But it was an all expense paid trip for the both of us and I have a dear friend not far from there that I wanted to visit. So somehow we left the kids with family for three days and went.
And this is how it goes.
I slept maybe 2hrs then got up at 5am and took my little girls and dropped them off, almost had a heart attack, almost started crying, almost turned around, drove some more and dropped Hailey and Kade off, repeat first scene, got on an airplane, felt sick because it felt so wrong to leave my kids, wanted to cry, fell asleep on Ric's shoulder(evidence of my emotional state I sleep no where but in my bed. and I took some Dramamine)woke up when we were landing. Drove to the interview, which went well except for the part where they decided to interview me? They asked what I thought of Ric and I said "uuuhhh give me a minute" like I said I took dramamine. The interview lasted 2hrs. It felt more like a church meeting.
By that time it was 3:30pm and I was starved. Wouldn't want to start burning into my fat reserves now would we. We ate at subway next to this river that runs through the city. Yeah we don't have stuff like that in Az.
Then we drove up to the temple. Don't you love those vibrant red trees. That was about all there was to see of fall colors right there.
The temple is on the top of a hill and looks out onto these beautiful mountains. The clouds coming in and the light peeking through the clouds onto the hills was just beautiful.
It was quite a contrast to come from the peaceful surroundings of the temple and then drive into downtown Reno to our hotel. We had to walk through the lobby which of course was a casino. It smelled so bad, a mixture of stale cigarette smoke and stinky bathroom. Gross.
Luckily our room was nice and didn't smell. I was so tired and missed my babies. I just wanted to tuck them in and sing them a song. I felt so sad, I worried about them and I was homesick. That is how I fell asleep, wishing I was at home in my own bed with my kids down the hall in their own beds. Pathetic? Maybe a little. Can you tell I never leave my kids.
