I'm Baaaaack......

Alright, so once again I have not fallen off the face of the earth ~ or maybe I did since I seem to be having some issues accounting for my whereabouts these last couple of weeks! It's really all just one big blur at this point in time! I figure I had better get back to blogging before I do make a run from civilization in about 3 weeks! We are going to a place that DOESN'T have Internet access or cell phone service, and the TV is very limited!!!!! Seriously????? Who knew such a place existed????? I am either going to be relaxed to the point of drooling by the end of this trip or dealing with a major case of the shakes from technology withdrawal! Where exactly is this elusive place I speak of? The home of the Rocky Mountains, The Miners' Banquet Beer, Asssspen (from Dumb and Dumber for those of you not up to par on your movie lines) ~ Colorado my friend. Okay, so obviously the entire state does not live in the technological dark ages ~ geez I have 2 friends on Facebook who reside there so obviously they have access ~ but the place where we will be does not boast these amenities ~ the town itself does, but of course we will be out in deliverance country where there is nothing! Why Colorado you ask? Well, it goes a little something like this ~ the summer heat around these parts is getting to be too much for my dad, so I guess this is their version of becoming "snowbirds". My parent's have rented a house in Colorado for the summer, so the kids and I are packing up and moving to Colorado with them for a month! In all honesty, I think we were really only invited to drive the 2nd car that will be pulling the 2nd trailer that is going! The house is on something like 50 acres and has stables and all of that jazz so my mom is going to pull her horse and possibly take Wilson's horse as well ~ when asked why she was going to bring Rio she said so that I would have a horse to ride ~ ummmm hello? Have you met me? And seriously, what am I going to do with Maisie while I am out riding said horse? Put her in the backpack and saddle up? I have ridden a horse 2 times in my life ~ once through the rain forest in Costa Rica (during college), and once a couple of years ago while Hunter was at riding lessons because there was an extra horse to ride. Cowgirl I am not! I far prefer my mode of transport to have shocks and A/C! The 2nd trailer that is going will contain the 4 wheelers for my dad and the kids (my niece is going as well) so they can spend their days riding the trails and all of these 50 acres. So if this really plays out that the kids and my dad spend their days out 4 wheeling that will certainly make for a quiet house ~ if they instead spend their every waking minute around this technologically desolate house I think I will instead take up drinking heavily and then check myself into The Betty Ford Clinic when we get back! Did I mention that after about 3 days together Hunter and my niece do nothing but fight? Should make for a pleasant stay ~ I was unaware of these arrangements when I agreed to go. I was also going to have to bring my niece back in the car with me when we leave ~ I have since been informed that she will be flying back home ~ good thing ~ otherwise I feel I would be forced to tie one of them to the luggage rack on the way back ~ and since we know you love your own children better than anyone else's that means my niece loses and had better dress warmly for her ride home! Can you imagine anything more unpleasant than putting 3 kids in the car who have been together for a solid month to drive across 3 states? Oh good god! Makes me need a drink just thinking about it! So what am I going to do for a month in solitude while my boy is off riding the trails with my dad, and my mom is out riding her horse? Well, I do still have another child to care for ~ but when I find myself with some time on my hands I think I just may catch up on my scrapbooking and possibly even read a book ~ I have borrowed a copy of My Sister's Keeper that I hope to actually have time to read. Scott is going to come join us our last week there and then we will pack up and head home with him to continue our busy summer! It's either going to be a lot of fun or a month of pure misery ~ I'm hoping for the first! My parent's and I get along just fine ~ if my dad gets out of line we can always dispose of him in a shallow grave somewhere in all of that nothingness ~ I'm far more concerned about Hunter and my niece fighting. Wish me luck!