Okay, I'm grounded. I haven't actually written in almost a month!! I can't believe it- Forgive me! Geez- so much has happened, I'm not sure where to start. Our trip ended up being in Las Vegas, rather than Hawaii since we had to cancel Hawaii last minute due to leave & childcare changes, and Vegas was about half as expensive. (Well, getting there, anyhow! :) We had a LOT of fun, and I'll get what new pictures I have up as soon as possible. We stayed at The Venetian, which was beautiful. UNfortunately, my phone died our first day there, so I don't have hardly any pictures, but I did get some rest, which was AWESOME.
Of course, it wasn't awesome when it took them TWO DAYS to get us our luggage, but I got a cute new skirt, so I guess it's okay. We ate SO much good food and window shopped our hearts out. I got to go into all SORTS of stores I'd never been into, like Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton (who makes the purse I NEEEED ( the murakami papillion bag) which retails for the low low price of about $500.) Yeah. Needless to say, I don't have it. But I saw it! I also saw the brown Louis Vuitton bag design on nearly EVERYONE we passed. Seriously.
Linda and Colleen (Randal's oldest sister) came out to watch the kids, and we came home to a clean house, which was the best thing ever. I'm still trying to find where she put half of my belongings, but at least wherever they are, they're clean! :)
Randal's plane left 45 minutes early (which I didn't know they could do!) so when I went to drop him off at the airport yesterday, before I'd even made it out, he's called saying his plane was gone. How nice. I've had the discussion with my mom more than a few times that Randal and I have the crappiest traveling luck. Keys left across the country, lost luggage, missed planes... you name it, we've done it. It's okay. Joys in the journey, right?
Aiden is getting SO big. He slept through the night for the fourth time ever last night. (YAHOOOO!!!) Of course, Randal had to catch a taxi at 2:30am, so I didn't get to sleep through the night, but hey- I'll take what I can get. It's so weird to walk around the house and try and sink back into doing things myself again, while seeing little reminders that he was just here- his wine glass from last night, clothes we wore on our trip... *sigh* Oh well, I guess. He'll be in San Diego for the next month, so it will be about 6 weeks until we can see each other again. I might try and get down there on a weekend, though. I think southwest still has the anywhere in Ca for $36, which I think is GREAT.
Well, Aiden is hungry, so I'd better go. The calls of duty are calling!
quote for the day: ""Las Vegas is the only town in the world whose skyline is made up neither of buildings, like New York, nor of trees, like Wilbraham, Massachusetts, but signs." Tom Wolfe
Pictures: Randal & I, Ubercool dolphin SO close , both at The Mirage
