Vacation???

Well, about one month ago, Jeff and I did the unexpected and went on vacation without the children. A little nerve wracking for me but I knew that I needed to do it. It isn't often that I ever leave my children (let alone for a week). ANYWAY, we were gearing up for the trip of a lifetime.

We celebrated our 10 year anniversary in Jan and we always said we would go to Hawaii. We both kind of felt that was too far in case something happened with the children. So, we headed for Glamis, CA!!! WAY south and NOTHING but sand. It is actually where they filmed a lot of the early Star Wars movies. So after months of hype, we were ready to go!!! FABULOUS TRIP!!! NOT!!!

Before we even leave, Jeff busts out the rear windshield in the truck trying to hook up the fifth wheel. This should have been a premonition. Here's the rest....

2...Our friends were a couple hours late but Jeff and I went to breakfast.
3...The right tire on the trailer BLOWS OUT!!!
4...Fix it but there is a HUGE bubble on the other right tire...double axle.
5..We are stranded at a Home Depot parking lot for two hours waiting for someone to find us a tire.
6..After waiting, there is NO TIRE in Southern CA....nice...we start driving!!!
7..Got to our first destination at midnight...about 6 hours later than planned.
WAKE UP ON SUNDAY
8. No tire anywhere in the area...we drive and take a chance...again.
9. We make it to Glamis, unpack the quads, and head out for a ride....Jeremy rolls his brand new-never ridded before-quad all the way down a HUGE dune.
10. Jeremy and Misty also brought a brand new-never ridden before-rhino (glorified golf cart made for the sand) and something wasn't working on it so they couldn't ride it.
11. Jeremy WAY HOT but he and Jeff fix what they can on the quad.
MONDAY!!!
12. Jeremy's back hurts and he is laid up and we don't see him for 2 days.
13. Aunt Flo decides she wants to be on vacation with me. Again, nice.
14. My kids are with Grandma and Papa and are sick the entire week. Colds, high fevers.
SEEMS LIKE NOT ENOUGH TIME GOES BY
15. Thursday night the wind picks up REAL BAD. A wind storm developed so we decided to leave early Friday afternoon and head to Palm Springs for a good night out.
16. Jeff and I run out of gas 2 miles from the gas station...really not a big deal because we had gas in the back of the truck. We just thought we would try to make it.
17. Jeremy gets back in the truck after helping pour gas in our truck...breaks serpentine belt on his truck...no AC, no power steering, and oh yes, NO BRAKES.
18. Make it to the gas station (us), side of the road (them), find a belt, go get it, try for 2 hours to fix it...break another part of the truck...now we need towed!!!
19. Can't find a big enough tow truck so Jeff takes Misty and her trailer to the casino 15 miles away, comes back and gets our trailer (me in it) and goes to the casino, mealwhile, Jeremy gets towed to a garage.
20. We are at the casino determined not to let this break our spirits so we go to dinner at 11:00 pm.
21. Jeff and Jeremy drive for an hour towards home Saturday morning to get the part for his truck, drive an hour back, wait 30 minutes until it is put on, and we head home. We finally got home around midnight.

Quite the trip but not really how any of us thought it would be. We need a vacation from our so-called vacation. We are definitely going to try to do this one over. Anyone willing to watch my children for a week????