Eric Herman - Travelblogue: 2008 Spring/Summer Tour

We got a new laptop for Roseann, which was shipped to Karen's last week, anticipating our arrival. It was really meant to replace Roseann's home desktop, which we weren't happy with and quickly resold (Vista, yuck), but it will also help us get some things done on the road, too. This morning we got up and were each working on our laptops when the girls came climbing up to our bed. With resolute purpose, Becca stated forthrightly, "Mommy got a new computer. So what (now)...? We're going to take yours!" I had told them that once Mommy's laptop arrived, I would gladly let them use mine now and then to play some of their computer games... I guess after knowing that Mommy had her computer for two days already, they had waited long enough for that to happen.

So held at the mercy of two adorably menacing little computer-wanting roughniks, I had no choice but to load their favorite Jump Start First Grade game and a Hello Kitty game onto my laptop right away so they'd have something to get started with. We flipped a coin and Evee called it, so she got to go first for 20 minutes, then Becca. Normally, we'll give them longer stretches each (you hate to just start getting into something and then have to stop), but we had to check out of the RV park and only had so much time for that.

I went with the girls to get some groceries while Roseann made a couple of phone calls, then we went back to Karen's and hung out for a little while. Aunt June was headed home again, so we said goodbye for now (we'll see her again when we pass through Utah later this summer). We let Tiggy stay there with his good friends Gunther and Stripey (well, they still aren't really close, but they're about the only cat friends he's got) while we drove out to a place called Gatti Land, which is kind of like Chuck E Cheese with more of a pizza buffet. The food was pretty good and we had some fun with the games and the arcade style rides, and the girls each won a stuffed Beanie dolphin, which they named Caitlin and Laitlin. Evee had wanted to name hers Caitlin, but Becca picked that name first, so I'm guessing she opted for Laitlin since she was too late for Caitlin.

We came back and picked up Tiggy, then headed out to an RV park in Cedar Creek where we'll stay for the next two nights before going back to see Karen and her family again on the weekend. We watched National Treasure 2 (a preposterously fun adventure that should hold me over until I'm able to see the new Indiana Jones movie), then went to bed.

"We're going to take yours! Arrrrr!"