“Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it? *glug glug* Hmmm, it tastes like it may kill me.”

I know you’re all waiting with bated breath to find out how our trip was if we decided to go to Tahoe! Kidding, but a girl can pretend right? The first couple of paragraphs are going to sound like I had a total shit time, but I promise it was just the opposite, it was SO awesome!! We had a fantastic time!

So, the hotel. Dis.Gus.Ting. No joke, glad I didn’t bring G if only to save her from whatever plague may have been lurking in that place. Mold in the bathroom, yellow stuff dripping down walls that may very well have never been cleaned, no effin blow-dryers!! What hotel doesn’t have blow-dryers?!! Paper thin walls and no hot water our last day. J also said he saw cockroaches our last day too. Needless to say, every single item of clothing we brought, and the bags, were all washed as soon as we got home. For next time, going to an unknown hotel, I will (obviously) be bringing a blow dryer. Assholes. I will also bring a top sheet. Preferably old, to put on the comforter so we have some place to sit on the bed. I know I know! Just take off the comforter you say! Yeah well, you and everyone else, and I’m sorry to tell you they do not wash the blankets with every room change. Top sheet is coming with me. On the plus side, it will allow me to practice some adjective/descriptive skills when I hack into my BiL’s hotels.com account to leave the review. Just kidding. He’ll give me his password. I’ve been composing it in my head since we first walked in. Wahahahahaha!!!

The weather. It was snowing ya’ll. We got about a 3rd of the way there, and then there was a big blinking sign saying chains required. Lame. We stop by a car place and the chains were super expensive so we ended up going home and getting the 4 wheel drive truck. Now I don’t know if any of you have to regularly ride in the back “seat” of a truck, but I can tell you it’s less than comfortable. The boys say it was all for naught, and the car could have made it through just fine, but I was busy having a panic attack in the back “seat” due to fog and snow surrounding us so I guess we were looking at it through different eyes. We arrived safely and that’s all that matters.

So, our friends were there to celebrate their anniversary, my BiL, husband, me and another couple were there to help them celebrate and to hang out and have a good time. They got a hotel room at a casino, and then got a free upgrade, so they had an awesome suite. Separate bedroom, 2 bathrooms, dining area, kitchen area, it was nice. So we all hung out there for the most part. They gambled a bit, the 5 minutes it wasn’t snowing J and I went through a cheesy craft fair and bought G a turtle necklace for $5. We all just hung out. I lost $1 gambling, J $5, we’re high rollers. We ate at tiny to-go Mexican place that I really liked, had PB&J for breakfast, just moseying around having fun. Plus, I watched CABLE. A LOT of it. I made everyone watch the home and garden channel the whole weekend, and it was awesome. House Hunters, House Hunter International, (HELLS TO THE YES I WANT TO MOVE TO FRANCE!! CAN I COME TOO?!!) Curb Appeal, Backyard Makeover, Love It Or List It, I absorbed them all. I talked smack about some of their taste, and envied others, it was great. I have no clue if anyone else wanted to watch that because I commandeered the remote the whole time. *shrug* No one bitched, so hopefully they didn’t mind. We didn’t even go to the lake, or take pictures or be touristy at all. We walked between our room to theirs briskly due to the freezing ass coldness, and had plans to get in the heated pool that never came to fruition because none of us could comprehend putting on our bathing suits. I ate when I wanted to eat, and sat my ass on the couch not entertaining/reading too/ arguing with/feeding ANYONE. Didn’t matter what time it was because nap time wasn’t in the schedule. OOoooooommmmmmm.

You forget what it’s like traveling and being responsible for only yourself after 2.5 years of doing it with a kid. I LOVE taking G places, I want her to experience new and wonderful things, *coughDisneylandcough* but it’s a lot of work! Food, games, books, clothes, bed, bath stuff, it all adds up! All that space taken up, the hauling of said items back and forth, it’s exhausting! WELL worth it, but exhausting. So I’m so glad we went, and I’m fine it wasn’t a romantic getaway, we’ll get that someday. It was so nice just to be us, hanging out with our friends, and of course G had a fabulous time. She slept with her Granny and Papa, in their bed, and only woke up to jump on the bed at 2 am once! Hahahaha!! More power to them, I’m NOT a co-sleeper!

It was So. Good. to be home. I’m glad we went, and I was even happier when we came back.
(I don’t know if you can tell by my recent titles, but my husband got American Dad on dvd for his birthday, and damn it if it isn’t hilarious. Don’t tell him though.)