Day 1- Heading Home......

My last couple minutes with Ryan.......

This is how I feel about leaving him. Hey do you like my shirt???

Where I stopped for my light lunch.

My room tonight.

This was my club sandwich for dinner!!

Well my first day driving home is done. It was an ok day. I drove approx. 400 miles. But in the am I was driving through small towns, so had to keep slowing down. Then after lunch went through a construction zone and was only going 20-30 MPH. And then it rained the whole way to the hotel from 3pm on!! So I didn't get to the hotel till 7:30pm. Was hoping to be done driving by 6pm, but I already had my reservation, so I had to keep on till I got here.....

My 2pm lunch was fun! I just ate my snacks I brought, but I had stopped at this cracker barrel like travel stop in Texas. It had a barb-a-que restaurant and sonic inside, plus tons of gifty things, plus a gas station with the usual snacks and drinks. It had it all!!! So I spent the whole hour there just shopping around! Got Amanda something cool (can you guess???) hahahaah

So I am now at a very pretty Holiday Inn in Opelousas, LA ( I have no idea how to say that). They have a restaurant in the hotel, so that is where I got my HUGE club sandwich!! I was sooo hungry, but still could not finish it!! With awesome fries (like steak n shake) But I wanted to just sit there and relax, well they were treating the pool (oh I want to tell a funny story about that!!) so the hallway smelled AWFUL of chlorine. And you know how I can't handle smells. I immediately got a headache and eyes burning.....plus there were a few guests and employees in the restaurant talking so loudly and cursing....I couldn't' take it, I asked to get mine to go. And they gave it all to me in the regular plates, including my drink in a glass!! Plus I had got dessert, so you should have seen me trying to carry all of that and open the door to my room!!! I thought for sure I would be wearing my Sprite!! But I made it....hahah And then my Sprite was awful!!! So I had to drink my own bottle of Sprite I had with no ice, which those of you who know me, I NEED ice with soda......ok, now I am just complaining, but I am so tired.....hahah

Oh yah, the funny pool story!! So I get here and the line to check in is long, so I just walked around to see the restaurant and such. Well they have an indoor pool (very cool) and a bunch of people are standing outside the doors all wet and some employees are inside. So I look in and there is a BIG SNAKE in the pool room!!! It was behind a plant. Think one! With brown stripes. So one of the employees grabs the big metal chair and beats the crap out of it!! hahahah I had to walk away at that point, but it was so funny!!! All I could think picture was Ryan being in the pool.....relaxing....then looking over and seeing the snake....and jumping out of the pool in seconds!!!! hahah (sorry baby...)

Ahhh......anyway, so I just watched America Idol Finale. Just saw the last 2 minutes. And now am watching Transformers (my fav) So soon I will take my shower and try and unwind.