The After Math

Our drive home was a bit of an adventure.  And by adventure I mean miserable long drive.  The kids did so well on the drive to LA that we decided to make the 16.5 hour drive all in one shot.  We were just ready to be home.  We left San Diego around 8:00 that morning and were scheduled to be home around midnight.  But there were a few bumps along the way.  The first one was Ainsley getting car sick again and throwing up in the car.  We weren't as lucky as we were on the way down though.  This time there was puke on the seat and floor of the car.  We cleaned it up the best we could and continued on.  Then we stopped at a Walmart for some food because we knew we would be driving through the barren desserts of Nevada during dinner time.  Then we stopped at a home depot we saw on the side of the road when we all realized there was still the faint smell of barf in the car. 

Then we started making decent time.  John drove the bulk of the way.  We made a stop in Vegas for some food and shortly after that John started feeling sick.  Fast forward 5 hours, 4 stops for puking, and we finally made it home.

I drove the last 5-6 hours with John semi-conscious moaning and apologizing.  There was rain, 5 hour energy drinks, and luckily sleeping kids before we pulled into the driveway at 2:00 in the morning.  The next 3 days were spent doing laundry, resting, and with 2 more kids getting the stomach flu.  I can't think of a better welcome back to reality that the flu.  Poor Owen and Emmie had rough time with it.  And Emmie had to miss her fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch.  Owen came home from school today still feeling exhausted and under the weather. 

We're all hoping that next week is a little less eventful!