We're Back in IL!

After 2100 miles and many, MANY hours of driving, we're home. Ian was such a good boy in the car. No accidents, not much whining, and just enough talking. He fell asleep about an hour before we got home, so it was a chore getting him to bed because he was confused. He ran into his room without his pajamas and smiled as he snuggled into his bed. I'm taking that as a sign that he's glad to be home. He gave kisses and had me say his prayers for him. I'm pretty sure he was asleep before I shut the light off.

Erin has already started laundry. My clothes are put away and hers will be tomorrow. The dogs will be home tomorrow and Ian goes back to pre-school, so things will be back to normal... as normal as things get.

We got to see friends and Ian got to spend time with Brooke and her family. She said that Ian was very well behaved, but as soon as we got around, he'd act up. He's not a bad kid anyway, so she just had it easy. It was good to see her, Brian and the kids though.

One thing to note. When you enter TX, there are signs that say "Drive Friendly... The Texas Way". This is a falsehood. No one IN Texas, and anyone FROM Texas drives "friendly". Unless "friendly" is driving too slow in the fast lane. Or not moving over to allow someone to merge onto the interstate. Or speeding up so that one cannot pass them. Or tailgating and trying to "push" you out of their way even though a car fifteen places ahead is slowing things down.

Everything's bigger in TX... Even the road rage.