Then, we had an AWESOME, if too short, visit from C. Burns. You're jealous, I know. Sadly, she is now living closer to most of my readership than she is to me, so now I'm the jealous one! Bah!
Then, I had to abandon my dear, sweet husband while I visited my mim (that's Erin for mom)! It was great to see my mim, but ever so awful to be away from Ben! Yikes! Luckily, we had Skype, texting, e-mail, instant messaging, and cell phones to keep us connected. I love technology! But not as much as Ben you see! Still, I love technology, always and forever. La la.
Here are some pictures from the trip to New Mex. Farmington is very beautiful! It sits right in this valley of sorts with bluffs on the side, with a couple of rivers running through it.
This thing that my mom is sitting near is called a kiva. They think it was used for spiritual or religious ceremonies, since modern Puebloans still use them in that sense today. It's basically this round-ish room that sits half way underground. There were big ones and little ones all over the place at these ruins. The one my mom is sitting near was smaller.
This site also had a "great kiva" that was restored by one of the earlier excavators and his team. Here is a picture of the outside, and then of the inside, with me in it. 
I took a ridiculous amount of pictures at this place, which made me feel like a big nerd, but that's OK. It was really neat to see. It made me annoyed that we didn't learn more about this in school growing up. Maybe if I'd lived in the southwest I would have?
Any way, it was a good trip, good to see my mom, but it was oh so nice to be home again.
I just have to brag a little bit about my trip home: My plane from Farmington to Denver was half an hour late getting in. This left me with, oh, about 3 minutes to deplane in Denver, catch a train to a different terminal and board my plane to Columbus. I missed my little husband so much, that I was not about to let a little thing like a late plane make me miss my connecting flight! So, I literally sprinted, the entire way, from one terminal to the next, only stopping while I was riding the train to the next terminal, and I MADE IT!
As I was entering the terminal that my plane to Columbus was at, I heard them make the last call for boarding over the loud speakers! I almost started to cry and give up, I was so out of breath! But, I put on my game face, and did some awesome weaving through the crowds of people (shout out to Ben for teaching me the art of weaving!), and made it on that plane! Barely!
I was the second to last person on the plane! As I was getting on the plane, totally panting and out of breath, the flight attendant looked at me and said "You must have been running!". I was so out of breath I couldn't even talk, so I had to reply "My plane . . . (pant, pant), was late . . . (pant, pant). I was SO sweaty from running, and I had to pee REALLY bad, because I didn't have time to go in the airport, but the plane was about to take off, so I just had to sit down in my seat, which incidentally was the middle seat. Ugh! I'm pretty sure I smelled bad, but the two people on either side of me never said anything about it. Also, because I'm ridiculous, I didn't get out of my seat the whole 2.5 hour flight, so by the time we landed, I almost peed my pants. But, I did get to watch a great Queen Latifah movie on the way home . . .
Any way, it was SO worth the sprinting, the sweating, the holding it, the suffering through Queen Latifah acting, and even the sore calve muscles the next day, to get home to see my husband! I missed Ben! I missed this face!
