time together.

Since my dad had to work Thursday and Friday my mom and I ended up doing some shopping on Thursday. We had some items to exchange and I wanted to check out some of the after Christmas sales. I'm sure glad we didn't get up early to do that! Man, people are crazy! We checked out 2 Hallmarks'and the people in there were just vultures!! Hardly anything left on the shelves. Complete craziness.

The week has gone by way too fast. Why does that happen?

Well, Gizmo and I are going to go to bed now; we have a long day ahead of us. It's about 8-8.5 hours to Richmond from here. Ugh. But it's gotta be done. Night all!!