Meet the Parents

I have learned a few things from my dad growing up:

1. Never sell you car to family or friends.

2. Never loan family or friends money. Know it will be a gift and you will never see it again.

3. Guests are like fish, they stink after three days.

We flew into Tucson on Friday afternoon and left Monday morning. Just enough time for them to see Molly, love her, spoil her and leave before it got ugly.

I am not going to revisit the flying or traveling details because it was bad very, very bad. I will just give you a few hints and you can fill in the rest. Planes were missed, words were said, then no talking, planes were delayed and lots of tears...both ways.

The trip itself was good. My father lives in a retirement town, everyone has to be over age 55 to live there and you have to own a golf cart. The city appears to fit my dad quite well, it is a very sociable town and lots to keep him out of trouble. They go to the pool every day and follow it up with happy hour! They even have a cruise planned out in February. This is really my kind of town and I either have to wait until I am 55 to move in or marry someone who is already 55.

The first day we went to a little pot luck dinner with everyone from the home owner association. The next day we went to a little town called Tubuk, which really consisted of a lot of art and shopping. Nice to just walk around, I bought a fabulous glass ring and a skirt for Molly. On the third day we went to Tombstone, because this is something all tourist must do!

It was actually quite fun but got so windy that we left to go to a local mission (totally forgot the name) but it appears that it was built so the Catholics could spread the good word and convert the Native Americans, so pushy those Catholics. Besides being very pretty it was also quite comedic. Inside the museum part it had a little blurb about why the mission was set up etc., etc. "...then much to the surprise of the Native Americans they found out the land they had lived on for centuries belong to someone else..." HA!

They also had the best garage sales, ever! I got a bowl full of costume jewelry for my girl for a couple of dollars. For the short amount of time we were there, I think we did about as much as one can do with a toddler. There were also lots of lessons learned such as: 1. Don't travel by plane in December and 2. When you see a cheap flight somewhere it is not going to get cheaper the longer you wait.