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We named him eater because he ate a bug when we walked up to see him. Then he sat there and posed for us while we took pictures.

I’m back from my trip. It was so much fun. All our flights were on time, no bags lost, and the kids were wonderful. They really are growing up. I was so proud watching my youngest finding our gates and marching around the airport like she knew exactly what she was doing. Our last plane trip she could hardly read and stayed attached to my side.  Now she’s full of confidence and reading every sign along the way. It’s amazing how things change in just a short time.

My oldest was determined to be too cool to get excited about anything but with my itinerary she didn’t have a chance. She put up a good fight but when we saw the guy in Sedona with a long gray beard, playing a pan flute and wearing fairy wings, she knew her mom wasn’t pulling punches.

In case you were wondering, Phoenix is freakin’ hot. Seriously freakin’ hot and people are cranky. I think they’re cranky from the heat or maybe because our pale skin was blinding them. I’m not sure which.

The Desert Botanical Gardens, Chihuly displays, and butterfly house were great. Would have been greater if it wasn’t so freakin’ hot. We went early and it wasn’t too bad. It was very different from the oceans of green we see around here.

Glass scultures by Chihuly

A butterfly at the Desert Botanical Gardens

Little bird eating bugs in a catus flower

He looks sweet but he was cranky. Don't get too close.

The Zoo was so-so. I was spoiled by the San Diego Zoo so I judge harshly. I will say I’ve never been to a zoo that has a petting zoo area, with a baby calf, sponsored by the beef counsel. That’s just sick!

Speaking of beef, I’m proud to announce that I managed to eat vegetarian dishes the whole trip. It wasn’t easy and I almost got a turkey sandwich when we stopped to pick up lunches to take to the Grand Canyon but I held out and managed to get the deli guy at Safeway to fix me a cheese sandwich. It was good. Thank you deli guy at the Safeway in Flagstaff, you make a good cheese sandwich.

The Science museum was one of the best I’ve visited so far. I kept thinking, I wish our science museum was this nice. They have a Lego exhibit opening later this month. If you go please tell me if it was worth the little bit of pouting I did because it wasn’t open yet.

So many cool petroglyphs

The petroglyphs in Deer Valley were so cool. I told the kids we were going to see really old graffiti. They were impressed. My youngest sat and drew all the designs she found on the back of a piece of paper. My oldest has really good eyes for spotting the designs, she must have found around 100 of them.

Red rocks, hippies, and Indians what else do you need?

What the hell are they smoking in Sedona? Can I get some? It was quite beautiful. I’d like to go back sometime.

The Grand Canyon was freakin’ grand. I’ve seen movies and pictures but, wow. It’s definitely one of those things you have to see in person. Amazing. Even my oldest said so.

Since we got back I’ve been doing laundry, catching up with my garden, and trying to get rid of a cold. My youngest keeps teasing me that I have a hot because I caught it in Arizona. There was no cold in Arizona.

I hope everyone is doing well.  I’m going to try some of the fresh picked lettuce I just got out of my garden.  I’ll miss having so much free time with my family but it’s good to be home.

My youngest is at grandmas and having a blast.  My oldest is in bed – probably listening to her iPod instead of going to sleep.  My husband is in Arizona testing things in the desert.  Good things.  Things that will save lives.  I can’t hold that against him.  I’m finishing up a few things around here and getting ready for a field trip tomorrow.  It’ll be the second of three times I’ll be in Richmond this week.  The first to wave goodbye.  The second to learn about the holocaust and on Thursday the girls and I catch a plane so we can go see a big crack in the ground and some sculptured glass.  Should be fun.  I’m looking forward to it even if it is using up a few of those pennies I’ve been saving.  I’ve been hanging out around this town too much this year.  I’m so sick of looking at it I could scream.  Except when I saw the irises in front of the old stone warehouse.  Those were quite beautiful this afternoon.  I wish I had a picture. 

I’m missing my husband so much this evening.  I’m not sure when I got so used to having him here that it became uncomfortable for him to be away.  I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.  I just know I miss him.  A lot.  It’s funny how our relationship has changed over the past decade or two.  I thought we were in love when we first got married.  The feeling I had for him were so overwhelming and intense.  I loved everything about him.  Now those feelings seem insubstantial.  I don’t love everything about him anymore, I just love him. I’m not sure that makes any sense.  But it’s been a very long day, I didn’t sleep well last night, and I almost burst a blood vessel in my head because a hippie bitch pissed me off.  Under those circumstances I guess I’m allowed to not make any sense. 

Anyway, I won’t be around much for the next few days and I’d say I’ll be thinking of you but I don’t want to lie.  I will catch up with everyone when I get back provided I don’t die from a heat stroke or a scorpion bite.