After deciding to sleep in for before our drive back to San Diego, we got up and began to pack. We didn't realize until we started to pack just all the stuff we had bought. It was a good thin we had driven don't think we could have gotten all the bags on the plane. So we headed down to the car - dragging our bags in toe - fortunately, we found a close spot so we were quite happy that the walk wasn't that far. And after we had packed we came back down and stopped in at the diner type restaurant we had our midnight coffee break at the night before. The food was all right but the coffee was good and I think we were all having mixed feelings about the trip soon coming to an end and a desire to get back to our normal routines.

We still had our freebie tickets to King Tut's tomb so we went and exchanged them for 'real tickets," (I couldn't understand why we couldn't just use the passes we had been given, but whatever). And proceeded around the exhibit. It wasn't anything grand but it was entertaining and some of the replicas were quite impressive. Didn't take long to move our way around and that was it. We made a quick bathroom stop and started home. No adventures this time just quiet exhaustion from all of us. By the time we made it home all we could think about was a nice little rest and food of course. And that was how we spent the evening - resting in front of CSI with food in our bellies.

The next day we rested more and then headed over to my old job to say high to the ladies. It was refreshing but at the same time I realized why I had moved on - things hadn't changed. We got a bite to eat and decided to visit some more local friends. This turned out to be a lot of fun. They had recently added child number 3, so we were able to relish in their happiness and get our parental fix. After monopolizing their time for a few hours we returned to my mom's and made it an early evening.

The next day was more of the same, relaxing and resting up before our evening out. We headed out for one last Padres game at Qualcomm Stadium. It would also be our last chance to see Tony Gwynn playing in a game.

The game was pretty mediocre right until Mr. Gwynn came out to take a swing. He has been the heart and soul of that team and with this being his last season it was sad. We were just glad we had the opportunity to see him play one last time. We left before the last inning and headed home to bed - we had a long drive the next day.

As the morning dawned we got up, cleaned up, packed and said our good-byes to my mom, before starting on our long journey home. We decided to take the route we had taken out with the hopes of making it to Phoenix in time to stop at the Hard Rock and get a bite to eat. This was the highlight of our drive back.

Navigating the town - which we ended up doing circles around twice, was fun and then actually getting to the restaurant was all very exciting. After we had filled our bellies and sat for a bit we climbed back into our car and started the long trek back. We eventually arrived home at 7 am. It was insane.