arrvng at the arport n tallahassee makes me laugh out-loud! there were 4 people who were not securty _n the entre stretch of gates our one termnal holds. _ was greeted on the other sde by chelsea who ddnt even look lke my kd at frst untl _ saw her face pressed aganst her phone, textng....then _ knew for sure _t was her and amanda....my dear sweet frend amanda. who not only pcked me up, she hosted my heavy ass sutcase 3 tmes all by her freakn self, and she cooked us dnner. she was rewarded wth excellent wne and chocolate from europe.

my house looks lke t has been ransacked. we brought the bags _nto the house and began to unload them just _nsde the door. pullng all the wne and chocolate, tea and coffee, souveners and other _tems sparkng memores and conversatons about ths glorous trp! raven arrved from swm pratce and her face was aglow. _t feels good to be so loved and mssed by your chldren. _ am lucky!

after my 36 hours of zero sleep on my return from nce, _ had surprsngly large amounts of energy. dagmar and martha looked wth bewlderment at my manc state of exctement. _ was beyond tred and we opened wne and feasted on dagmar's schntzel perfecto and talked a lot before _ fnally crashed and burned after mdnte.

my eyes opened to june 24th late. of course. 36 years old. _n europe. _t was an easy lazy day. breakfast and beautful sunrse sweetheart roses awated me. _ am truly treated lke a prncess here. _ cant wat to tell my mother that she _s queen!

later we met martha's best frend for dnner and drnks. sweet and a mldly flamboyant _n hs beef cake gayness, he entertaned us wldly whle _ nursed my sore cheeks achng belly and wped away tears of laughter from my face. and after, we were joned by more of the boys for beverages and a typcal german brthday chocolate marshmallow thngy that was strangly shaped as such to kck all mnds drectly _nto the gutter. and _nto the gutter they went. wth ease. 

and so the frst few days of my 36th year were spent _n span. the followng mornng, martha and _ flew to madrd to meet alce and watch wth our jaws agape flamenco dancers swrl and stomp and clap wth a rhythm that _ am ashamed to say _ have NONE! _ had to be remnded to eat. _ could not pull my eyes away. _t was stunnng. beautful. sexy. they made me sweat! they made martha sweat....and alce too. so to cool off we had to have sangra. only to refresh. of course.

we stayed _n a beautful hotel downtown wth balcones that _ could not stay out of. absentmndly _ stood there n my bra, just starng down at the street untl _ realzed the man _n the buldng across the street was at full attenton. oops. 

and then so began out trek to south span....

we awoke, alced up, and headed out wth our gps named carmen. she was moody and sketchy at best. along the way we saw felds and felds of sunflowers. mllons upon mllons of  yellow and black heavy heads attemptng to lft ther faces to the sun. we saw mountans and ggantc bulls and attack ostrches. 

let me tell you....n most cases when you see someone accosted by an anmal you run to ther a_d. rght? well, you need a better companon than _ _n that case because ths fuckng ostrch pelted ts head out at an unbeleve rate of quckness and bt alce and _ laughed. uncontrolllably. laughed and laughed. she's ok. _ dd ask her that when _ was able to regan my composure.

martha drove most of the way led by the btch carmen, although _ dd have one dangerous turn at whch _t was decded that _ should let her take over agan. she was ever- vglant and stopped on a dme when _ squealed at a pcturesque scene. there are lots of these photo ops and you wll get to see them! eventually!

alce told many stores about her walkng trp across span. we shared memores and talked about our possble futures _n europe. _t was so good to see her. _ have mssed her and _t was delghtful to be wth her _n a far away land. AND....you dont really even know the half of t yet!

alrght..... have to suck down my coffee and head to work. WORK? what _s that? and why, why do _ have to do _t?