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Before I start rambling on, a big shout out to my sister. She has been working her ass off (literally) this year and hit a really big milestone yesterday. She has been doing a great job getting into shape and it has paid off for her. So kudos to you and a job well done!!

We made the smart decision to drive home yesterday. It really was a good decision. Both of us were much happier being home and able to sleep in our own bed last night. We did take our time on the way home and make a couple of stops. First we stopped at some outlet stores where I found a new pair of tennis shoes. I have had my old ones for 3 years plus and they were about done.

(Side note, I knew I would get my upgrade for Tuesday for the PHX part of the journey. My flight is 5am and oh look, 5:07, there's the email)

I found the newer version of the Skechers I have with the cushion sole technology in them. They are the exact same color and almost the same style so they work perfect for me. B found some slippers and stuff at another store. It was a pretty good haul. We stopped close to the border for some lunch and got scared out of our minds. Why? Jesus. No, really. As we pulled in, we see this big jacked up truck with Jesus stickers and sinners die stickers and just angry religious stickers all over it. That put us both on edge already. When we get in, there's this guy with his wife and kids wearing a black hoodie with ABORTION IS MURDER in bright letters on the front, GOD HATES SINNERS on one arm, SINNERS MUST PAY on the other, and then on the back GOD HATES THE SHEDDING OF INNOCENT BLOOD. All of this in bright red and white lettering. That just pushed us over the edge. The one thing we hate about going through WA for any reason is the amount of hard core bible thumping idiots. Look, when I was younger I couldn't understand this type of person. Now that I am older I see it for what it is - cloaked racism, misogyny, fear, and sheep brain. This guy looked like he was ready to yell at us any second for being heathen sinners. It really put a negative spin on our meal. We sat in the back but we kept waiting. He kept throwing hard ass looks our way. I wasn't about to get into it with him in a Subway with children around. Wasn't worth it. But it definitely ruined our meal.

Got back on the road and headed home. Once we were home there was a stupid car blocking our access to our garage. Motherfucker. We have had two new sets of neighbors move in while we were in Vegas. We are the only people in our building with either only one car or who uses their garage. Too many of our neighbors when they don't see a car assume we're not home and treat this like their own personal parking lot. Fuck you. We immediately called the office and that shit was moved within five minutes. More hard looks from people. Kiss my ass. Play by the fucking rules. We all have to live here and get along whether you like it or not fucktard.

Finally inside we unpacked, started laundry, cleaned up. For dinner we went and had sushi. After dinner we went and picked up B's anniversary present. Technically it was for both of us. We got this new chair for the living room. Gray fur chair. It is awesome and a sight to be seen. The best part is they were down to just the floor model and we saved 25% off on top a 10% sale price. Okay. I am happy. It wasn't expensive or fancy to begin with, but the discounts made it even better. Got the new chair home and now we need to rearrange the living.

That's the plan for today. Finish repacking for my trip this week, rearrange the living room, and that's about it. I am a bit off and not sure what day it is, but I will figure it out eventually. Then it's off to NJ.