To The Land Of Tetanus & Beyond!

Wow! It's been so long since I've been on here, there's so much to write & share. We drove from Flagstaff, AZ to Riverside, CA, and the drive was kinda long, but very, very beautiful & cool! Flgstaff is at an elevation of about 7,000 feet, so it was pretty cold & icy when we left that morning. We drove down through the mountains, which were breathtakingly beautiful, and it started warming up. By the time we reached California, we went from 30 degree weather in Arizona, to 80 degree weather in California! We crossed into CA, went through the inspection area, and started our way across the Mojave desert. Driving through the desert is such an amazing & unique experience! It was so hot! (duh), and there was nothing around for miles, I mean NOTHING. If you are ever on a long drive through the desert, make sure you have a full tank of gas. Our gas light went on, and I kinda started freaking out & had visions of us stranded on the side of the road, in the middle of nowhere, with vultures circling us, lol. Thankfully, before too long, we came across this sigh of relief in the desert:

We pulled in, and of course, I paid their rapingly high gas prices, but..... it was much better than running out of gas;) Just as I finished pumping, a busload of Asian tourists pulled in, so....we quickly made our exit, but not before I took a peek around & snapped some pics! Don't ever want to forget this sweet little oasis in the desert, lol.

We drove through Barstow, which was really, super windy, and then on to Riverside. Again, driving down through the mountains was absolutely breathtaking! We were really close to the clouds, and it was kinda weird.

We checked into our hotel, and had the next day off. We were close to the Tyler Galleria, so I ran some errands at the mall, Eric & I had lunch, and then we went to the Sprint store because he decided that he needed a smart phone. I'll spare you the gorey details, but let's just say that 3 days later, he is still dealing with both of his phones & multiple numbers and......... I can't even think about it.

On the 9th, I had a morning shoot with Michael Keye, which should have been a fairly easy & fun shoot, but I didn't sleep well the night before and I woke up with a splitting headache. I mean, I felt awful. Oh well, the show must go on, as they say, wnd we drove to his place. The shoot actually went really well, and I always enjoy hanging out & shooting with Michael, but by the end of the shoot, I felt even worse. Oh well..... no time to think about how shitty I felt. I had to drive to Long Beach to drop Eric off at our new hotel, and then I had to get to my second shoot of the day. Keep in mind, I still haven't eaten anything yet. My head is pounding, I'm nauseaus, and I have to go somewhere & be sexy for 2 hours. I get to my shoot, knock out the clips that I needed to do, and then went to the closest fast food place that I could find. Yes, even I can't believe that I just typed that. I ended up at Gag In A Bag, er, uh... Jack In The Box, and had a huge burger, curly fries, and a soda. Yes, a soda. I have comepletely fallen off the nutrition wagon on this trip, and it's time to get back on! No more gross food or soda, lol.

I get back to our room, and lay down for a bit. Eric & J.J. Plush show up not too long after, and then a hairstylist shows up to cut Eric's hair. Finally, lol. He was looking a little scruffy.

The next day I had off, but it was Eric's first day filming his horror movie. Well, he wasn't filming it, but starring in someone else's creative vision. I woke up with a splitting headache & extreme nausea, again, and found it really difficult to get out the door. I made it, and we stopped for Jamba Juices along the way. Whenever we got to the meeting place, Dale, the director, had some Bayer that he shared with me, and I started feeling better right away. We drove to the location in the Angeles National Forest, and where we went was perfect for a horror movie!

Quite the refreshing swimming pool!

The day was long, the desert was hot, but Eric said that everything went ok. He's shooting again today, but I opted to stay at the hotel, and I just dropped him off at the meeting place. I caught up on internet work today, talked to my mom, and now I'm going to get ready to meet my friend Laura. We are attending a Victorian seance tonight, and I'm really excited! WoooooOOOOOOOooooooo.....