From Seattle to Charlotte, Nashville, and all the way back.

I'm not going to give a full account of our vacation, but I'll say it was fun! I will give you some of the highlights, though. (And part of it is me being mad. I've included a name that I probably shouldn't, but I'm going to just because of how upset I am at this person. If I ever get an apology I'll remove it, but until then- you deserve it.)

Wednesday 11 May- Ivan slept on the redeye flight from Seattle to Dallas to Charlotte. He only got fussy once, because he reached for a lady who walked by that looked like me..she didn't notice him at all, and he broke down.

Saturday 14 May: Luke turned 27 (he's such an old man!!) and we had the Cabarrus Co. MS 5k. Our team Brown N Friends raised almost $1000.

Tuesday 17 May: We drive overnight from Charlotte to Murfreesboro. This was such a long drive..Ivan was alright for the majority of it, but it was a fight to get him to fall asleep in his car seat. We got to Murfreesboro around 230am. We finally fall back asleep, and wake up to cicadas.

Wednesday-Saturday: My brother graduates, we have a graduation party for him, I drop my wedding dress off to be cut up into a million pieces, and many other things.

Sunday 22 May: Church in the morning at Crescent Church of Christ. This was probably the worst part of the trip for me. It's not that I don't like the church, because I really do enjoy going there, and I enjoy the people. However- one person in particular made it hell for me. Not only did I always go out of my way to be nice to this old witch, but I was always nice to her daughter (who I have nothing against.)
Luke and I are taking Ivan to class, and I pass her setting up her Sunday school class. She looked at me like she didn't recognize me after I said hi to her. I passed through her room to get to the cradle roll room and Luke is standing in front of her when she says "I didn't recognize her- she's gotten fat!"

I've battled with my weight since Ivan has been born. I can't do any dramatic diets because I'm nursing him, and his needs come before mine right now. Yes, I would love to be skinny again. Yes, I would love to lose the extra 30 lbs that I'm toting around, but I can't. I've tried. Thanks anyway for your concern over my weight. You're looking pretty old and weathered yourself. Piss off.

Monday 23 May- we're supposed to be going home. American Airlines from Nashville to Chicago. The flight is pretty uneventful, even though it got delayed a bit leaving. We finally land in Chicago and sit at the gate for an hour..this causes us to miss our connection to Seattle. We tried rebooking with AA, but the earliest they would get us out would be Wednesday PM. No way. Mom luckily found a flight for us from Chicago to Vegas to Seattle yesterday morning. American wouldn't tell me about it because it had us flying Alaskan. Dealing with American made me want to shoot myself, and I will NEVER fly with them again.

Tuesday 24 May- Wednesday 25 May: I'm still pissed that Anne Lester called me fat. Honey, remember that Karma sucks, and will come back to get you!

That's all from our vacation- I'm still exhausted and I need to go do laundry! Have a great week!