Home Sweet Home

No new pictures to post, but I wanted to let everyone know that we had a safe trip home today.  I had a rough bedtime again last night and it took me over 2.5 hours to fall asleep.  Mom figured that meant I would sleep until about 8 this morning and she was right.  She woke up at 7, though, so had some quiet time again to sit with a cup of coffee on the deck by herself.  And that is the reason we got an ocean front condo on the third floor :) 

After I got up, I helped mom pack up all of my stuff.  We ate breakfast and played games for a while.  Mom cleaned out the fridge and washed and put away all the dishes so we'd be ready to go when dad got up.  Dad took all the trash out and loaded the car (not an insignificant task when you're on the third floor at the end of the building).  Thank goodness for the elevator and luggage carts - we were able to load everything in a few loads that way. 

We checked the condo one last time and didn't see anything that we left behind, so we said goodbye and locked up.  We headed out just before 11 and stopped to drop off the keys and parking passes.  Dad drove for the first leg - we drove a different way than we came in since we weren't going back through Raleigh.  Some of the "neighborhoods" we drove through were really depressing - very run down and poor.  Dad was looking for a roadside BBQ shack, but didn't find one, so we ended up stopping at Burger King for lunch.  I had a hamburger, apples and some milk.  I really only ate my apples, though.  After lunch, we drove for another hour and a half or so, then stopped to get gas, use the potty and switch drivers.  I was still dry when we stopped!!! 

Mom drove the rest of the way home and of course as soon as we got on 95, we hit traffic and were stopped for a while.  There were cops every half mile or so and mom said there were an unusual number of cars just sitting on the side of the road, which really slowed traffic down.  I had been really good the entire way - no tantrums, no fussing.  I just played with mom's iPod, read some books, etc.  Finally, daddy told me I had 5 more minutes with the iPod, then I had to take a nap.  I protested, but ended up falling asleep around 3:15 (really late for a nap for me).  I slept for about 45 minutes, then was up and relatively happy the rest of the way. 

We stopped and got sushi for dinner on the way home since we didn't have any groceries in the house.  I was STILL dry when we got home!  Only 2 potty breaks in 7.5 hours and I didn't have an accident - mom and dad were SO proud of me. 

My dinner was yummy!  I got a warm bath, read a few books with mom, then played and sang in my room for another 2.5 hours again!!!  I'm still stalling big time by asking for water (I'm not *really* thirsty - mom and dad give me plenty of milk and water before I go to bed, so that's not it...).  Mom says she may stop letting me nap because these bedtime shenanigans are getting to be out of control. 

Not much else new to report, just wanted to let you know we got home safely.  Tomorrow is my first day at my new school - wish me luck!