#251-#254

I swear I am not dead. I didn't fall off the face of the planet. A large wild animal did not consume me. The last few days have just been one crazy day after another. So I am going to be so cometely lazy and combine a few days. 

#251 (Sunday)
At about 9am, we (me and my girls, Ma, my brother, his wife, and their three kids) started our journey West. Yes, it is as crazy as you are imagining. 

We headed north past KC. And then the route we planned was closes because of flooding. So we took a different road. Which was also closed. So we turned around, headed back south, and took another road. It took us an extra 1.5 hours, or possibly more. I was perturbed. Stupid Missouri river flooding and messing up my plans. 

Then I saw the houses, barns, and fields completely underwater. Who cares if my long car ride was made longer. There were people that no longer had houses. 

Other that that, the drive was just a drive. MO, a little corner of KS, a crazy long stretch of Nebraska. We drove through the night, and into Wyoming. 

#252 (Monday)
I thought driving through the night was a stellar idea. And I totally stand by that decision. I was totally awake to drive. My girls were having issues sleeping because they didn't feel good. So why would I stop? Wasn't going to get sleep anyway!

But around 9am, my family couldn't stay awake. So we stopped and got a room in Utah. Instead of crashing after 28ish hours without sleep, I took the girls to the hotel pool. They had been in the car for a long time, so I wanted them to burn energy. 

And my stomach, which was feeling funky already, was not thrilled about the motion of the swimming pool. I was getting so sick that I had to take us back to our room. And then we crashed. 

Only to wake up an hour later because my daughter was getting her vomit on. Everywhere. Like, gross oh my goodness eeweeww. 

And then it just continued. P and I were hecka sick for hecka long. Vomiting, fever, chills, body aches. The fun was really never ending. 

#253 (Tuesday)
We left our hotel in Utah at 2am and continued West to the greatest state ever. The drive was going fine, until about 4 hours from my hometown. That was when Ma got a flat. Thankfully it started deflating right before we stopped for gas. And the repair only took about an hour. 

So we finally got to my hometown and my family. It's was pretty great. My four siblings and all of our kids in one house. It was great. The only thing missing was my hunny buns. 

I hecka miss him. 

#254 (Wednesday)
I think the best thing about being in NorCal is seeing my family. I love it. Because my family is pretty awesome. 

They are all kinds of crazy and loud and opinionated and smart ass-y and lovey. They will probably be killing me in a couple days! But I love them and their craziness. 

The girls are so loving all their cousins and all the fun things they get to do. Their oldest cousin is starting high school in a few days, their youngest cousin is 6 weeks old. 9 cousins, plus my cousins kids... Holy cow that is too many kids! And they all had so much fun. 

And, because of all this fun stuff, I am beyond tired.