{"id":2949,"date":"2011-09-01T22:34:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T05:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2011-09-01T22:34:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T05:34:06","slug":"7-quick-takes-on-the-road-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=2949","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes — On the Road Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"7<\/p>\n

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\nThis is our first serious “travel” time since my sister-in-law’s wedding in April.<\/strong> We had a church thing in Lebec and my father-in-law’s 60th birthday celebration is this Saturday. This means… ROAD TRIP!<\/p>\n

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\nWe had an uneventful drive down to Lebec.<\/strong> It’s south of Bakersfield on I-5 and about 5 hours from where we live in northern California. I got two books read: All the Pretty Little Hearses<\/u> by Mary Daheim and Stealing Lumby<\/u> by Gail Fraser. I find that having reading material (if I’m not driving) makes the trip go faster (a good thing because I hate road trips).<\/p>\n

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\nOur hotel room in Lebec was awesome.<\/strong> We were staying at the Holiday Inn Express and had a beautiful and spacious room with a decently-sized bathroom. Considering that Daniel and I spent most of our time in there, this was definitely a good thing. Daniel loved all the drawers and having a mini-fridge to play with. He also had long corridors where he could crawl or practice walking.<\/p>\n

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\nThree hours of NCIS on Tuesday night = a happy Jen.<\/strong> Finding a marathon of NCIS on USA yesterday = ecstasy. It’s probably good that we don’t have cable at home — I think I’d be permanently attached to the recliner.<\/p>\n

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\nDaniel will soon have an REI<\/a> wishlist for climbing things.<\/strong> We found out that he could climb out of his crib twice last night — once onto the desk where he was trying to have a conversation with the front desk (or ordering room service on the phone) and then onto the TV table where he was blocking the TV. His crib got moved in such a way that there was no surfaces for 5 feet in any direction.<\/p>\n

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\nWe had an easy time driving down to Claremont.<\/strong> It’s strange coming back down here after living down here for a year and then moving. it’s surreal. Thankfully, we avoided rush hour getting there. I made it through most of a book and am wondering how it ends.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m hoping for a good party on Sunday.<\/strong> I’ve offered my services to my mother-in-law to take her to Trader Joe’s<\/a>. My father-in-law was doing OK when we got there today and got to hang with Daniel. It should be a great gathering on Saturday though it’s going to be a long drive back that night. I need to invest in a flashlight or something so I can read on the way back.<\/p>\n

For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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