New Mexico Trip

Robert got us tickets for New Mexico! We'll be there October 8-12, which is during the Balloon Fiesta. I'm very much looking forward to that! Robert has told me all about it, and it's the largest hot air balloon festival in the world. Think of how pretty that will be with all of those balloons lifting off into the air. You have to get up early in the morning to go and see it. Like they lift off at 4-5am I believe, because that's when the air is the coolest and the balloons can get that hot air from the burner to rise.

This is what's known as the 'mass ascent', or 'mass ascension':

We'll be staying with Robert's parents, who are super nice and accommodating. They always have coffee ready in the mornings and like to visit and play board games. I'm a board game boy, so that is fun for me. It'll be nice to visit with them, and it'll save on hotel and car costs. We won't have to get either of those, so this will be a less expensive vacation than it would be somewhere else.

It's nice to have a vacation to look forward to. We haven't been on one since last year, so I'm itching to go on one. Plus right now I don't have many commitments other than work, so it's perfect timing. I still can't believe that I'm not in school right now; I've been in school since Kindergarten and without that hanging over my head I feel like a free man! :p