it's 7:23 and i've been awake for almost two and a half hours. wow! yesterday afternoon, trev got the hot idea to leave at midnight instead of waiting until early this morning to hit the road for the almost 12 hour trek back home. well, we left at 9:30 (knowing that we wouldn't be worth anything if we waited until the clock struck 12) and arrived back home at about 9:30 this morning. i have no idea how we made it as we've attempted this feat before, but never quite made it the entire way. fortunately, we saved $ on a hotel room (which was good, as we spent more than anticipated on the hotel going up) and we didn't die, crash or endure some other major calamity caused by the half-asleep drivers - either trevor or myself, depending on when you caught us. i guess trevor drove about 3 hours, all told. this morning at about 7:30 was the worst. finally made it over the nc state line and stopped at the rest stop. closed our eyes for about 20 minutes and i was good for the rest of the way, especially as the sun being out was a major plus in that endeavor. we're home, we're happy and we're ready for the ortiz vs lidell fight tonight and i must admit, it might be the first fight i stay awake for the entirity of. we're almost unpacked, which is something, as last time we went to raleigh, it took us a couple of weeks to completely unpack. raef and keira are happy to have us back and raef was my eye pillow during the sleep today. so sweet. :) otherwise, i'm going to enjoy the next two days before i have to return to work. unfortunately, i have a huge pile of work to grade before returning - my attention had been spent on preparing for the audit (we passed!) the last day of school before break. alas... at least the school year has been flying by and next thing i know, it'll be spring break!

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