Random Travel Notes & The Last Few Days

• I come to the conclusion every time I go on a road trip - there are no good road-tripping snacks that don't involve wheat, oats, or peanuts . . . except for popcorn and some candy.  Needless to say, I ate a lot of popcorn and candy in the last 2 weeks.
• And speaking of snacks, I learned that it's not a good thing to bring snacks for the girls that they've never tried before.  I thought it would be a good idea, like bringing new toys to play with, but I was left with a bunch of snacks no one wanted.
• The activities/games/entertainment for the girls went better than last year.  There were only a few things the girls didn't want to play with, and ironically, it was the same things they loved playing with last year, just with a new look.
• In my preparations for the girls entertainment, I reserve movies at the library - movies they haven't seen before or for a long time so that they're new and fresh.  I got a bit ahead of myself this year and reserved some a bit too early.  When I went to the library a few weeks before we left, they handed me one of my selected movies.  I couldn't hand it back to them and ask them to hold it for me longer, so I took it home, intending to just renew the movie before we left.  But a few days before we left, when I tried to renew it, I discovered that the movie had a hold on it and I couldn't renew it.  Now for my dilemma - do I return the movie without the girls even watching it or take the movie with me and incur a late fee?  What a dilemma for a rules girl like me.  With Ken's encouragement (he's the little devil on my shoulder in this case), I took the movie with us, and returned it 1 day after we got home, and paid my $.90 late fee.
• While we were traveling and while at the reunion, all 4 of us slept in the same room.  I discovered that both girls talk in their sleep.  One night I heard Amelia say something and then Sophia answered her . . . and it made me giggle.
• Ya know how it is when you get home from a vacation, it seems like it takes as much time to unpack, unwind, and get back into the swing of things as it did to prepare/pack for the trip.  It seems like it has taken even longer than normal this time.  Amelia got the stomach virus on Monday - thank goodness Ken had the day off.  But then Sophia and I got the virus on Wed night/ Thurs.- thank goodness Ken was able to call in sick to take care of us.  And now it's Friday already and I still don't feel like I've gotten much done this week.  Here's hoping next week is better.