So it's been a few days. The ladies and I spent two nights camping out at the Grand Canyon and it was absolutely magnificient (and I can now confirm that yes, it is just a smidge wider than your mother's ... smile). We saw a sunset, a sunrise (got up at 5 for it -- go us!), and pissed off our neighbor's by having a tent party after quiet hours in which Bailey and Nina kept alternately ejecting, "Drink soma dat!" and, "Taste it and see!" in an attempt to get me to keep drinking the Jim Beam. I know my limits, and they knew they had a new hit single. The stupid neighbors just don't appreciate genius, apparently. Losers.

On the way to the Grand Canyon, Nina got locked in a bathroom for 45 minutes. There was no 'station' to this gas station, just an RV park and a restaurant next door that swore to not have the keys. We called everyone to try to track down some keys, and finally the guy in the restaurant "found" the key. Except it turns out it wasn't even locked, just stuck, but he was convinced Nina was just "holding it closed." If you have never seen me be rude to a stranger (I never have been) this was the time. I scoffed at him and said, "Are you kidding me? She wouldn't hold the fucking door closed for forty-five minutes. " And proceeded to kick at the door with my flimsy sandal. But this man's large booted foot turned out to be just the ticket. Yay sir!

NOW WE'RE IN CALIFORNIA! In Los Angeles, to be exact, with Arielle Neal and Grace Vroom. Arielle's roommate Paige is such a sweetheart, too. I am totally in love with this place. We went to Malibu yesterday to see Alyssa Mason and her friend Allie at Allie's beach house. The day was bittersweet... we had to say goodbye to Bailey. It's been an awesome journey so far and I am going to miss the shit out of her. I slept alone for the first time in three weeks and had no one to steal the covers from. Nina wouldn't come down off the couch and cuddle with me. She knows better.