Time Flies

Its been a few weeks since I posted. I can't even believe its been that long! Since I posted, my 43rd birthday has passed, and I got to see my daughter Diana, my grandson Jonny, and Jonny's father, Jon over Thanksgiving weekend. I really had fun out there, and wish I could have stayed longer. Diana, Jonny, and I spent Thanksgiving together. I showed Diana how I cook turkey, and we had mashed potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce, and other good things. Pumpkin pie waited until the next day. We were too full to enjoy it until then.

Jonny is 6 months old now, and the sweetest little guy! He smiles all the time, and is so close to crawling! When I was there, has would crawl a little, but land on his belly, doing that kicking thing babies do when they are learning to crawl. He is so cute!

Diana and Jon broke up, and Diana moved into her own apartment. Its really nice, from the pictures I saw. She needs everything, of course, but has a bed, and Jonny's crib and stuff. She needs furniture, towels, blankets, kitchen stuff, all the things we need when setting up a household.

She wants to stay in town, so Jon still has access to his son, which I think is a good idea. I hope that he becomes more responsible, and really takes on the challenges he needs to so he stays an active part of Jonny's life. They both love that little boy!




Here's some more pics of the magic munchkin:







My trip back was a different matter...

I took off early on Sunday, intending to make it over the Sierra before the storm hit that was expected. Had minimal problems, until I got past Reno. Then, the storm and I met each other. It had arrived in the mountains a few hours early. I got to the base of the mountain, and was heading up toward Truckee. Then traffic stopped dead. And crawled... and crawled... and crawled. It took me 3 HOURS (normal = 10-20 min) to get to the old agricultural station, where the chain controls were, in Truckee. Ugh... got waved through (Thank God for owning a 4WD Jeep with snow tires!). I drove at 20 MPH average (Max 30 MPH) for another 2 hours. Finally got out of the Sierra and home.

Normal trip = 10.0 hours
This trip = 15.5 hours
Worst trip = 16.0 hours

It was close to the worst trip to or from SLC that I have had. But, I got home safe. The combination of holiday traffic AND chain controls. Ick. Of course, our kids and grandkids are worth it!