April... where has it gone?

Was it not just March? For goodness sakes. April has flown by for sure. I went to Arizona for an extended birthday weekend to visit Alex and Rosalie. We ate ourselves through town. I had so many breakfast freebies and we still did not go through them all! We managed to go to Joes farm grill twice, Einstein bagel, bruggers, smashburger, and a Mongolian grill. Talk about stuffed! We both agreed that we wanted nothing but salad for a while afterwards. Anyways, we had fun laying at the pool a few times, went to the zoo, and hung around the house. The last day I was there, the wind was incredible. There was so much dust in the air it looked like it was going to rain. I ended up taking the red eye home and the plane was delayed 3 times which made me miss my connection so I didnt get in until 3pm instead of 9am. That caused me to have to run to work for 2 hours and try to accomplish everything in that short amount of time. What a mess!
After that, the following day I had to go to Charlotte for two days for a work conference. I was exhausted. On the plane ride back, I got my first case of insomnia mixed with turbulence and claustrophobia. What a combo! I took a dramamine and finally fell asleep for all of 2 hours. Even though it was such a short amount of time, I felt rested but my eyes said different.
Anyways, the work conference went faster than I expected. I was tired by mid afternoon on the first day, which I knew I would be but the speaker has a good way of keeping everyones attention. That night I went to a bowling alley with all of my coworkers from all of the divisions. I did not stay long because my mom called and told me my dad was in the hospital. Anyways, I finally got the scoop and it seems it was just a minor case of irritable lower gi stuff. It still scared me. I mean really... who wants their parents to be in the hospital?
After two days in Charlotte, back home it was. Alex was there waiting on me. She came in to see her grandfather who is not doing well, but also to see others too. Her and Rosalie are staying with me while they are in town.