Goooood Morrrning ArizoooooNA!



Yep. We are in AZ... in fact I am posting this from a hotel room in Tucson. A'yup.

This is the first time I've been online since we hit the road... we seem to be able to connect to the hotel's network via WiFi... mwa ha. But the connection is spotty, so my posting might be spotty as well (OUT, damned spot!! Heh)

Anyway... here is what's happenin' so far....

Sunday: We were supposed to leave early-morning-ish. But, I was all messed-up and nervous and crap the night before (like the kid in that Disneyland commercial- I'm tooooo excited tuh sleep!!')... and so I didn't fall asleep until far into the AM (like, 4!) So obviously, I wasn't awake 'early'for a morning departure. Oi. We didn't end up leaving til evening, so I drove through the dark (DARK!!!) night to Tucson. Lobo fell asleep and I listened to old classic country tunes and Beatles CD's as I boogeyed on down the highway. It was too dark to see the sexually-suggestive cacti along the road (you know, the ones that send me into giggle-fits!!!! Tee hee.) But mostly the drive was mellow and uneventful. Too bad. I could have used a little excitement. Heh.

Monday: Ok, so we finally arrive at the hotel at about midnight (after a few rounds of driving in circles, trying to find our hotel... THANKS Yahoo Maps, oi (of course their directions were wrong, wrong, wrong... *sigh*) So we finally found the hotel on our own, and I pulled up to the front of the lobby while Lobo went inside to check us in. Here's where it gets STOOPID. I had to show the guy my ID. I was exhausted, groggy, road-weary, and very out-of-it. So what do I do? I hop out of the Jimmy, grab my bag, and lurch zombie-like into the hotel lobby. It was only after we came back outside that I realized.... Oh. CRAP. I had...ummmm... left the keys in the ignition of the truck. The very-tightly-locked-up truck. It was at that moment I thought, 'OMG, Lobo is gonna MURDER me"... *tremble* LOL! But of course not- he's a good guy and promised not to treat me to a slow, torturous death. So... we didn't know what to do. Locksmiths wanted $200+ to come out and unlock it. And, if you have ever stayed in a hotel, you know about the useless (for car-breaking-into purposes) wooden hangers that do NOT come off of the rack. So... no help there...

*screams suddenly- III-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!* (ack I just bashed my funny bone on this hardass wooden chair-arm, owwwwwwie!)

Sorry. Ouch. Ok... back to the story. It eventually turned into a 6+ hour odyssey, trying to break into my truck. Oh man, it was awful! ALL our stuff was inside there, and we could not break in. Lobo walked all over half of Tucson looking for something wire-hanger-like. I will skip ahead and leave out the illegal activities having to do with the insanely difficult and dangerous act of removing a strand of wire from the top of a chain-link fence. But, yes we finally got in (yay, Lobo= my hero!).... at about 6-7 am. Oi. After carrying in all of our crap, it was well after 8 am... we collapsed into coma-like sleeping and didn't wake up until after 6 that evening. Oooops!

Tuesday: Obviously, today. We had intended to start explorations today... but, after all the craziness and stress of the trip thus far, we woke late again today and have just been bumming around our hotel room, resting/recovering. Bad Scoobies!! Good thing is, we don't have a tight time schedule on this one so we can get started tomorrow. I can't wait! My exploration-nerve is tingling (Shady-spidey-sense on overload!!)

Anyway, that's the trip thus far. The really really fun stuff starts tomorrow... *woot*! Exploration tiiiime, bitches!!!!! Heh. I will try to post again so as to keep you all informed about out (mis?)adventures...I miss
you ALL but will be 'seeing' you all soon with new pics and tales of wild weird adventure. So stay tuned!!

Oh and an extra-special thanks to Raysie and Markus (*super-duper-huggles*), who have been minding and moderating the Lost Diner while we are away- THANKS you guys!! *mega-hugs* And don't forget- we are gonna TRY to do a live Diner chat this Thursday (technology-willing), from here in AZ! So, check it out (Hell check out the Diner anyway- it's already getting filled up with awesome, intriguing posts and lots of great members- friends old and new. It's really becoming a fun hangout- woo AND hoo!)

And that's my report from the road... 10-4. Over and out!

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