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Well, I survived California. I was in Ridgecrest..which seems to be more desert than Tucson. It was a tan barren mars scape and I don't recommend it to anyone. But we had really good teppan yaki and had a good time. I got lots of work done and that was also good. I was also happy that the travel, minus the final day was less exhausting than things have been which I attribute to 1) no time change and 2) quickish travel times. Though the way home it took us 7+ hours to get home and the flights were both just over an hour. LAX is not as comfy as DFW and I was pretty uncomfy by the time we left. Plus, United has crappy planes. There are many reasons I hate that airline, their aircraft is one of them. They are old and too small. But I got home and was able to vote and see the hubby before he headed to fighter practice.

The girls were happy I was home and I got lots of snuggles. I had hoped to make it to knit night on Wednesday but I was beat and feeling unsociable. Mel and I had started the morning with our 20 week ultrasound and the baby was deemed "a kickboxer" and we got to see all of the development and lots of cute feet. No, we didn't find out the sex. Podling is still podling. And is still sporting uber long legs and was holding hands around the head in a "stop poking at me" gesture for much of the scan. Mel was all grins watching and it made me so happy. We spent the night hanging out watching TV on the couch and podling was very active so lots of tummy luv from mel. (I know, very sappy but that is us, sorry!).

Thursday was busy at work. My abdomen was very tight and podling was kicking around a lot. I finally came home and slept for a while to get the pressure off of me. I was planning on hitting the gym and was more comfy just sitting with my feet up. I did learn that since the bump is much more out there it can get too hot from me cooking dinner. It was a bit alarming when I realized I almost singed myself. So, aprons will be in order from now on and I'll have to be careful at southern. I didn't realize that I'm not feeling how hot things were getting. Bun in the oven should not be taken literally. LOL.

Well, due to all of my hard work and travel I have today off. I'm happy about that. Looks like I'll be able to hit southern on Thursday night. My flight from cleveland gets in about 430pm so I should be able to make it there by 8pm depending on how tired I am and how prepared I am. I hope to pack on Sunday so I'm all ready to go and I'll just have to switch bags and drive to site. Probably grab a cooler as well. We shall see. I'm just happy that I get to be there for most of the event and that is the good. Though I realize that I need to work on my one class handout so I can print it on monday. Hmm...maybe today after I offload pictures. I'm way behind on that. I still haven't downloaded Wiliamsburg off of the camera or coronation. Well, I guess I know what I'm doing today along with packaging up beef and barley and mustard for Southern.

Well, have a happy weekend folks. I'll see some of you tomorrow!