We were able to stay a night in NM with my inlaws, which made for an early day and a nice homecooked meal. I loved being able to stop there and Visit for the evening and sleep in a familiar bed before moving on. The next night we stayed with my Amigo in Alabama. It had been 2 years since I'd seen her. Its funny, no matter how short our visits, we always cram a lifetime into them. I think we were there for just over 12 hours, more than half of those were sleeping, and yet we crammed as much as we could into those few waking hours. I miss that girl so much!

I'm not entirely sure what this week will bring to be honest. The school DH is going to only allows me to stay on weekends, so we're in a navy lodge across from the base for this week only. I had to board my cat because they charge $50 a night here for Pets (nevermind that civilian hotels only charge $10-$25 at the most for pets and many were free) I swear the military nickles and dimes ya to death whenever possible! Grrrr. The boarding kennel is nice, and ridiculously cheaper than having him here and I don't have to worry about him bolting out the door when we head out or when a maid comes in. He's safer there than here at the moment. That didn't stop me from actually shedding tears when we pulled out of the parking lot.

I've kind of lost my entire train of thought for this entire post. I have a lot on my mind and a lot to do over the next week. We learned of a dear friends illness as we made our way across country, and I'm really still kind of reeling from it. I guess I'll post more tomorrow when I have my head in the game.