home again

Back home in Wichita after a great visit to Michigan (my true home...I miss snow). Andrea and I drove up in two days starting on the 22nd, and we drove back down in two days starting on the 2nd of january. It was a nice trip and it was GREAT to see some people that I hadn't seen in a long time (some as long as an entire year). And on top of that, I got to see more than five inches of snow! It was warm the entire time I was home, so a lot of it melted away, which was disappointing, but nonetheless it was great. I got to see my nephew for the first time since I moved down to Kansas. Dear lord he has gotten really big. He is almost crawling...the next time I see him, he might even be walking and talking! He was starting to get his first couple of teeth in, so some days he was a little cranky. All in all it was a nice time home and away from warm weather (It was 62 degrees last night when we got back here.)
On our road trip, I realized one important thing...I hate Missouri. The "show-me-state" should be renamed the "show-me-how-to-get-the-fuck-out-of-here-state" It was really boring, Illinois was just as boring, but we were only in the state for about an hour and a half.
And now that we are back home, all we have to do is unpack all the stuff that is cluttering our living room.