Before I knew it, we were on the road to Gramma's house

We were only in Texas for a few more months before we were on our way to Okinawa.  But first, we were going to drive home to visit my Gramma and my Aunt Kama.  And after that, we were going to California to visit my Aunt Lori.  The bad part is that we were driving.

We left kinda late in the day and Texas is a big state so it took forever to get through.  And as bad luck would have it, my mom hit a deer before we actually made it out of the state.  I was sleeping in the back seat, wedged comfortably in between a suitcase and the pinata when it happened and it jolted me awake. All I saw was dust clouds and my mom shaking.  She was really scared and decided to get a hotel room for the night.  Luckily, the car wasn't damaged.