We are four days into the new month and we are finally getting a good night of sleep for the first time in days. Here's a brief summary of our past week.
Our days in Las Vegas were extremely hectic at times. My new sister (in-law) Francis had done so much leg work with planning, shopping, and preparation for her wedding before anyone actually arrived, but as a few friends flew into town, we were all recruited into helping with the assembly of gift baskets for all the wedding guests who would be staying in the Laguna Beach hotels. After that, there were breakfast boxes to be put together for those same guests. It took three vehicles crammed full to transport everything down to the hotel we were all staying at in Laguna Beach. We took our Cadillac on its first road trip and it was loaded completely full. Before leaving we also had to drop the truck off at the shop and we intended to drop Rocky off at a pet motel there in Vegas too. We decided the pet motel would not keep Rocky in the lifestyle he's become accustomed to so he ended up making the trip to California with us. I said he would have a bad case of separation anxiety but in reality, I would have been even worse. We don't go anywhere without our boy.
The four days we spent in Laguna Beach were wonderful. Friends and family came from across the country and the entire quaint, little Tides Inn we stayed at was full of people there for the wedding. It was a time of celebration nearly every night. We also made several trips across the street to the beach for sunrises and sunsets too. All in all, the pictures will have to tell the story but it was a fun weekend of good memories made.
Sunday after the wedding we zoomed back to Las Vegas to pack up our truck. All good things must come to an end and we thought we were getting a load back in southern California on Tuesday. For once it ended up being ready early. So Monday, we got our truck out of the shop. They were only able to fix the air leak but were never heard the whining sound the truck makes about 80% of the time that we REALLY wanted them to fix. (Of course we were only about ten minutes down the road when it started up again so we'll have another trip to another Volvo dealership in our future.) We loaded it back up with all our stuff, drove back to Long Beach, California, and picked up a container full of Coach handbags and products that had to get to Jacksonville, Florida. We drove that coast-to-coast trip in two days and that's why we're just getting our first good night of sleep...finally. We should have all weekend to get caught up. We had another load lined up to Maryland that fell thru this afternoon. Now it looks like our next run will be a bunch of a/c units to deliver around Florida but we'll find out for sure tomorrow. I'm hoping we get up north to enjoy some fall colors before they are all gone. It's still hot and humid here in the south.
Our days in Las Vegas were extremely hectic at times. My new sister (in-law) Francis had done so much leg work with planning, shopping, and preparation for her wedding before anyone actually arrived, but as a few friends flew into town, we were all recruited into helping with the assembly of gift baskets for all the wedding guests who would be staying in the Laguna Beach hotels. After that, there were breakfast boxes to be put together for those same guests. It took three vehicles crammed full to transport everything down to the hotel we were all staying at in Laguna Beach. We took our Cadillac on its first road trip and it was loaded completely full. Before leaving we also had to drop the truck off at the shop and we intended to drop Rocky off at a pet motel there in Vegas too. We decided the pet motel would not keep Rocky in the lifestyle he's become accustomed to so he ended up making the trip to California with us. I said he would have a bad case of separation anxiety but in reality, I would have been even worse. We don't go anywhere without our boy.
The four days we spent in Laguna Beach were wonderful. Friends and family came from across the country and the entire quaint, little Tides Inn we stayed at was full of people there for the wedding. It was a time of celebration nearly every night. We also made several trips across the street to the beach for sunrises and sunsets too. All in all, the pictures will have to tell the story but it was a fun weekend of good memories made.
Sunday after the wedding we zoomed back to Las Vegas to pack up our truck. All good things must come to an end and we thought we were getting a load back in southern California on Tuesday. For once it ended up being ready early. So Monday, we got our truck out of the shop. They were only able to fix the air leak but were never heard the whining sound the truck makes about 80% of the time that we REALLY wanted them to fix. (Of course we were only about ten minutes down the road when it started up again so we'll have another trip to another Volvo dealership in our future.) We loaded it back up with all our stuff, drove back to Long Beach, California, and picked up a container full of Coach handbags and products that had to get to Jacksonville, Florida. We drove that coast-to-coast trip in two days and that's why we're just getting our first good night of sleep...finally. We should have all weekend to get caught up. We had another load lined up to Maryland that fell thru this afternoon. Now it looks like our next run will be a bunch of a/c units to deliver around Florida but we'll find out for sure tomorrow. I'm hoping we get up north to enjoy some fall colors before they are all gone. It's still hot and humid here in the south.