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Road Trip: Day 1

It was super hard to get up this morning after staying too late at Liz's wedding the night before.  But how could I have left any earlier?  I was having a blast!  The wedding was beautiful and perfectly Liz.  When it was time to say "I do," her response was, "I guess so."


While driving this morning, I received the following picture from Nancy:

(There is an ongoing joke among my friends about my love for manatees.  I can relate to them.) 


My first stop was Des Moines for lunch with my favorite family. 


It was so great to see them!  Jacob will be in 6th grade this year.  He will be in advanced math and science.  He gets great grades, but he still can't get the talking under control... Sorry, kid. :)  His basketball team is 1-24, but he's kicking butt at baseball.  (He's on two teams!)  He's going away to Catholic youth camp for a whole week this summer; very exciting!



Apparently I can't drive through Nebraska without getting pulled over.  But I totally deserved the ticket; didn't realize I was doing 89.  I was singing Adele's "Make You Feel My Love," and daydreaming and not paying attention.  Luckily, the cop was super nice.  I didn't have my insurance card, but offered to show it to him on my phone, and he was cool about it.  But you know what totally sucks?  All day I was rushing to get to the hotel in time for True Blood and Girls, and the hotel doesn't even have HBO.

Tomorrow I will try to slow down.  Try.

Tonight, I'm in North Platte, Nebraska.  Tomorrow- reunion with Kristin in Green River, Utah!
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Anonymous said…
You forgot to mention a HUGE CHUNK to this story--- that when you got pulled over last year, you had your lovely friend, Nancy, look in your glove compartment to find your registration information. What did Nancy find? A picture of herself, from like 10 years ago... CREEPER!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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