Made it to South Florida

We left around 1:30pm CST and got into Fort Lauderdale at 12:30am CST. This was a ten hour drive despite the fact that JB got quite ill on the way down, and we had to stop a number of times. He wasn't sure if it was exhaustion or just eating something bad, but I actually drove most of the way.

Scrubs did excellent! He slept a good majority of the way and chewed on a rawhide a lot. We gave him an A for his first long trip. Poor thing probably had not idea why he had to be in the backseat for ten hours or why he slept in a new house, but we were very happy with his travel skills, especially because I will be doing the ten hour drive by myself with him next month.

My parents surprised us with a new guest room bed set! This was wonderful news after our long day -- to lay down in a real bed instead of a couch and air mattress. Kudos to my parents for getting that just in time!

Today we will head to the JB's brother's Ray's house for our nephew Nate's birthday party followed by dinner over there as well. It'll be great to see everyone. We were planning on trying to go and see some of them this morning, but I think JB needs to rest this morning. He worked nearly 60 hours in four and a half days -- that'll wear you out!

It's wonderful to be "home." I think, no matter how old we get, and no matter how much we do not want to live here again, this will always be "home."