Driving across the country.

Written on Wednesday the 22nd:
    On Monday we decided to go to the east coast to visit family.  We are especially going to see my great-grandmother.  We unexpectedly left early Tuesday the 21st.  I am blogging from my mom's phone while we are driving across Illinois.  We are making amazing time and are completing the trip in two days.  I drove for 5 1/2 hours yesterday and we got into Columbia Missouri around 12:30 am and got a hotel.  We all got showers and were back on the road by 8:00.  (9:00 local time but we are still operating on colorado time.)  We saw a pretty big fire somewhere in Kansas or Missouri.   We are traveling via I-70 and there is a lot of construction at various points on the interstate.  We were stuck in stop and go traffic for about 20 minutes at one point.   Right now we are driving through construction with a 45mph speed limit but a semi is pushing us to go faster with construction workers really close.
    After we visit my great-grandmother we (or just my mom) will probably be headed to North Carolina and Virginia to look for housing before we come back to Colorado.

UPDATE:  Written on Thursday the 30th.
   My Great-Grandmother is doing way better now!  We are at my grandparents house and having fun.  My mom went and looked at a house here in Ohio this morning that we might consider moving into.  We're still considering looking in Virginia and North Carolina.  I'm SO SORRY for the lack of posting.  Scheduled posts are officially taking a break until things are settled enough for me to start blogging again.  Hopefully it wont be too long.  Right now I want to enjoy family and not be glued to the computer.
    Today is my birthday and I am turning 17!  I almost cant believe that I will be 18 in a year.  I hope ll of you are having a great day!