July 24th, 2010 
Melia So, we are currently halfway to our destination in Effingham (awesome name), Il. After spending four nights with Grandma, during which she was relatively well behaved until the last day, we managed to get six people up and out to the car in 40 minutes.
It was time to go.
I’m not sure if it was her insults toward Freedom (said in her best “bless your heart” manner) or her snapping at Enigma over freaking birthday cake (I guess she really wanted that yellow rose), I was done. Freedom had been done for a while, but was holding on to his tiny grip on sanity and didn’t lose it on Grandma, much to his credit.
So, now, I’m literally blogging on the road. We just passed Meramec Caverns and as much as I may have wanted to visit the Vacuum Museum, I was vetoed. Haters.
Tonight is our last night in a hotel before heading to my dear friend’s house for the fastest visit ever. Then home, where my doggies and cat are waiting for me, and I get to get my working ass in gear. So much for a vacation. Next year, there will be more entertainment, aside from driving.
P.S. I may be slightly in love with Missouri right now.
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Yay for having a visit with Grandma where no blood was shed! We should all be so lucky in our visits home.
As for the vacation, I always find that my favorite part of it is the roadtrip to get there. Weird, I know. But maybe my vacations should just be driving from point A to point B and back.
next year come north