This past weekend was awesome. The story starts last Tuesday. I was sitting at my desk a little bored and an email comes in from my Mom. She had forwarded me an Evite to my cousin’s birthday get together for Sunday, May 27^th. So, since I was bored, I thought I would just look at flight costs for the fun of it. Well on Cheapoair.com, I found a pretty good deal. I called Pete to ask him if it was ok, and then call my Mom and aunt. Within an hour, I had tickets to go to California for the weekend.

I left early Saturday morning and arrived in LA around noon their time. My aunt picked my up at the airport and brought me to one cousin’s apartment to waited for another one of my cousins. We then went to lunch and shopping in Beverly Hills. It was pretty cool. It was good to see my aunt and cousins. I hadn’t been to CA for 20 years. Saturday night we spent the night at another cousin’s apartment. I think that maybe I should mention that my cousins are identical triplets. We had dinner in and watched a movie. It was a long day.

I woke up Sunday morning to the cats staring at me and crying. One was eating the ribbons off my suitcase. I was up before anyone because I was still on East Coast time. I showered and read a book. Around 9:30, one of my cousins came to pick me up so we could go get Sprinkles cupcakes for breakfast. They were really good. Around 10:30, another one of my cousins got home from her trip and she and her boyfriend took me to In and Out Burger and then for a tour around Hollywood Blvd. We met up with my aunt and another cousin to shop at The Grove, which is a really cool outdoor mall. My aunt bought me a new purse. There was an American Girl Store there, so I bought my friend’s daughter dresses for her dolls. That place is very overwhelming. It is huge and there is a ton of stuff in there. Thank goodness that a sales person came over to help me, otherwise I would have been wandering all over that place for hours.

Sunday night was my cousin’s get together. We have dinner at a cute little restaurant and then their friends joined them later on. I met a bunch of people, whose names I can not recall. I stayed at another cousin’s apartment for the night.

Monday morning, she drove me to the airport. My first flight was from LA to Phoenix. My cousin had checked me in the night before and got my exit row seats on both my flights. The seat next to me was empty. It was going to be an great flight, until a very large women sat next to me. I couldn’t even read because she was half in my seat. The flight attendant knew she wasn’t supposed to be there and let her stay. It sucked. Thank goodness it was only an hour long flight. I don’t think I could have flown across the country like that.

My next flight was much better. I was in an exit row with no seat in front of me. I was able to stretch my legs all the way out. I passed out while we were still in the gate. I missed that we sat on the ground for a half an hour with mechanical difficulties. I finished a book and got some sleep. It was a great flight.

I am really glad that I went this weekend. I had a great time and it was good to see my family, but I am glad to be home. Pete cleaned the entire house while I was away.

Work is crazy. There is less than a week until the conference and people are running around with chickens with their heads cut off. I will be very glad when it is over.

Great news though. Jesse will be here in 2 days, 17 hours and 33 minutes. I am super excited that she is coming for the weekend. I can’t wait. It is going to be a long 2 days.