written a couple of hours ago. . .I am sitting in El Paso, Texas in a Chuck E. Cheese where EVERYONE IS A WINNER! and man is it depressing. It is the perfect finale to our day of fine dining that started with IHOP and MacDonald's. Ben is of course in seventh heaven. At least I get to sit here drinking root beer while Josh madly chases Ben around the joint. We have been on the road for four days now and it is getting a bit stale. I feel like my butt has re-molded itself to resemble the front seat of the Subaru. Josh has been driving the whole way, which is good for us all because I have this little tendency to fall asleep at the wheel. The only problem with this system is that I never get to choose the music since I am never the driver. This does not stop me from complaining ceaselessly about his choices though. Ben is being really good as are the corgis. Especially considering the fact that we are packed in the car like sardines. I must now offer a public apology to all of the minivan-with-dvd-player-owners I made fun of for all of those years. I now aspire to BE you. At least Josh had the foresight to buy a portable dvd player for Ben. That thing is saving my sanity. When we were driving into El Paso I had the sudden urge to see a movie. I then cleverly thought that we should drop off Ben and the dogs for some adult supervision at our friend Armando's parent's house. Never mind the fact that I have never met them. Who wouldn't want to take care of a complete stranger's toddler and dogs? I mean REALLY? I have to interrupt this tedious monologue to report that on the multiple tv screens in this joint a human dressed as a dog and playing a guitar is singing "I've Been Everywhere". Johnny Cash is definitely turning over in his grave RIGHT NOW. I don't think this is a scenario that the 'man in black' could have ever foreseen. I am having one of those "I can't believe this is my life" moments. It is all just so surreal. WE NOW LIVE IN TEXAS! T-E-X-A-S ! ? AND I have a two year old BOY with another BOY on the way. How did this happen? How did I get HERE?