Our days leading up to the New Year were long and grueling! We left Metigoshe about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday. The first 200 miles were slow, icy and foggy! We decided to take hwy 3 and eventually connect with hwy 83 and once we hit the SD border the road deteriorated but the visibility improved. However, it rained the whole day as we crossed SD. We drove as far as North Platte, Neb., the first night. Stayed in the Comfort Inn, but didn't get much sleep. The bed was too hard or maybe we were just too tired for sleep.
Friday we were on the road again at 6:30. Hwy 83 in Nebraska is a very good road and there wasn't much traffic. We made it as far as Albuquerque that day, had a quick dinner at Applebees and collapsed into bed at the Sleep Inn very early. We were up and out on the road by 7:00 Saturday. Our drive was shorter, but there was lots of traffic on I40. We arrived in Mesa about 2 p.m.
After unpacking the car, Gary went for a few groceries and I began putting things away. Unfortunately, I did something in haste as I grabbed a pile of clothes and I either broke or badly sprained the little finger on my right hand. Ouch! That slowed me down a bit as I had to ice it a few times. It looks as tho I will never have a straight finger again, but as Mom would say, "You'll die with that finger!"
We were invited to Bz & Joyce's to ring in the New Year, but we opted out and I hit the bed by 8 p.m...too tired to even read, much less stay up long enough to watch the ball drop on Times Square. Am I getting old or what?
New Year's Day we continued to put things away and made another grocery run. It takes awhile to have enough groceries to actually make anything and we're sick of eating out so right now we have a big pot of chili cooking and we're waiting for Mac & Tim to join us for a bowl of hot stuff!
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