the long and winding road

so, i'm not doing so well at this posting thing, nor have I been able to keep up with other people's posts. I will be back to normal internet use hopefully in a few days. For now, I am in San Francisco - the end to a very long family trip. Monday morning, my folks and I are heading back to KC, leaving my sister, bro-in-law and niece, Maggie here to fly back to Southeast Asia on Thursday.

On this trip, I have been to Winnipeg, Canada; North Dakota; South Dakota; Idaho; Nevada; and now San Francisco (plus all the states we drove through on the journey). This has been incredibly long. I have loved the time with my sister, bro-in-law and especially little Maggie; but things have been tough with my folks. Tight space in a minivan is interesting travel especially with the added bonus of cute little Maggie who is almost 10 months and does not like long trips in a carseat. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to being back home, packing once again and heading off to Spain in a little over a week.

I thought I had a lot more to say, but I'm starting to feel bushed and ready to go to bed. I'm going to go in search of a bed and hopefully get some much needed sleep. I promise, I will once again be catching up on livejournals, xangas, and blogs in just a few days.