Lessons Learned

Robert: All I have to say is WOW! We finally made it home, but like any time spent away from those you love it grinds home why you don't have certain people in your everyday life. Don't get me wrong we had a great trip & lots of fun hanging out with most of the people, but there is always a bad apple. Someone that reminds you to be thankful you still have a soul when it starts to ache. I will never get over how some people are so self involved & extremely selfish. I know I haven't been on this earth as long as others, but I think I can still say that certain people definitely take the drama crown, cake, parade or how ever you want to put it. Our loyal readers have been apart of some of our vents prior to our vacation so this one probably doesn't come as a surprise.

I want to say that I am very glad I got to meet daddy's family even the mean spirited ones. It was a life lesson for me. Let me start by saying thank you Great Nana & Uncle Dave for putting up with my family's invasion in your home. Through no fault of yours we have come to the conclusion that we will never go to Seattle again unless it is completely no strings attached. By that we mean we will pay for our tickets, stay in a hotel, & rent a car. This way no one can give us any crap about anything. I also want to say thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful presents I received. It is always cool to be a kid getting new stuff. I did learn though that quality time is a lot more meaningful than a lot of pretty things. There were some parts of daddy's family that refused to come see me because of where we were staying. It sucks that I didn't get to see them more than once but people make their own choices. I guess one day when they realize they need to pull their head out of their bum it will suck for them because they missed out on quality time with a loved one that spends most of the life on the other side of the country during the rare occasion they were only 15 minutes away from them for 10 days.

Mommy also got a reminder why we usually do things the "mommy way" instead of the "daddy way". After some turmoil occurred & mommy said her peace she left everything in daddy's hands. That said I now would like to start my apologies... Sorry Nanay & Tatay that I didn't get a chance to do another visit with you. Daddy thought dropping by on Friday was a good idea & mommy didn't know he never confirmed it with you. As a result you weren't home & we missed you. Since daddy planned this adventure on our last day in Seattle there wasn't a way to rectify this & make a 2nd attempt. Same thing goes for my Auntie Rosie. Even though we did get to spend some time with you please know that it made mommy's heart sad that we only got to visit with you once. For all of you out there that don't know daddy too well please understand that nothing was done to be mean. Daddy is a big procrastinator & waited until the last minute. Now I will add that this trip sooo didn't go the way it was intended between the inner family dramas, the freakish snow storms, & the delayed departure date time just seemed to get away from us. For anyone that may be mad about us not taking chances & choosing to stay indoors for several days instead of dragging my little butt out on dangerous roads well.... you can suck a dirty diaper. Don't worry... mommy already knows she is probably being blamed for some stupid nonsense that probably only exists in small minds & in the end she is ok with it. People will be petty, stupid, & vendictive but you can only outrun karma for so long then it will kick you in the head... you know the saying "what goes around, comes around" :-)