Well, we made it back yesterday California was nice to visit, but by the end of our trip, I was glad to be coming home. We had a really good time, though. I dont even know where to begin.....

The flight there totally sucked. I started to panic a little when we were about to take off because I thought I could smell something burning, then the lady in the seat behind me asked the lady who she was sitting next to if she could smell smoke So anyway, by that point, we were going really fast down the runway and before I could say anything we were taking off. So now I'm totally freaking out and the plane starts jerking around while we're going up in the air.

Finally, we go out over the ocean and turn around, the when we did, the seemed like it was bouncing around and hitting bumps The whole time it was happening though the flight attendents were just acting like everything was normal. Finally it seemed like things were pretty smooth and they turned off the seatbelt sign until we landed in Dallas.

When we got to Dallas we were all hungry and grouchy because we had to wait there for 2 hours before we could leave for Sacramento, but we found a good place for food. I had 2 bbq beef brisquet sandwiches and Taylor had 3...they were friggen good

So on the way to Sacramento I thought I smelt the same burning smell but no one else could smell it. When we got to Cali the car my dad rented for my cousin was totally wack and it didnt even have a CD player, so we made him upgrade to something else There was no way we were gonna go a whole week with no CD player.

Ok, here's where I should stop and tell everyone something........... I guess not everyone in my family knew I was gay. I'm sure they know now, though. I introduced Taylor to everyone and told them who he was. One of my dads cousins was being kinda snotty about it, but when we played football, Taylor put a hard ass hit on him when he caught the ball and knocked him on his fat behind. He got up and looked mad and tried to catch the ball again but Taylor intercepted on him and ran it back for a touchdown. He was HOT after that and he said he had to go inside for something..lol.

We had a really good time, though. We went to Great America and Taylor even got to ride on a Bart train. It's kinda like a subway but it's in California. While we were in San Francisco we walked around with my cousin and found some pretty interesting people....lol. There was even this one guy with leather pants on but his butt was sticking out.. He looked like he could have been a biker or something except that he was a total flamer. It ruled!!

Then we went to Reno for my great great grandma's 100th birthday party. I can't believe she's really 100 because she looks like she's about 70. She still walks and does things on her own and she wanted to go there so she could gamble. The party was pretty good but me and Taylor didnt get to drink champagne at the toast because the hotel staff was pouring it

But there was this guy who worked at the Starbucks inside the place who was sooooo cute My cousin James was totally perving on him, but I dont think he was gay. Anyway he was still hott!! and James had a major crush on him. He kept going back and buying stuff so he could talk to him.

I dont really remember much about the flight home because I slept the whole way. I dont even remember taking off from Dallas to Norfolk. I sat down and closed my eyes and when I opened them back up we were in the air, so I just went back to sleep.

I studied all day yesterday and today I got my permit That's right....if you live in the Tidewater area you might want to thinnk about staying off the roads for a while... lol j/k ......I think I'm a good driver

So anyway, I was excited to see that the anthology was up. I logged on a couple of times when I was in Cali, but we had to go to a library to do it and there was almost a fight between this guy and this woman because he was reading his email out loud and she was sitting next to him and it was bugging her.

Also, I got to take Taylor for a walk in my old neighborhood. We had to climb the fence to get on the school grounds at El Vista, but it was worth it. It was just like I thought it was going to be

So anyway we're back and I'm totally inspired to start writing again. I already finished a whole short story yesterday and I just need to go back over it to make sure it makes enough sense before I post it...also, Taylor wants to write a story too, but usually he says he wants to do something like that and he never does. We never got to go to Bodega bay, but we're still ready to write the next chapter. The only problem is that i dont know why I picked the city I picked that kevin ended up in at the end of chapter one......I dont really know anything about it... Oh well, I'll still make it work