Disaster Trip?

Well,  I’m back in Vegas. The trip was a long one. Things didn’t work out as I had imagined. The drive out to Albuquerque was nice, we hit a snow storm  in between the Hoover Dam and Kingman, AZ. It was seriously snowing hard.

About 50 miles outside of Albuquerque, Darrel started complaining about how he didn’t want to be there, and wanted to head back to Las Vegas. He felt that he was moving to the country. I told him that it was a city, with a reasonable amount of people living there. When we got to the top of the last hill, he saw how big it was and seemed to settle down.

We got to the hotel and all was well until Darrel called the front desk to ask for extra pillows and a blanket. The guy who answered the phone was rude to him, and that set him off again. Then the remote to the TV wasn’t working, so I called the front desk and they told me that it was the batteries and to come up to get new ones. We were going to go find something to eat, so it wasn’t a big deal.

After we got some food, we went back to the hotel, and got ready for bed. I went to open up the sofa sleeper, and it turned out that it was broken. That pissed me off. I called the front desk and got the same guy that had made Darrel mad. He gave me attitude and said we could switch rooms, if we really had to. I told him.

I slept on the couch, which really wasn’t so bad. And when I saw I slept, I really slept. Until 4p.m. the next day. When I woke up, Darrel and Pam wanted to go drive around and see what the city had to offer. They fought pretty much the whole time, which made me really uncomfortable.

We went back to the hotel and Darrel told me that it would be better if I just went on my way. I was a bit shocked, and didn’t know what to do. So I stepped outside and called Tom. He told me that I should stay, which I conveyed to Darrel and Pam. They said that they were both really stressed out, and having me there was not helping the situation because they couldn’t really fight with me around.

So, I packed up my stuff and headed for the highway. I was doing okay, making good time, but I was driving a bit too fast. Sure enough, I got pulled over. My first speeding ticket in over 10 years. The cop was nice about it, as he could have given me a really expensive ticket, but instead gave me a lesser citation. Needless to say, I decided to stop in Flagstaff and get a room for the night.

It was a whopping 1o degrees when I got there. I got a room and fell asleep until about 3am. At that point, since I had slept so much the day before, I was wide awake. I decided to get back on the road and head home to Vegas, instead of driving to California to get Aaron. It was 1 degree outside when I left.

I got about 80 miles down the road when I realized I left my cell phone back at the hotel. I considered turning around and going back, but opted to call when I got home. Besides, I had Aaron’s cell phone with me.

It took me 4 hours to get back to Vegas, but on the plus side, Arizona is an hour ahead of us, so it really was like 3 hours. Tom was sleeping so I went in the other bedroom to lay down for a bit. I did call the hotel and make sure they knew my phone was there. I have to call FedEx today to make sure it gets sent back out to me.

Now it’s 4am, and  I am wide awake. I guess my sleep schedule will be messed up for a bit, but I am getting sleep, which is a good thing. I also learned that you can only help people if they truly want help.

I hopefully will have my phone by tomorrow. I could have gotten a new one, but then I realized that I would lose everyone’s phone numbers.  So, I have to get that phone back.

I guess that’s all for now. I am going to finish watching Steve Wilkos show and try laying back down for a bit.

Andie