making our rounds of saying good-bye, donna and i embraced, but before the embrace she said...come here lovely lady...or something to that effect. the main thing of that phrase is lovely lady. having been nervous as shit going there, i was eased by the end of the trip with just those words. i wasnt able to get a good feel on whether roger or donna liked me or not throughout the week long stay at their home. they are not easy people to read.....now i know where daniel gets it from. i couldnt read him for nothing even if my life depended on it.
Sunday....the week had a long long start to it....a thousand mile drive which ended up being about 16 hours. we drove through california, nevada, arizona, utah and colorado to get to a one stop light town named buena vista. its quite a small town, but not as small as most towns we saw enroute. anyhow, we left here sunday morning at 4:40....and arrived there about 9 in the evening. i slept here and there but was awake for the most part towards the end of the trip where i wished i would have slept. the switch backs up the mountain were making me and luthor feel yucky. daniel drove the entire way there...he wouldnt let me drive...something told me he wanted to prove is manly driving skills to me that day. ha...well, you proved em well babe. i was very impressed. we stopped about 5 times to gas up our little kia sportage. that car went through hell and back again. daniel picked it up nice and shinny and returned it gritty and grimmy. we arrived at the house, to discover no one was home. wasnt bad...for me at least. i felt a lil at ease...was kinda like...schwoo. shortly after unloading the car, his parents arrived. boy i tell ya, my heart started beating like there were no tomorrow. i didnt look very presentable to his parents...being that i was stuck on my ass for the better part of the day with no where to go but there. i was worried about first impressions with them...those are the ones that last the longest. anyway, daniel and his parents hugged and said hi...and then it was my turn...they hugged and said hi. shocked i was....didnt think i'd get a hug so quick from them. they were very at ease about everything. it was almost like we already met before somewhere. for the rest of the night, i was definitely on my toes. didnt really speak unless spoken to...that type of deal. we ate some home cooked meatloaf that was absolutely delish. i normally dont like meat loaf, but the woman made it so well. either that or i was just hungry. i was offered a shower...oh hell yes, i was taking one. definitely wasnt going to turn that down. having been warned that the hot water doesnt last long i was very nervous to take a shower. daniel said hot water only lasts 10 minutes. so here i was...starting to prepare for the long awaited shower...and i'm thinking ...shit...i think i only have enough time to wash my hair and soap half my body. i looked at my razor and said...fuck it....not tonite. so i got in and got out. huhm...funny thing, my shower was more than 10 min...i could have shaved my legs if i wanted it...damn it.
Monday....woke up and got ready to go sightseeing. didnt take long to see the town...a couple of hours if that. beautiful town it was...small but beautiful. took some photos here and there. nothing extravagant. we headed back a little after 12 then decided we would go and eat at sonics...had to do it. i always see the commercials and needed to conquer it. let me tell you, the food was so so. didnt like the burger, liked the tots and loved the shake. it only took us an hour to get to it and then an hour back. it was far....not worth the drive. i would have driven farther for filet mignon and lobster...but sonic was definitely not in that league. a lil disappointed but whatever...no big deal. the rest of the day was pure on chillaxing. did nothing but stay home and watch some football and sitcoms. it was great.
Tuesday....woke up and had some awesome biscuits and gravy. mmmm...were they yummy! after breakfast we started talking about the wedding. discovered that danny already had godparents in mind. didnt think he was gonna do it...but surprise...surprise he asked em over the phone. i'm pretty happy about that. he's taking an active role....great! went through the details of the wedding, shared the photographs that i had and even gave her color swatches. after discussing the wedding we decided to head out and search for a lingerie bag. unfortunately we probably went to every major store in town to discover that some people dont know what a lingerie bag is. darn it. but daniel told me that whatever i forgot we would be able to buy there. ha...so not true. i would have been assed out big time if i really needed it. that night we had a family dinner at the house. daniels brother's family came and his cousin jessica. nice people except for one....whom i wish not to name. but she's a one upper. i dont like those kinds of people. but anyway, dinner was superb. the lady can cook! some serious cooking. i was looking forward to the good food...after all danny was saying about it. was totally true. so i met most the family that night. nice people. the rest of the night was spend watching the nuggets game.
Wednesday...woke up to another scrumptious breakfast. but best of all, to some snow! we decided to do laundry. in the midst of it danny wanted to take me to chalk cliff and to st elmo...way back in the woods. beautiful scenery though. thats all there is in that area...beautiful scenery. got some great shots. got back after an hour or so...to find out his mom folded our laundry...ordinarily i wouldnt have a problem with it, but there's something about your future mom-in-law folding your intimate apparel...that i dont like. i dont mind her folding my clothes but she neednt see the kind of underwear i wear. i'm sure she was shocked, but it was a little disturbing. anyway, i got over it though...a day later. we spent the rest of the day watching mr brooks and some tv. more chillaxing.
Thursday...turkey day. we spend thanksgiving at the purple sage. it was a nice place to have a turkey meal. buffet style. good food. kinda miss having home cooked meal though. i was looking forward to turkey day the most cause of that, but they decided to have it elsewhere to cut down on time for preparation and dishes and all that other stuff. not a bad idea for such a huge party. after lunch we ended up at matts house for some games. i tell you, these people are gamers. they have almost every game imaginable. i'm not a huge game person, but i'm learning now that i need to be. didnt know how to play the games they had. it was horrible looking on my part. but its ok. i'll ease into it. it'll only be once a year that i'll have to do this. so i think i can manage one way or another. the rest of the night was spent watching gray's anatomy and another movie we rented.
Friday...the most exciting day by far. we headed out early to get to colorado springs where we visited and i met his grandma young. sweet old lady. i hope she's doing well. she was going into surgery the morning we left colorado for hip surgery again. before the visit we went to donna's favorite restaurant...red lobster. it was good. its always good. i wasnt impressed with what i ordered but it was eatable. after colorado springs we made our journey to denver...more specifically the pepsi center where we watched the nuggets vs timerwolves. it was a nerve racking game. they looked like they were gonna lose, but they pulled through and won. we had some awesome seats. i had a blast. i finally got my first nugget apparel...a hoodie and a hat. danny got the same. it was really neat. definately worth the long drive of a few hours...in the snow. we got in real late and hit the sack.
Saturday...we got up, showered and headed out the door to make our way back to san diego. we made it home sunday morning at 118am. danny drove 10 hours to vegas and i took over the wheel and got us home.
great trip. did a lot of relaxing...and now i can finally say, i met his parents....the wedding is still on for may. the best thing of the trip was the nugget game and the snow...the worse part of the trip is the drive up and the drive back down. i'll get used to it. we'll be making annual visits over the holidays in the years to come....thank god we dont have kids yet...that would make for a really long trip.
