Lessons Learned

My trip to CA was filled with very mixed emotions for me. I was definitely excited to see my family and friends who I hadn't seen in 9 months. However, I've never really missed CA. I don't sit around thinking about it much. Well, I do think about it, but it's in a "we could have never done/afforded/enjoyed/etc. this in LA" kind of way. I will admit that in the midst of the "Arctic freeze" I did think a little bit about the weather in LA. That's practically the extent of it.

Was I ready to go back to visit? I don't know...But here were some of the highlights:

*Seeing old friends. That was much needed. No one really knows you like an old friend.

*Being able to take Ella back to Disneyland. She is a thrill seeker and she's also surprisingly tall enough to ride every ride (except Indiana Jones). And she definitely wanted to ride everything, including Space Mountain. I was very hesitant to let her ride Space, but she did okay on it. By the way, going to Disneyland with a hangover is completely unrecommended.

*Shopping with my mom. I love girl shopping, especially with my mom (and not just because she pays, although that is nice).

*Eating at all of the restaurants that we don't have out here. And by that I mainly mean In-N-Out. I rarely eat fast food. In fact, Ella begs me to take her to McDonald's (I'm a mean mommy apparently). There's something about In-N-Out that I crave. I called Whit while I was in the drive-thru to rub it in his face. He loves me.

Of course there were other things that we did, but we really ended up doing a lot of shopping. Also, I didn't have a car to get around with so I had to do whatever my mom wanted to do (which turned out to be shopping). And I had to work for 2 mornings on a homework assignment for that wonderful Gifted Ed class that I very willingly signed up for.

It was a little weird being back. I thought that I would be so happy to be back home, but I really missed Whit and my house and my little routines. I think that is a big indication that I feel at home here in Denver. So that's a good thing. I think that the big lesson that I learned is that I'm in a good place where I am and I'm so completely glad to be here.

I'll try to post some pics of Ella at Disneyland soon.